Air Chief flies MiG-21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSRF_nPp_xM
You should try HAL airport!! The people there are the least bit bothered about the kind of exotic birds that dot their air space and here I am left breathless running up and down the stairs to my terrace to catch glimpses of them..Rakesh wrote:The irony was the people who live in the area were nonchalantly just walking about their business. I was the only mad man who was screaming.....Su-30, Su-30, Su-30!!!!
Last I heard this project was shelved!! Is it still alive and kicking??? Any timelines???Yagnasri wrote:Mango question - Can't Jags do high altitude bombings etc with the new engines they are getting?
Last I heard this project was shelved!! Is it still alive and kicking??? Any timelines???[/quote]Yagnasri wrote:Mango question - Can't Jags do high altitude bombings etc with the new engines they are getting?
Rakeshji,Rakesh wrote:Russia unveils super-Jet 'MiG-35’, offers it for Indian Air Force: Report
https://twitter.com/search?q=INdian%20A ... e&src=typd
An explanation for this idiocy has been posted before. DPSUs wanted the armed forces to pre-order spares that would have to be importe d- leading to vast cost escalation and when the forces were unable to pre-order those spares HAL/DPSU would sell their stuff and not be able to service them at will - but call for tenders, import spares etc after they were needed yesterday.Philip wrote:MP's line from his Ind. Exp. quote about the increased serviceability of MKIs and helos to "60%" (Global std. 70-75%)
“The biggest problem I faced was after sales service. Defence PSUs considered after sales service as an expense and not an investment.
That would be great if all new purchases (local/foreign) came with 75% uptime guarantee, that put cost of building support infrastructure, stocking of high value parts and appropriate training of personnel right upfront.shiv wrote:DPSUs need to factor in the cost of lifetime support, I hope things have moved in that direction
That is too "dharmic" an attitude towards business. Apart from the fact that at least two Ecuador accidents were due to poor flying. Unless we persist and take flak from customers and learn - we cannot wait till we think we have a "perfect" product to export. Even if it is perfect there will be complaints and bad press. We still laugh at made in China but that never stopped them for exporting. Japan too started of that way.JTull wrote:+1
And, until they get this part right, should stop dreaming of being an exporter. Else, we're bound to see plenty of negative press just like Dhruv sale to Ecuador.
Balaji...my deepest apologies. I have fixed the link in the original post. Please recheck.Bala Vignesh wrote:The link doesn't show anything regarding the MiG 35.. kindly confirm if the link is correct??
50k for 200+ Rambhas and 60k for only ~20 Mi-35 gunships? The numbers don't make sense.The Indian Armed Forces (IAF) has considered buying 50,000 rounds of 30mm GsH ammunition for Su-30 fighter jets and more than 60,000 rounds of 12.7 mm ammo for Mi-35 gunships, Sputnik News reported today.
Cannon is only "just in case" for Su-30. It is an integral part of the attack package for Mi 35.Rakesh wrote:
50k for 200+ Rambhas and 60k for only ~20 Mi-35 gunships? The numbers don't make sense.
Doc ji on top of that MKI only carries ca 150 rounds each whereas the Mi35 that IAF has still has the orignal Yak B 50 cal three barrel fire breather. The Mi35 carried ca. 1500 rounds IIRC and like you said would chew up rounds quick smart given integral weapon.shiv wrote:Cannon is only "just in case" for Su-30. It is an integral part of the attack package for Mi 35.Rakesh wrote:
50k for 200+ Rambhas and 60k for only ~20 Mi-35 gunships? The numbers don't make sense.
Videos show Mi 35 going "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" . Never heard Su 30 cannon but aircraft cannons are usually "brrrrrrp" and thats it (Please nobody remind me that this is not true for A-10. Thanks)
https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20170127/1486615420.htmlLukhovitsy (Moscow region), January 27 - RIA Novosti. RAC "MiG" In 2017 opens in India service center for maintenance of MiG-29, said Friday the general designer - Vice-President for Innovation KLA Sergei Korotkov.
"We offer foreign customer subscription service system In addition to the delivery of the aircraft themselves, we are ready to build on the territory of a foreign customer country service center for their services ... This service center MiG-29 fighter aircraft is scheduled to open in 2017 in India.",
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Today ... 11BRD.htmlVaroon Shekhar wrote:"Group Captain N Chaturvedi, the station PRO, was quoted saying that the upgraded aircraft contains 90 per cent of indigenous spare parts. He also added that many of the parts were locally produced."
Very good news of course! But the language, 'contains..indigenous spare parts..added that many of the parts were locally produced" Well, yes, isn't that what's meant by 'indigenous spare parts'. Or are they talking about being made at a HAL unit, as opposed to outsourced to various private companies? The article doesn't make that clear at all. But nice information, I always assumed that the vast majority of spare parts for the Mig-29 were procured from Russia, the Mig-21 series is a different story.