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https://twitter.com/vkthakur/status/1106924749568000000 ---> That is a Chinese rip off of the West German toy Drone X Pro. You can buy them online - 3 for around Rs 12,000/- If the drone had been shot, nothing would have been left of it. They cannot fly 150 m away from their controller. If they do,...

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Good Article with some additional details on AK-203 deal :- https://idsa.in/idsacomments/ak-203-make-in-india_chinoy-lkbehera-110319 All rifles to be produced beyond the first 120,000 will have 100 per cent indigenous content (see Table 1). More significantly, 100 per cent indigenisation is to be ac...

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Hi Indranil, One would have expected to have those rectangular air intakes ( hornet --> super hornet route). Yet they retained the same round air intake. Is it because there was no particular benefit ? 2nd query: Wouldn't making the wing more wider and longer with respect to the percentage increase...

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https://i.imgur.com/CXKs8Ti.jpg ! Hi Indranil, One would have expected to have those rectangular air intakes ( hornet --> super hornet route). Yet they retained the same round air intake. Is it because there was no particular benefit ? 2nd query: Wouldn't making the wing more wider and longer with ...

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Unable to understand why China is buying Ansat (LUH) helicopter from Russia ?
What else they have not got so far ?
https://www.azernews.az/region/145962.html

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The problem will be in trainer version of mk2 that how the pilot will climb in the rear seat without stepping on canard. For 2 seater Gripen, there is a split long flat foot plate to gain access to the rear seat. Check here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0hq35D0yUA&feature=youtu.be&t=129

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AW&ST author is surely smoking fresh dope to write stupidity highlighted in bold. Most Cheetahs are deployed for its high altitude performance (read himalayan flight domain from Kashmir to Kohima) and for that role the LUH is the only direct replacement (even Dhruv does not meet that performanc...

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Noob question -> Can we salvage the old engines for something useful ?

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Kersi, you have been warned many times to not do this. Each time you asked for this, you were told not to do this. But now this is getting out of hand. You have been banned for 7 days. Please think about what you are doing for the next one week. Asking questions like the above, endangers all who vi...

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Hurkus-B seems to have winglets, I have seen only few basic trainer aircraft having winglets. Popular PC-21 (expanded envelope) is one of them. Any particular reason of not having then, no harm in including them ... PC21 (Courtesy : australianaviation ) http://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/up...

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^^

Defence Aviation Post Article

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I guess I mentioned this last year also, the LUH looks very similar to Kazan Ansat helicopter.

Another Image : http://www.helicopter-database.de/ADP/M ... llow_1.jpg

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Cold start also needs a truck mounted, highly mobile 105mm field artillery gun. Each advancing party takes care of any local resistance / troop concentration it meets. Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRaMiC6AjXo hRaMiC6AjXo Didn't Tata (or was it OFB) make such a system a few ye...

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http://images.newindianexpress.com/uploads/user/imagelibrary/2017/1/17/original/Rehearsal17.jpg Courtesy: New Indian Express The above image of ATAGs has larger foot print than the classic G5 towed setup. :( In G5 the barrel is pointed backwards. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/...

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I see from pix that ATAGS apart from having high angle fire (haubitze) also has low elevation D-30 type direct fire (field gun). I read it has a thermal imager also. hopefully IA will not put in a req that it needs a FCS to hit on the move targets like a tank can do. its direct fire mode I see as a...

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^^Surely its possible to put an internal bay between the two engine pods. But IMO that will hamper the lift generated by the body of the aircraft. That portion generates good amount of lift because of the presence of that channel I think. But let me get back with some info on this. You are right, a...

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There was a PDF report, where some inherent issues were mentioned. The airbrakes are located only at the upper part (and not like F-16). This resulted in unwanted pitch up moment. There were some discussions long back if the landing gear could be used to negate this. In the same report, sleeker hard...

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Hi Rahul,
I am curious to know, how they resolved the issue of air brakes ?
Additionally, what is the status of the improvised sleeker pylons ?

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Thanks a ton !!

