Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

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Beautiful photo :)

https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1 ... 99745?s=20 ---> Astra Mk1 on Tejas Mk1.

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Excellent. Now add an SPJ pod on the outer pylon and we're in business.
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nachiket wrote:Excellent. Now add an SPJ pod on the outer pylon and we're in business.
Not sure if this will end up on the Mk1, but reportedly this is for Mk1A ----> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7879#p2531701

Also see this this ---> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7879#p2531536
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Finally. About one year later than promised.
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Rakesh wrote:Beautiful photo :)

https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1 ... 99745?s=20 ---> Astra Mk1 on Tejas Mk1.
https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/statu ... 29152?s=20 ---> Tejas with DRDO's Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) during the ground integration and flutter test.
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ramana wrote:Finally. About one year later than promised.

Yup 1 year late against promised.
Spare the rod ( Punishing accountability) and fizzling delay of such national importance task will reoccur again. :evil:

Rakesh wrote:Beautiful photo :)

https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1 ... 99745?s=20 ---> Astra Mk1 on Tejas Mk1.

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Any updates on delivery of the remaining FOCs? We are well into February now with the FY fast ending but absolutely no deliveries have been made in at least the last 6 months, we haven’t even heard of EGR and HTT for the lat few fighters in a looong time.

+ still no sign of SPT-1 or NP-5, HAL like ISRO seem to have gone MIA in the past 6-8 months. I’m constantly defending HAL and taking them at their word but they keep quietly shifting the goalposts and under performing, this has to change for MK1A otherwise this entire project has been a waste (I’m confident MK1A will be fine though).
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It's possible that HAL no longer publishes these details. They already did the same with first flights. Last updates we got were through Tarmak series.
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https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... 9TcIw&s=19
HAL/DRDO have ordered a mockup model with a EW configuration of LCA Tejas.
Model will have 3 Modified ASPJ pods and 2 Rudram 1 missles.

So #TejoGrowler on cards.
Details in a video soon.
Does Tejas have sufficient power for a Growler kind of Aircraft...?
I guess they're only testing various technologies...

TEDBF/ORCA would make a perfect candidate for a Desi Growler...
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LakshmanPST wrote:https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... 9TcIw&s=19
HAL/DRDO have ordered a mockup model with a EW configuration of LCA Tejas.
Model will have 3 Modified ASPJ pods and 2 Rudram 1 missles.

So #TejoGrowler on cards.
Details in a video soon.
Does Tejas have sufficient power for a Growler kind of Aircraft...?
I guess they're only testing various technologies...

TEDBF/ORCA would make a perfect candidate for a Desi Growler...
Curious coincidence that when NAL Sara's first took to air some 16 yrs ago, this forum was gaga over it, and possibility to use the tiny SARAS as ELINT/AWACS :rotfl:

And now the light combat fighter Tejas as Growler.

When all that you have in your toolbox is a hammer, all problems look like "nail" :mrgreen: :((
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How about a "Light Growler" , a.k.a "Meow-er"
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LakshmanPST wrote:
Does Tejas have sufficient power for a Growler kind of Aircraft...?
The Growler itself doesn't have the power to run its stand-off jammer pods. Each of those generate their own. Only the receiver system, and the Growler specific communication systems are powered by the aircraft.
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#LCATejas LSP4 completed the first one hour flight of indigenous aircraft bearings for the critical gearbox and all performance parameters met the stringent limits. Gearbox is developed ab-initio by CVRDE.
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https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/statu ... pZc2u3YRKw ---> DRDO's CVRDE Aircraft Mounted Accessory Gearbox for LCA TEJAS.

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This gearbox is a culmination of mastering many technologies: lightweight Mg alloy casting, gears, bearings, tribology, lubrication system, testing regime. Kudos to the team for developing it.

A look at the bearings that survived the grueling tests.

https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... COABWA6xIg --->

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With a 40KW generator the Tejas should have sufficient power to run multiple multi-KW SPJs, even considering the load factor of its other avionics.
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I believe the indigenous gearbox is already being used in most of the LCAs. It is some of the bearings that are now being indigenized. Wonder who was the earlier supplier of these bearing?
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Prem Kumar wrote:How about a "Light Growler" , a.k.a "Meow-er"
Doable with a jammer pod i presume,esp with mk2
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kit wrote:
Prem Kumar wrote:How about a "Light Growler" , a.k.a "Meow-er"
Doable with a jammer pod i presume,esp with mk2
i think its a welcome addition, a lot of drone based weaponry will not require high power like the range of a growler..it can sanitize air of small drones..and if not a growler it can definitely be a cute teddy tejjy bear!
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A small flight of three Tejas aircraft are visiting the Singapore Air Show.

https://twitter.com/_devildog_rv_/statu ... U0pl5D1M9Q ---> Three Tejas light combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force have landed at Changi Airport on Singapore soil today.

https://twitter.com/SpokespersonMoD/sta ... U0pl5D1M9Q ---> 44 member contingent of Indian Air Force reached Changi International Airport in Singapore today to participate in the biennial ‘Singapore Air Show-2022' starting 15 to 18 Feb 2022.

