LCA Tejas Mk1 Picture Thread

Khalsa · Post by **Khalsa** » 25 Mar 2019 14:17

I don't know I want Sp-16 camo as it is where it is with the primter ^^^
I want one ac just like that.

For ARBAAN Combat !!

Kakarat · Post by **Kakarat** » 25 Mar 2019 14:18

https://twitter.com/HALHQBLR/status/1110092414222401536

HAL has produced 16th LCA of IOC Contract as per the target till March 31, 2019. The customer flights are expected soon.

SP13

SP14

SP15

SP16

Kakarat · Post by **Kakarat** » 25 Mar 2019 15:44

https://twitter.com/newsiadn/status/1110079896351440896

tsarkar · Post by **tsarkar** » 25 Mar 2019 19:39

Mihaylo · Post by **Mihaylo** » 25 Mar 2019 20:39

What is the bump in front of the tail for ?

titash · Post by **titash** » 25 Mar 2019 21:12

Some kind of air intake...perhaps for electronics cooling?

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 25 Mar 2019 21:27

Apu intake

saumitra_j · Post by **saumitra_j** » 25 Mar 2019 21:30

That ~~used to house~~ houses a RAM air turbine

Kartik · Post by **Kartik** » 25 Mar 2019 23:48

naird wrote:
Kartik wrote:CO of No.45, Group Captain Samarth "Danny" Dhankar in the cockpit. From AI-'19

Is that Elbit Dash ? Doesnt seem like it, which helmet is that ?

Nope, that is just a regular helmet, of the style worn by Mirage-2000 pilots. Basically a French helmet. Haven't seen DASH being used by any of the No.45 squadron pilots as yet.

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 26 Mar 2019 00:07

Kakarat wrote:https://twitter.com/newsiadn/status/1110079896351440896

Reminds me of a jewel of a report.
Tejas grounded in Bhopal, AAI officials remain mum.
Indian Air Force's Tejas Fighter Grounded Due To Rain

Kakarat · Post by **Kakarat** » 26 Mar 2019 00:36

Indranil wrote:
Kakarat wrote:https://twitter.com/newsiadn/status/1110079896351440896
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2fLxkSUgAA206r.jpg
Reminds me of a jewel of a report.
Tejas grounded in Bhopal, AAI officials remain mum.
Indian Air Force's Tejas Fighter Grounded Due To Rain

Remembered the same report as soon as I saw the pic

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 26 Mar 2019 01:33

suryag wrote:Apu intake

LCA doesn't have an APU.

saumitra_j wrote:That ~~used to house~~ houses a RAM air turbine

LCA doesn't have a RAM air turbine.

It is used for the environment control unit. This air is mixed in careful measurement with the bleed air of the engine to provide cooling to the electronics and the cockpit. The rest of the bleed air is used to keep the engine bay cool and escapes through the small gap between the fuselage and the engine nozzle. You can see the gap between the fuselage along the upper half of the nozzle.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 26 Mar 2019 09:05

wonder if it lowers temperature of exhaust in any appreciable manner.

JTull · Post by **JTull** » 26 Mar 2019 16:57

That bulge appeared around the time of the cold weather tests in Leh. I think it is intake for the gas turbine starter unit.

SidSoma · Post by **SidSoma** » 26 Mar 2019 17:09

JTull wrote:That bulge appeared around the time of the cold weather tests in Leh. I think it is intake for the gas turbine starter unit.

A Gas turbine starter unit is fed air from an external compressor and should not require an intake. Indranil's reply is most apt. Also this bulge discussion has been done to death. We have seen it change shape and size through the LSPs.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 26 Mar 2019 20:43

Kartik wrote:Nope, that is just a regular helmet, of the style worn by Mirage-2000 pilots. Basically a French helmet. Haven't seen DASH being used by any of the No.45 squadron pilots as yet.

https://youtu.be/qnQzQScFLi4?t=64
at 1:04, it looks like the DASH to me.

btw, the title is misleading, this is NOT in LIMA 2019, I have seen this video before.

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 26 Mar 2019 21:11

SidSoma wrote:
JTull wrote:That bulge appeared around the time of the cold weather tests in Leh. I think it is intake for the gas turbine starter unit.
A Gas turbine starter unit is fed air from an external compressor and should not require an intake. Indranil's reply is most apt. Also this bulge discussion has been done to death. We have seen it change shape and size through the LSPs.

The intake of the gas turbine intake is on the underside of the aircraft. It is the rectangular opening between (and just aft of) the MLG doors.

JTull wrote:That bulge appeared around the time of the cold weather tests in Leh. I think it is intake for the gas turbine starter unit.

The bulge appeared first on LSP 7. It was part of the drag reduction effort.

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 26 Mar 2019 21:19

Rahul M wrote:wonder if it lowers temperature of exhaust in any appreciable manner.

Don't know. It is not the primary objective.

By the way, has there been an improvement in build quality, or what?

