indranilroy wrote:But taking aim at those hinges. Why? There are much bigger and more vulnerable areas of a helicopter.

indranilroy wrote:But taking aim at those hinges. Why? There are much bigger and more vulnerable areas of a helicopter.
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Shreeman wrote:
credit -- original poster elsewhere.
skekatpuray wrote:Would it had been an overkill to have retractable landing gears?
srin wrote:One question on the LCH: is the pilot in the front seat or is it the gunner ?
Mihir wrote:skekatpuray wrote:Would it had been an overkill to have retractable landing gears?
What? Is there a single clear benefit to retractable landing gear other than low RCS?
Raveen wrote:indranilroy wrote:@Raveen
Why would they put a fairing if it is draggier than what they surround?
Exactly my question
Raveen wrote:Mihir wrote:What? Is there a single clear benefit to retractable landing gear other than low RCS?
Lower drag
indranilroy wrote:Raveen wrote:Exactly my question
Because it is not!
Mihir wrote:Raveen wrote:Lower drag
Not a clear benefit at the speeds a helicopter is expected to operate. It could easily be offset by increased weight.
Raveen wrote:Yet they made all these other changes to reduce drag and increase lift
Raveen wrote:...and what speeds are you thinking this thing is going to operate at that allow sidestepping the rules of areo?
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Aditya G wrote:LCH is also our first full spectrum stealth aircraft. Somehow this is not getting highlighted enough.
Shreeman wrote:some observations by an ignoramus: this helicopter (TD3) has been flying for a while before this public display. Even so, it is ridiculous to do this with packed stands of 1. people and 2. dhruvs.
That one fire truck will not do squat if something did go wrong and there isnt a safety cordon in sight. Dozens of HAL employees are wandering around clearly not needed for actual flight prep.
The show off ground level hover could have been done on a runway and still shown to employees live on a large screen better than they saw with their eyes. To do this with stands full of aircraft and people is clearly not intended to progress a test flight plan.
Why the HAL stands are so choked full of dhruvs of every description is another good question. There must be 20 helicopters sitting around. Is there a good reason why you would have an year's mnanufacturing sitting idle like this?
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