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  1. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    what could be the reasons behind the ALH crash recently? 1. Failure of two engines ? unlikely... 2, Failure of tail rotor due to breakage, structural fatigue, etc. 3. main rotor blades failure 4. Hydraulics failure 5. electrical power system short circuit 6. helo not responding to stick...
  2. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    kunal !! you always come up with nice pics!!!! Any copy rights for the dhruv pics?
  3. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    Joe!!! its well known that ALH does have problems.Have you seen an egg getting hatched instantly? Design, Developement and mass production of any product and getting matured is an evalutionary process. What do you say about the Typhoon accident in Spain in which a Saudi pilot got killed ,while...
  4. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    "I have fallen over and hit the ground clearly there must be a design flaw with my legs or my nervous system."Boy !!! gogbot!!! Either you must be drunk or having congenital birth defect . Get yourself examined by a competent neurologist!!!! please dont go to Gynecologist and dont get over...
  5. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    but why is it crashing? Design flaw? HTT-32 trainer had several crashes to its credit and around 19 pilots including instructors lost their lives , due to unexplained engine stalling!!!. HAL To Install Control Saturation Warning System on Dhruv!!!! but i tried to google it,no such system is...
  6. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    MI-17 an improved version of the old MI-8. definetely MI-8 didnt have any of the ccertifications ,when it was supplied to india in the cold war era. MI-171 and Mi-172, i dont think we have them. Ka- series operated by IN are also old. non of them have FAA! ithink FAA is more stringent than JAA!
  7. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    vladimir! which russian supplied helo to india meets FAA and JAA standards? i recall russians can only talk of Ghosts (sorry it is GOST) standard every where! right from nuts and bolts to mizziles and to aircrafts! Do you have cross reference to GOST and FAA? i remember reading trishulgroup...
  8. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    http://www.hal-india.com/HAL-Dhruv-oct09.asp i hope its not already posted. HAL offcial response to the Ecuador episode!
  9. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    Amit! you and me were not born when the MIG-21 and its avionics were designed! have you ever seen a mig-21 inside closely? in these days of power pcs, DSP ,FPGAs,VXworks what not ,ppl struggle out there to maintain those old radars made of valves,old navigation equipment, old communication sets...
  10. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    vladimir, one MI-17 crashed in kashmir today ! i think the pilot lost his life! what about this. Few days back MI-17 crashed in pakistan two ppl died! Can you explain the reason why they crashed,because all russian helos are so reliable!
  11. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    The local Spanish daily EL UNIVERSO translation: The Air Force commander, Rodrigo Bohorquez, admitted yesterday that there are technical comments to the seven aircraft purchased by the SAF to the company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India, and that the company is demanding compliance with...
  12. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    Rahul ! flight safety rules may not allow rebuiiding the crashed helo. i saw it in the video, the crashed dhruv being lifted with a crane. except for the cockpit ,most of the craft seems to be intact. what is intriguing is the timing of the crash! The crash took place during an airforce...
  13. venkat

    HAL Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv

    CAG is another face of redtapism! HAL has already modified Dhruv's with the new shakthi /ardiden engines. These could be the older versions of Dhruvs! HAL should sue CAG! JMT! Can anybody sue CAG?:blum3:
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