MeshaVishwas · Post by **MeshaVishwas** » 26 Mar 2019 21:46

Indranil wrote:The intake of the gas turbine intake is on the underside of the aircraft. It is the rectangular opening between (and just aft of) the MLG doors.

Is it this? I confused it for the Gasha!

naird · Post by **naird** » 26 Mar 2019 21:55

Rahul M wrote:
Kartik wrote: Nope, that is just a regular helmet, of the style worn by Mirage-2000 pilots. Basically a French helmet. Haven't seen DASH being used by any of the No.45 squadron pilots as yet.

https://youtu.be/qnQzQScFLi4?t=64
at 1:04, it looks like the DASH to me.

That indeed is Dash !

Indranil · Post by **Indranil** » 26 Mar 2019 22:07

MeshaVishwas wrote:
Indranil wrote:The intake of the gas turbine intake is on the underside of the aircraft. It is the rectangular opening between (and just aft of) the MLG doors.
Is it this? I confused it for the Gasha!

No. that is the gun. It is the rectangular opening just underneath the watermark.

JayS · Post by **JayS** » 26 Mar 2019 22:17

Indranil wrote:
Rahul M wrote:wonder if it lowers temperature of exhaust in any appreciable manner.
Don't know. It is not the primary objective.

By the way, has there been an improvement in build quality, or what?

Just a touch better and it would be as good as any western fighter. Its already very close to M2K. I have a few hires images of SP11. Do we have a gallary or something on BRF somewhere to upload..?

Kartik · Post by **Kartik** » 26 Mar 2019 22:23

Rahul M wrote:
Kartik wrote: Nope, that is just a regular helmet, of the style worn by Mirage-2000 pilots. Basically a French helmet. Haven't seen DASH being used by any of the No.45 squadron pilots as yet.
https://youtu.be/qnQzQScFLi4?t=64
at 1:04, it looks like the DASH to me.

btw, the title is misleading, this is NOT in LIMA 2019, I have seen this video before.

Thanks Rahul. Yes, that is indeed the DASH HMDS that Wing Cmdr Tolani was referring to. So some squadron pilots have the DASH, others seemingly don't.

Kakarat · Post by **Kakarat** » 26 Mar 2019 22:33

I think the DASH would be supplied with the aircraft as part of the package and IAF pilots could be using it selectively to preserve its life

JTull · Post by **JTull** » 26 Mar 2019 22:51

Copied from other thread.

#LIMA19: Preview of Tejas

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 26 Mar 2019 23:08

suggest edit the title of thread to be "LCA Tejas Mk1 Media Thread"

not the DDM wala media

Kartik · Post by **Kartik** » 02 Apr 2019 02:32

From LIMA 2019

Rakesh · Post by **Rakesh** » 02 Apr 2019 06:52

Rakesh · Post by **Rakesh** » 02 Apr 2019 06:54

Atmavik · Post by **Atmavik** » 02 Apr 2019 07:19

I dont see any squadron insignia on the tejas. i did a quick google search and most IAF birds dont have any insignia as well, although the IN has it on the mig 29k. does anyone know the reason why IAF does not choose to have it?

Rakesh · Post by **Rakesh** » 02 Apr 2019 07:38

They used to have it. I have seen all the MiG-2X series sporting squadron insignias. Even the Mirage 2000s and the early model Su-30s had them. Then Tipnis Grey came along and all squadron insignias went out the window.

gaurav.p · Post by **gaurav.p** » 25 May 2019 14:06

drool over the LEVCONs.

Source

Kartik · Post by **Kartik** » 29 May 2019 01:01

link

Khalsa · Post by **Khalsa** » 30 May 2019 16:21

Kartik wrote:

link

The present and immediate future of IAF.
Nice Piccy

Picklu · Post by **Picklu** » 30 May 2019 18:57

Khalsa wrote: The present and immediate future of IAF.
Nice Piccy

Waiting for Rafale to join the photo op

tsarkar · Post by **tsarkar** » 30 May 2019 21:27

Indranil wrote:Reminds me of a jewel of a report.
Tejas grounded in Bhopal, AAI officials remain mum.
Indian Air Force's Tejas Fighter Grounded Due To Rain

I have reminded on multiple occasions that particular aircraft at Bhopal (PV5/6) at that point of time did not have the all weather modifications retrofitted on it that were qualified on (LSP7/8)

Writing from memory, exact details in CAG report that has vanished from CAG site.

Multiple test objects test multiple features and once those features are qualified, not all are retrofitted to all test objects in near real time.

srai · Post by **srai** » 29 Sep 2019 10:25

IFR
2 x R-73 CCM
2 x Derby BVRM
1 x Litening Pod

srai · Post by **srai** » 29 Sep 2019 10:34

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 29 Sep 2019 14:43

srai wrote:IFR
2 x R-73 CCM
2 x Derby BVRM
1 x Litening Pod

In this config what is the litening pod for, to act as IRST?

srai · Post by **srai** » 29 Sep 2019 14:45

^^^
Apparently it can