I think I can recognise the pilot in the front seat..

suryag wrote:^^^Great work ayya, you guys drive helicopters just like our auto drivers drive their autos, no gap is small to get through.
Hari Nair wrote:Here's an image that captures very vividly, the superb agility of the ALH. Thanks to B Harry for capturing the 'Halcon Break' of the first Sarang Team performing at the Aero India 2005 at Yelahanka, Bangalore. The picture is real, very real indeed and not ‘Photoshopped’. The camera is aligned with the horizontal and there are no trick angles here. Harry positioned himself at a unique angle with some good cameras and got this fantastic shot. Note that there are actually three smoke trails – the lead ALH has already pulled up and is out of the frame for a vertical ‘torque turn’. Number 2 and 3 are turning hard into each other for a ‘cross-over’.
Vivek K wrote:Hari Nair Sir, perhaps Suryag meant that they can manouver the aircraft like crop duster pilots here in the US do.
You are quite right - No 2 & 3 have already just crossed each other. B Harry was probably clicking awaying in the motorised mode and he must have also got the 'pre-crossover' pic. However, this pic, with its seemingly impossible angles must have been better with its dramatic effect.Jayram wrote:Minor observation only sir it appears the turn into each other and cross over has already happened going by the fact that the Rotor Blade of the ALH on the right is ahead of the smoke trail of the ALH on the left.
Vivek K wrote:Nair Sir - From the pics it can be seen that the LCH has large shock absorbers tied to the gear. Is this normal in helos of this kind? Does it pose problems in action?
Gaur wrote:Thanks very much Nair Sir.
I think this is the first and only picture of LCH in the public domain in which the LCH carries an ATGM (albeit a dummy). Is this supposed to be a mock up of HELINA?
Hari Nair wrote:Gaur wrote:Thanks very much Nair Sir.
I think this is the first and only picture of LCH in the public domain in which the LCH carries an ATGM (albeit a dummy). Is this supposed to be a mock up of HELINA?
Those are four close-combat air-to-air missiles, not ATGMs
Bala Vignesh wrote:Hari Nair wrote:I think this is the first and only picture of LCH in the public domain in which the LCH carries an ATGM (albeit a dummy). Is this supposed to be a mock up of HELINA?
Those are four close-combat air-to-air missiles, not ATGMs
Hari sir...
which missiles are those???
Henrik wrote:What's the projected price of the LCH? Sweden could use some of them for sure..
sarabpal.s wrote:Hey guy can you shed some light on Dhruv WSI and LCH?
i see WSI weapon configuration is same as LCH!
so Where they are different?
why we need different config?
Bala Vignesh wrote:sarabpal.s wrote:Hey guy can you shed some light on Dhruv WSI and LCH?
i see WSI weapon configuration is same as LCH!
so Where they are different?
why we need different config?
While The LCH is based on the ALH and has an almost similar weapons configuration, it is designed ground up to be an attack helicopter, meaning there will be some more features that enhance the chopper's stealthiness... Also the avionics will be more suited to for its purpose as a hunter/killer...
The WSI Dhruv, is still an utility chopper.. So it cannot take care of certain high threat situations that LCH is designed to tackle...
JMO..
smpratik wrote:@Bala Vignesh
WSI is meant to be a gunship, it will do jobs of troop insertion along with attack. Quite similar to the Mi-24.
@henrik
Dhruv costs just under 9 million $ so expect the LCH to cost 12-14 million $.
atreya wrote:Sarabpal, think of the WSI Dhruv as any street car modified for racing and the LCH as a Ferrari. The role is similar- racing. But the former can perform other roles, like commuting, etc while the latter is a pure race car!
saje wrote:
I saw this bird flying low over my office campus (whitefield-b'lore) in the evening yesterday. I was hoping another jingo would have spotted it too and logged onto this thread to hear more about it. I was a little surprised to see this variant flying since I was under the impression this project had been shelved. Anyone know more about this?
saje wrote:
I saw this bird flying low over my office campus (whitefield-b'lore) in the evening yesterday. I was hoping another jingo would have spotted it too and logged onto this thread to hear more about it. I was a little surprised to see this variant flying since I was under the impression this project had been shelved. Anyone know more about this?
Philip wrote:That's the naval version of the ALH,which I mentioned was in a pic in a VAYU edition.It has a radar in its extended "beak",adding to length,which probably is one reason why it cannot fit into our warship's hangars,supposedly also has no folding mechanism for the rotors.The "failure" of the ALH is one reason why a large number of ASW helos to replace the Sea Kings is on the cards,with the NH-90 and EH-101 the front runners.
Henrik wrote:NH-90?? STAY AWAY!! Don't let yourself get involved in that mess, cause´it's nothing other than just that.
While the US firm Sikorsky is offering the S-70B Seahawk as a commercial direct sale, there is another option for India which is the MH-60R chopper as a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) under the U.S. Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The American Department of Defence has offered the US Navy’s workhorse MH-60R, which is a Sikorsky platform with American systems and sensors, through the FMS route.
Attack helicopters the opposition says should be sent to Afghanistan to support Australian troops will not be fully operational for at least two years.
Australia should send a squadron of four to six Tigers and 100 personnel to end its dependence on helicopter support by allied nations, Senator Johnston said.
However, the Defence Department told the Herald yesterday the Tigers were not expected to be fully operational until December 2012. Eighteen of the 22 armed reconnaissance helicopters have been delivered by their maker, Australian Aerospace, and are being introduced into service with the 1st Aviation Regiment in Darwin.
It is believed that while the helicopters could be deployed, their night-fighting ability and armaments will take another two years to complete.
In a statement yesterday, Senator Johnston said he was merely echoing the concerns of soldiers when he called for the boost in capability.
''It was in this context that I also called for attack helicopters, which interestingly the Prime Minister has now acknowledged as being necessary and Australia is now in talks with the US to secure extra attack helicopters,'' he said.
People living around HAL Airport in Bangalore were seeing this aircraft undergoing Radar and Sonar tests.
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