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Which role suits LCA 'Tejas' more than others from following options?

  • Interceptor-Defend Skies from Intruders.

    Votes: 342 51.3%
  • Airsuperiority-Complete control of the skies.

    Votes: 17 2.5%
  • Strike-Attack deep into enemy zone.

    Votes: 24 3.6%
  • Multirole-Perform multiple roles.

    Votes: 284 42.6%

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p2prada

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HAL ordered 99 GE 414.. in 2010. As of now we haven't heard .. they place no order for GE 404.

Does this means if LCA tejas mk I going with GE 414. because 414 may be fiitted in place of 404 as both have same similar size comparision
We ordered 17 F-404s a long time ago and a second batch of 24 F-404s recently. So one more order for 20 may be placed for second batch of 20 Mk1s.

F-414 is exclusive only to Mk2.
 

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We ordered 17 F-404s a long time ago and a second batch of 24 F-404s recently. So one more order for 20 may be placed for second batch of 20 Mk1s.

F-414 is exclusive only to Mk2.
What is the size difference between f 404 and f 414?
 

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What is the size difference between f 404 and f 414?
Size is the same. F-414 is slightly heavier, probably by 100 Kg.

The internals are what makes the difference.

LCA Mk1 cannot handle F-414 because the inlets are too small. Nothing to do with the engine per se. The inlets are a little small for the current F-404s in certain flight regimes too, let alone the F-414s.
 

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F-414 is not needed for mk-1, because by the time first engine change is due , the k-10 originally meant for the tejas with higher engine thrust will be available.
 

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LCA-Tejas has completed 2265 Test Flights Successfully. (09-July-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-366,LSP1-74,LSP2-275,PV5-36,LSP3-154,LSP4-90,LSP5-196,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-17)

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LCA-Tejas has completed 2270 Test Flights Successfully. (15-July-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-366,LSP1-74,LSP2-275,PV5-36,LSP3-155,LSP4-90,LSP5-198,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-19)
 

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Tejas Light Combat Supersonic Fighter - Airforce Technology

The prototype development aircraft are fitted with General Electric F404-GE-F2J3 turbofan engines with afterburn. Production aircraft will be fitted with one General Electric 85kN F404-GE-IN20 turbofan engine with full authority digital engine control. HAL placed an order for 24 F404-GE-IN20 engines in February 2007.
"Tejas, the smallest lightweight, multirole, single-engined tactical fighter aircraft in the world, is being developed as a single seat fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force."
LSP-2 (limited series production 2) is the first aircraft to be fitted with the engine. Flight trials with the production engine began in June 2008.
It was planned that a new turbofan engine, the GTX-35VS Kaveri, under development by Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), would be fitted to the production aircraft, but delays in development led to the purchase of the General Electric engines.
Snecma-Larzac has been chosen as the industrial partner in the engine development.
The Kaveri engine develops 52kN dry power and 80.5kN with afterburn. The aircraft will use multi-axis thrust vectoring nozzles. The engine has Y-duct air intakes.
The aircraft has wing and fuselage tanks and an in-flight refuelling probe on the front starboard side. Drop tanks with a capacity up to 4,000l, can be carried on the inner and mid-board wing and fuselage centreline hardpoints. The aircraft is fitted with a HAL gas turbine starter unit model GTSU-110.
The aircraft can fly at a maximum speed of 2,205km/h and at maximum altitude of 15,200m. The range of the aircraft is 3,000km. Its service ceiling is 16,500m. The aircraft weighs around 5,450kg and its maximum take-off weight is 13,500kg.

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Bro, what is the purpose of this article and post. We all know that this is incorrect data.
This was the data that was circulating a few years before 2011. There is unfortunately a lot of incorrect data on military technology even on reputed sites.
 

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LCA-Tejas has completed 2270 Test Flights Successfully. (15-July-2013).

(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-366,LSP1-74,LSP2-275,PV5-36,LSP3-155,LSP4-90,LSP5-198,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-19)

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LCA-Tejas has completed 2271 Test Flights Successfully. (15-July-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-366,LSP1-74,LSP2-275,PV5-36,LSP3-156,LSP4-90,LSP5-198,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-19)
 
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