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Noob Poochs :-
1. How does one decide to put 1 or 2 wheels in nose gear in fighter planes ?
2. What are the disadvantages of drooped nose of NLCA vis a vis LCA ?

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Newbie Observation : ^^ The width of Engine section of LCH is higher than the overall fuselage from Front View. We could have easily increased the width of the fuselage keeping in line with the Engine section for more sleeker look. It would also would have assisted store some things internally and w...

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Why don't we check the Capabilities of Combat Basic Trainer e.g Super Tucano into this comparison as well ? I guess its service ceiling would be enough for Kargil type heights. At about 14 million dollar unit cost and 500$ per hour (source : wikipedia), it would be the cheapest yet potent option. If...

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@Tsarkar sir,
What would have been the optimum CIWS system for Vikramaditya in your opinion.

Couldn't we choose the better double barrelled 'AK-630M-2 Duet'

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Interior views of Armata..

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On regarding the LCA's export front, F-CK-1 Ching-kuo is another light fighter (along with Gripen and FA-50) which is also pretty close to LCA capabilities. Wonder why Taiwan never tried to export it. As per Wikipedia : 'The first fighter entered service in 1997. All 130 production aircraft had been...

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Do we have finalized specs for HAL LUH ?
And the LUH exterior is strikingly similar to Kazan Ansat helicopter.

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Thanks for the info and the pains taken to explain Indranil !

By the way, did you get the answer regarding LCA's wing blending similar to Rafale, Gripen ?

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2. Does anybody know why the skirting joining the fuselage to the engine nozzle does not go all the way around? What is the gap used for? Hi Indranil, I don't know the answer, but could you please elaborate what do you mean by "does not go all the way around?". Did you mean the black half...

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The Mk2 pic is an old one. The same pic is in the below link from 2014-
http://www.armyrecognition.com/june_201 ... 06144.html

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Vivek Saar, no Al-Khalids ??

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Questions to Gurus: Which design in your opinion is more versatile GHN/GC-45 design or the Bofors design ? I looked at the Panter video below and was much impressed. It looked pretty easier to use. The firing position is much lower and hence it might not require lots of jumping as shown by IA Bofors...

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^^^ how can it endurance (or lack of it) be an upside, it is pitifully shotlegged, has a slow speed and if it remains in one genral area for long, Desi AWACS can vector in an attack package to finish it ofatBVR range with a salvo of 5-6 BVRAAM whjich would leave it with a very small escape zone. An...

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Indranil Saar,
Do we need to consider the weight of the pylons in your calculations ?

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Brahmos remains the deadliest proven cruise missile out there, with some sheer ingenuity it is possible to line up multiple Brahmos missiles to strike at once, lets keep in mind, once in range missiles can be fired in split seconds and with short range waypoints for the first few missiles that allo...

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I have thought of a typical Naval Scenario that begs many questions to be answered ? Gurus please provide those or correct if my assumptions in the scenarios are incorrect. You could always improve or add any factors to the scenario that I might have missed. Base Situation Year 2014. Vikramaditya or...

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sw2wqTqEN34 Link : http://theaviationist.com/2013/11/20/p1hh-test-flight/#.UozVv8Txqvw Posting in full :-- The new P.1HH HammerHead, a multi-purpose MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone based on the Piaggio P-180 Avanti twin-engine turboprop plane has conducted a successful test flight from ...

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http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6323/32cp.jpg Specs :-- http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2638/hs0x.jpg Link : Russia is interested in previous version (Adcom United 40 Block 5) . Again, very much impressed by ingenuity of the design with 4 wings for long endurance. I was never aware that UAE guy...

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Somehow, news of this new Iranian Drone Fotros got missed in BR.
looks like Heron, I was sceptical thinking that it was probably a mockup.
But got convinced when saw it flying. Looks pretty impressive.

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Flash News in local news,There was a fire accident in Vishakapatnam Naval dockyard involving INS KONKAN :( Naval patrol vessel catches fire in Vizag http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/naval-patrol-vessel-catches-fire-in-vizag/article5421902.ece INS Konkan looks to be a Pondicherry Class MineSwee...

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