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The three Tejas aircraft that are visiting the 2022 Singapore Air Show are all FOC aircraft from No 18 Flying Bullets Squadron. Notice the orange flight suits of all three pilots, as they were flying over the sea from Sulur AFS to Singapore Changi Airport.

https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1 ... U0pl5D1M9Q ---> LA-5020, LA-5018 and LA-5017.

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https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/statu ... U0pl5D1M9Q ---> Complete night flying solution for LCA-Tejas by DRDO.

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Watch after Boeing 777. Mostly like the SL air show but with much better turn radius and performance.

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uddu wrote:Watch after Boeing 777. Mostly like the SL air show but with much better turn radius and performance.
Tejas comes as 48:45 !!
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Another YouTube video from Today - Tejas is from 25:12 to 30:00 minutes.

JF-17 has never done what Tejas has done between 27:14 to 27:27 of this video apart from very slow near stall speed flying at 29 mins

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uddu wrote:Watch after Boeing 777. Mostly like the SL air show but with much better turn radius and performance.
(Unrelated to Tejas display) Did they outsource video coverage to Doordarshan by any chance? Quite awful
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I love that it's flying in full combat configuration... with empty inner & midboard pylons, more realistic than clean config half-tank displays.

Watch here ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGG5KiVkYU

https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... 3127489537 ---> Tejas in Singapore Air Show 2022.

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FBW of LCA appears very mature. Able to duplicate almost everything the Mirage-2000 is capable of.
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viveks wrote:FBW of LCA appears very mature. Able to duplicate almost everything the Mirage-2000 is capable of.
Mk1 is better than the non-upgraded Mirage 2000 and that is from the pilots of No 45 Squadron.

Mk1A will be better than the upgraded Mirage 2000.
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LCA comparison to the mirage-2000. This reminds me of my childhood friend. He used to get emotionally charged up watching me for my ways and try to beat me in the things I try to set an example with. He was always dependent to see a new thing but never originally came up things on his own. Always tried to out match an existing example in its own new found realm . If they start to support meteor and super cruise and limited tvc on the mirage, it will out class anything.
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viveks wrote: If they start to support meteor and super cruise and limited tvc on the mirage, it will out class anything.
And while we are at it.... how about some RAM coatings and implementation of Spectra as well
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Direct flight by Tejas to Singapore without aerial re-fueling, only drop tanks. No more doubts should persist on the ferry range and combat range of the Tejas.
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mody wrote:Direct flight by Tejas to Singapore without aerial re-fueling, only drop tanks. No more doubts should persist on the ferry range and combat range of the Tejas.
3200 Km
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mody wrote:Direct flight by Tejas to Singapore without aerial re-fueling, only drop tanks. No more doubts should persist on the ferry range and combat range of the Tejas.
Best news of the day. Thank you Saar.
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Neela wrote:
mody wrote:Direct flight by Tejas to Singapore without aerial re-fueling, only drop tanks. No more doubts should persist on the ferry range and combat range of the Tejas.
3200 Km
Plus in military aviation some safety would have been built for circling the airfield, ability to fly to alternative airfields etc. So range would be 20% more than what the flight route entitled.

Tejas flight range is atleast as much as that of Gripen.
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This bit of fact will not be lost amongst the professionals, who do note these kind of things. Clean config with 3 drop tanks. Though the center line drop tank is 800 ltrs I think.
Efficient flying altitude and speed, go without saying.
The max ferry range with the 3 drop tank config should be around 3,400-3,600 Kms.

Really a mystery as to why IAF is not opting for an additional couple of squadrons of MK1A. Sheer stupidity.
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mody wrote:Really a mystery as to why IAF is not opting for an additional couple of squadrons of MK1A. Sheer stupidity.
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Because somewhere we dont have it in our system to accelerate Mk1A & Mk2 by a few years.
> If HAL wanted to tomorrow go and hire 100 more aeronautical engineers at market rates ( they cant, org rules dont allow).
> If HAL leadership wanted tomorrow more goal oriented renumeration (risk/rewards/Appraisal) within the entire org (they cant, the system/employees dnt work that way)
> If HAL tomorrow wanted a quickfire approval for a new test facility or extra prototype budgets ( MoD wont do them overnight, when they should)
> If 5 vendors had to be paid in advance, so they can scale up production (even as an advance payment) - we will not
> GoI/MoF wont make it mandatory for National Banks to lend to DRDO/HAL selected defence startups/SMEs at generous rates against advanced order!
> IAF leadership is not going after HAL/MoD hammer and tongs on everything tejas by appointing their own officers to do routine audits of timeline, quality and escalate/callout/cryout if things go out of margins
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U bring all such things in place and IAF wont have to fantasize for MRFAs
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mody wrote:Direct flight by Tejas to Singapore without aerial re-fueling, only drop tanks. No more doubts should persist on the ferry range and combat range of the Tejas.
Why are we assuming that there was no staging? On the way to Malaysia, it was staged through KKD and Rangoon.
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