Armed Varient Of Rustom 1

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I found Rustom ka baap..........

Builder:National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL), India

Type: two-seat canard pusher

Program: Light Canard Research Aircraft (LRCA)

Powerplant: one 108 hp (likely a Lycoming O-235) piston engine

Significant date: 26 February 1987 (first flight)

As early as 1983-84, India's National Aeronautical Laboratory (or NAL, now National Aerospace Laboratories) started the project to fabricate an all-composite aircraft. Designated the LRCA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) it has often been described as the first Indian indigenous all-composite material aircraft, while in fact it was basically a Long-EZ built for research purposes by a team headed by Professor Rustum Damania, using a kit bought from Rutan. Damania started work on his LCRAaircraft at NAL in 1985 with a team of engineers comprising Prs. R. Narasimha and M.S. Rajamurthy, among others. Their main goal was to acquire experience in composite material constructions.

The pivotal role in the aircraft fabrication came from the contribution of D.V. Bakshi and his team. The first flight of the LCRA took place on 26 February 1987 and went smoothly. Altogether the LCRA logged 302 hours of snag free flights and went on to become the bedrock for small aircraft development at NAL. Its aerodynamic characteristics were analysed extensively. A complete structural analysis, including vibration and aero-elastic behaviour, was done and flight tests were carried out to substantiate the analysis.

Successful fabrication of the LCRA from foam, fiber-glass and resin gave the NAL scientists a moral boost and a significant understanding of the properties and performance of composite materials. This has also helped scientists to understand challenges involved in their fabrication. This was a sort of orientation for scientists at NAL for developing light and combat aircraft, beginning in 1991 with the design of an all-composite two-seater trainer aircraft, the NALLA (NAL-Light Aircraft), which was later named Hansa.

As early as 1987, NAL presented the details of a 32-channel PCM telemetry system developed to acquire data from flight experiments, which was to be partly conducted on the LCRA. Damania had a grand plan for flight research activity at NAL and even thought of using the LCRA for aerial photography and remote sensing. He loved Rutan's design from the beginning and this love endured till his last days, when he was involved in some special studies on LCRA's flying performance. Even earlier, Damania had offered to use Rutan's approach to build and test fly an 80% LCA derivative to generate flight data.

The LCRA prototype is still stored at ADE in Bangalore, but its current status is unknown. LCRA was the precursor to two major aircraft development programme. SARAS, a nine to fourteen seater multi-role light transport aircraft (LTA) and HANSA, an all-composite light trainer aircraft. But mostly, it inspired the Rustom-1 unmanned UAV demonstrator.

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Link: http://stargazer2006.online.fr/aircraft/pages/lcra.htm
 

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DRDO's Rustom-I with two HELINA missile during taxi trials
Here's an exclusive pic of India's first armed drone, DRDO's Rustom-I with two HELINA missile during taxi trials.


Unable to see the pic. Any link of armed Rustom-1
 

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As the missile been fired from Rustom-1?? or classified

is Rustom -1 under production??
 

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