ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

[Twinblade]

latest tejas video

[video]https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10200353920231399" width="1280" height="720" frameborder="0">[/video]

Youtube.

 

[brahmastra11]

My admiration for Tejas increases after checking this list.

The 23 Coolest Military Birds In Flight Right Now - Business Insider

 

[ersakthivel]

My admiration for Tejas increases after checking this list.

The 23 Coolest Military Birds In Flight Right Now - Business Insider

relaxed static stability is the last word in fighter designs across the globe, it is praise worthy that ADA got it right on the first attempt itself.

Note the words relaxed static stability, other than Mirage-2000 , it is the only bird in the IAF to have this design , which permits super maneuverability , in the all crucial close combat - trans sonic flight regime. coupled with a very low RCS , low wing loading and hight thrust to weight to ratio and high instantaneous turn rate, it is on par with most modern fighters on the globe.

fly by wire alone should not be confused with relaxed static stability,

many non relaxed static stability planes also have fly by wire tech as well like JF-17, but that does not make them super maneuverable like tejas


even mk-1 has a twr of 1.07, mk-2 will have more than 1.27 as TWR,

Sad thing is that the IAF is rationing orders in low numbers( like 40 for mk-1 and 80 for mk-2) to kill any potential large scale induction of this bird in our fleet citing various unjustifiable reasons,

A large order of close to 300 plus will make it a huge export success and make it the top forex earner for the country.
because then only a production line with capacity for 30 plus birds every year can be set up
considering the 400 odd dilapidated Mig-21s, 23s, 27s and jags populating the IAF fleet , it is imperative IAF does that,

And IAF should have given a PSQR for LCA mk-3 with 5th gen stealth specs long ago, but instead they dragged on for a decade to give a ASR for AMCA and altered it atleast three times,

A simple twin engined stealth version of LCA mk-2 with twin K-9 engines on the lines of the Mirage-4000 development would have given a very worthy bird in range and payload at a very short time for IAF if decision was initiated at 2004, but it was purposely not done like the purposeful delay in giving PSQR for HTT-40 till 2009 to make sure it never enters production.

But it is not happeneing due to the wheels with in the wheels mechanisms working within the top decision decision making sections of this UPA regime.

 

[Apollyon]

Tejas Weapons Trials at Jamnagar - Video: Detachment - July 2013 - Tejas - India's Light Combat Aircraft

 

[Sridhar]

http://www.youtube.com/v/5Kgj4La2pHU
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/5Kgj4La2pHU

 

[Twinblade]

LCA Tejas closes in on the IAF
Monday, Aug 19, 2013, 10:14 IST | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA
DNA Correspondent

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, during its new outstation trails, operated successfully by carrying and releasing 'long range beyond visual range weapons'.

Images released by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) for the design and development of the LCA programme showed the Tejas carrying the weaponry.

"Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles to tackle any close

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1876531/report-lca-tejas-closes-in-on-the-iaf

I didn't see Derby being carried or being fired in ADA's gallery.

 

[Sridhar]

"Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles = R 73

 

[pankaj nema]

They should clearly declare whether Derby was fired or not

Any way it now looks that IOC 2 will definitely happen this year

Good luck ADA

 

[Twinblade]

"Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles = R 73

Not R-73. Full quote:-

"Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles to tackle any close combat threat. A wide variety of air-to-ground munitions and an extremely accurate navigation and attack system allow it to prosecute surface targets over land or at sea, giving the Tejas true multi/swing role capability,"stated the ADA.

The firising of BVR missiles was due anyway. Calls for a lungi dance.

 

[Neil]

 

[dealwithit]

We are not getting flight update from some time, Can anyone conform more ?

Aeronautical Development Agency

LCA-Tejas has completed 2293 Test Flights Successfully. (16-Aug-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-368,LSP1-74,LSP2-280,PV5-36,LSP3-157,LSP4-92,LSP5-208,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-21)

LCA-Tejas has completed 2276 Test Flights Successfully. (30-July-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-366,LSP1-74,LSP2-277,PV5-36,LSP3-156,LSP4-90,LSP5-201,LSP7-51,NP1-4,LSP8-19)

May be completed 3000 Test flights.. Time to cheer

 

[p2prada]

"Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles = R 73

Even RF missiles are high off-bore sight missiles.

 

[brahmastra11]

People who does not like LCA Tejas and compare to some crap so called fighter jet..

Please read, re-read and read again.

CA Tejas: Detachment July 2013

LCA Tejas carries long range beyond visual range weapons, with highly agile high off-bore-sight missiles to tackle any close combat threat. A wide variety of air to ground munitions and an extremely accurate navigation and attack system allow it to prosecute surface targets over land or at sea, giving the Tejas true multi/swing role capability.

Tejas - India's Light Combat Aircraft | Official Website

 

[bennedose]

http://www.youtube.com/v/5Kgj4La2pHU
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/5Kgj4La2pHU

The interesting thing about this and other LCA missile launch videos is that the LCA does not have to bank away or manoeuvre after missile launch to avoid missile plume ingestion like MiG 21s - at least in their earlier avatars had to do,

 

[ersakthivel]

What is important is that Tejas can launch any top of the line WVR high off boresight missiles and 120 Km range BVRs , Akash MK-1 , MK-2, and Meteor or any other missile, once interface is done, as per the interview of the ADA chief Subramanium

 

[brahmastra11]

Self Delete

 

[Sridhar]

Even RF missiles are high off-bore sight missiles.

Yes , That is what i tried to convey @Twinblade . The ADA guys could have meant R 73 when they are talking about missiles but not Derby at this point of time.

 

[brahmastra11]

below links for your information.. LCA is going to use Astra not Derby.. Below link is for your information.. Please wait until Astra is fully operational.

For further comparison on missiles better to keep it in different thread.

Aero India 2011 :: Tejas - Astra and R73 missiles mounted [Bharat-Rakshak.com]
Astra (missile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes , That is what i tried to convey @Twinblade . The ADA guys could have meant R 73 when they are talking about missiles but not Derby at this point of time.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

The thing is about use of BVR in recent trails ..

From news source it seems yes, But again it can be just R-73..

 

[Twinblade]

below links for your information.. LCA is going to use Astra not Derby..

Incorrect. Astra production is not going to start before the middle of 2015 if there are no further delays. It will take a good part of a decade to build up sufficient Astra stocks for each squadron. Till then, each aircraft will have its original missile inventory (R-77 for Su-30, R-77 and R-27 for MiG-29, Mica for Mirage-2000, Mica + meteor for Rafale, Derby for Tejas) while Astra is inducted to build up stocks as a secondary missile as for the first few years of Astra production, the production numbers are going to remain low.

Derby has been selected for Tejas due to the radar being a hybrid El-2032 radar and pretty soon R-73 would be supplanted by Python-5 till short ranged version of Astra comes out.