HAL Prachand - Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)

[Vinod DX9]

What can be official name of LCH?

 

[aditya10r]

What can be official name of LCH?

I would prefer some nomenclature along with a name.

Name could be Ajeet.

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[Adioz]

I think someone suggested "Gharial" once. Not sure if it was an official or someone on the forum.

 

[kunal1123]

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[darshan978]

Why dont we handover kaveri to hal? it will be really great! hal has experience of AL31 FP...

 

[Saichand K]

What can be official name of LCH?

Heavy attack helicopters could be called Makars. So i think Gharial (alligator) would be apt name for Light combat helicopter.

 

[Saichand K]

I think someone suggested "Gharial" once. Not sure if it was an official or someone on the forum.

That could be me. or did u hear it in media elsewhere?

 

[pmaitra]

Heavy attack helicopters could be called Makars. So i think Gharial (alligator) would be apt name for Light combat helicopter.

The Mil-24/35 is called the Krokodil or Crocodile. Calling the LCH Gharial or Alligator would be quite unoriginal.

 

[Saichand K]

The Mil-24/35 is called the Krokodil or Crocodile. Calling the LCH Gharial or Alligator would be quite unoriginal.

It would be logical. It's amazing.

 

[Kchontha]

Why should we name a combat helicopter after amphibious animals like crocodile or alligator? Rather it should be given an official name after a flying predator bird like sanskrit name for hawk, kite, Eagle etc etc or a mythological bird.

 

[Suryavanshi]

Why should we name a combat helicopter after amphibious animals like crocodile or alligator? Rather it should be given an official name after a flying predator bird like sanskrit name for hawk, kite, Eagle etc etc or a mythological bird.

How about Prachika which means Dragonfly in Sanskrit?₩

 

[Saichand K]

Why should we name a combat helicopter after amphibious animals like crocodile or alligator? Rather it should be given an official name after a flying predator bird like sanskrit name for hawk, kite, Eagle etc etc or a mythological bird.

Because Helicopters are slow moving like Alligators and crocodiles. Bird names are usually given to supersonic planes.

 

[Adioz]

Why dont we handover kaveri to hal? it will be really great! hal has experience of AL31 FP...

Once Kaveri is ready, it will be handed over to HAL. HAL is a production unit, not a research unit.

That could be me. or did u hear it in media elsewhere?

It was you I think

 

[Suryavanshi]

Ladies, Gentlemen and everything in between I present to u

HAL Prachika

 

[darshan978]

Once Kaveri is ready, it will be handed over to HAL. HAL is a production unit, not a research unit.

It was you I think

Then what hal doing on htfe 25 and htse1200

 

[lcafanboy]

What can be official name of LCH?

'Apache Indian" :biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:

 

[Adioz]

Why dont we handover kaveri to hal? it will be really great! hal has experience of AL31 FP...

Once Kaveri is ready, it will be handed over to HAL. HAL is a production unit, not a research unit.

Then what hal doing on htfe 25 and htse1200

Let me rephrase my previous reply: HAL is primarily a production unit with some organic design and research capability. HTFE 25 and HTSE1200 are based on established technologies, i.e. HAL did not research the core tech used in those engines. It designed those engines, tested them and will produce them. I am not sure how many production technologies they researched though. I believe they did research 3D printing applications. As far as Al31 is concerned, they did not even design that engine and just manufactured it, so the only time that experience can be counted on is when a completed Kaveri (K9 and K10) are given to them for production.
OTOH DRDO is primarily a R&D unit. Kaveri is a cutting edge engine which has required considerable research effort in creating core technologies (like Single Crystal Blade tech they achieved recently).
Hence, HAL is not sufficiently equipped to handle a project of the stature of Kaveri.

Edit: Your original comment was a bit off-topic, and I also foolishly replied on the same thread . Lest we derail this thread, please make future replies to this comment, if any, on a relevant thread and not on LCH thread.

 

[Darth Malgus]

How about HAL Gṛdhaḥ for Vulture

 

[Vinod DX9]

Israeli news media says spike for lch....
Are helina & sant for only heavy choppers?

 

[abingdonboy]

15? And i was thinking that the initial 15 were already in production since a couple of months...

They are. 6 will be delivered to IAF in 2018 itself