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That's how digi camos work, dude. This is, in fact, a quintessential pattern for the U.S. Marines: This is the effect of similar "overcrowding" on a fractal camo pattern for buildings in a western Colorado desert: And this is a digitally-camo'ed Slovakian Defense Forces Mig-29: I'd...

What's wrong with you? Browse through this thread, dude, for "real pics". "Planned induction" is by late 2013. 2014-15 is factoring in all the delays that might occur, as is want to happen in our country. Bell Helicopter's AH-1 Cobra, which shares a common engine, transmission and rotor system...

A garland?! No way Satish. It snakes right into the fuselage! I think hydraulic elevation-adjustable seats for pilot and co-pilot/gunner have been standard on most rotorcraft for a while now. They usually have an energy absorption connection at at least one end of the height adjuster by...

Aha! So it was not the piping for an FDAU. It was a structural strain gauge to determine in-flight, vectored thrust loads? We have two competing theories gentlemen! Take your pick. It'd be interesting to see a pic of the strain guage on the tail boom. If it was a conventional foil gauge or a...

Thank you Venom, for that piece of information. I was takin a wild stab in the dark, back there. So is that particular piece of piping to measure effectiveness on the tail rotor assembly vis-a-vis parameters like atmospheric pressure, altitude, AoA, lateral acceleration etc.? And what type of...

Valid question Stealthsniper. The cockpit section is made of Kevlar and glass / carbon-fibre composites, so protection against rifle armor-piercing ammunition is decent. I would hope the eventual prototype has tinted windows. Yeh, that looks like the piping for an HF antenna. I'm curious as...

That, I believe, is a horizontal stabilator on the tail rotor pylon: a monocoque construction on the tail rotor assembly to provide limited anti-torque ability during autorotation as a means of sustaining flight in the event of a tail rotor drive-system malfunction. It also serves as a vertical...

The landing gear is not meant to be retractable. Retractable landing gear will increase the weight on the rotorcraft, a big no-no for a helciopter desperately trying to shed weight to meet the Air Force's (considerably eased) requirements. The additional weight of associated motors and machinery...

Here though are some design models we are privy to: The Shakti engine, that will power the Light Combat Helikopter

No arguments there. Except that the weight will directly reduce munitions payload at upper altitudes. That I think is the concern, particularly since this is a light combat helicopter.

The Shakti engine; coupled with a Nexter 20 mm turret mounted cannon; an MBDA air-to-air missile; indigenous glass cockpits with fully multi-functional displays developed by HAL; and an EW suite from SAAB; as well as a HELINA missile, which is the A-A variant of the 'Naag' with an extended range...