ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

[Bleh]

Damn nig*a you guys got HVT to volunteer for his 3d self.

That chap is 6'+...

 

[Adrian Corvus]

also, I didn't know up until now, Tejas uses a key to start..

Never knew modern aircraft require key to start
I always thought they had some fingerprint shit

 

[Lonewolf]

Never knew modern aircraft require key to start
I always thought they had some fingerprint shit

What if key is lost , really ,how you defeated enemy af ?

We stole keys and spare ones too .


Until the locksmith arrived our boys were bombing them

 

[MirageBlue]

Wing Commander Shortypants (5'6") & MWF.
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Could it be that the landing gear is a tad bit too high? By a few inches?

Here's a comparison image of IAF pilots next to a Mirage-2000, which I would expect might have slightly taller landing gear due to it's wing being mounted lower than on the MWF where it is mounted mid-fuselage.

MWF needed tall landing gear to accommodate ALCM on the centerline and be able to safely rotate on take-off.

They appear to be 5'7-5'9" tall pilots.

 

[MonaLazy]

Could it be that the landing gear is a tad bit too high? By a few inches?

MWF Pilot needs to be about 6' 10.5" (25% over 5'6" ) to be able to comfortably peer into the engine from the back. We could recruit them from the NBA or make these standard issue for the pilots:

..or send up micro drones to beam back pictures. There are many solutions.

 

[Bleh]

Could it be that the landing gear is a tad bit too high? By a few inches?

Here's a comparison image of IAF pilots next to a Mirage-2000, which I would expect might have slightly taller landing gear due to it's wing being mounted lower than on the MWF where it is mounted mid-fuselage.

MWF needed tall landing gear to accommodate ALCM on the centerline and be able to safely rotate on take-off.

They appear to be 5'7-5'9" tall pilots.

Pretty much that high, similar to both Mirage-2000 & NLCA. We've got front view of landing-gear, no need to estimate. And it seems the centreline pylon dictates the landing-gear height. The lower wing positioning dictates the height of pylons (compare those).

Plus LCA-MWF has front gears a bit longer than the rear ones, so nose is a bit raised on the ground... It's not parallel.

 

[Trololo]

Could it be that the landing gear is a tad bit too high? By a few inches?

Here's a comparison image of IAF pilots next to a Mirage-2000, which I would expect might have slightly taller landing gear due to it's wing being mounted lower than on the MWF where it is mounted mid-fuselage.

MWF needed tall landing gear to accommodate ALCM on the centerline and be able to safely rotate on take-off.

They appear to be 5'7-5'9" tall pilots.

What is tail landing gear?

 

[Bleh]

This is another example of advantage of TVC.. You can exit your flight envelope (often deliberately to capitalise on that capability ) & recover. Otherwise you'll end up like here.

 

[flanker99]

welp.

 

[Lonewolf]

welp.

Joking

 

[Bleh]

welp.

@Kuntal.

 

[FalconSlayers]

welp.

Directed energy weapons (future tense obviously)???

 

[IndianHawk]

Joking

When was the last time a fighter jet actually used gun against another fighter jet.

 

[Spitfire9]

When was the last time a fighter jet actually used gun against another fighter jet.

I think a burst of cannon into the ground near ground fighters must be a very effective way of intimidating them. Psychologically effective. Contains and perhaps de-escalates a situation.

 

[FalconSlayers]

When was the last time a fighter jet actually used gun against another fighter jet.

Yeah, Drone swarming will replace guns and/or directed energy weapons can be used instead (obviously in the future).

 

[SARTHAK]

gun scrapping will reduce weight

 

[Lonewolf]

gun scrapping will reduce weight

How much ,but isn't it a normal thing to have gun ,

 

[SARTHAK]

How much ,but isn't it a normal thing to have gun ,

maybe make space for one or two missiles

 

[Lonewolf]

maybe make space for one or two missiles

Yeah , well if you get a python , then it's worth it , also we don't have such luxury to use gun on ground target , too much risk of ad , and in dog fight if you can use a missile it's a confirmed kill but kill vs cost will rise but probability of kill will rise too , tbh this is quite a superb design approach ada has taken for mk2 , no gun , 8 bvr , aesa with iff , wingtip pylons , efficient engine , lot of weapons integration , brahmos ng integration , integrated ew suite ,irst , targeting pod , only thing left is dsi , would have reduced weight .

No one could offer something like this in this platform and price , hope iaf ask for production from 2026 itself ,and we see it in 250+ number , goodbye mirage 2000 , mig 29 , jaguar .

This with tejas mk1 will bring a lot of logistical saving .

Hope cost is about same as mk1a , or slightly more so we can compete for export

 

[Spitfire9]

gun scrapping will reduce weight

Tell that to the UK MOD. They decided to 'delete' the cannon in Typhoon as being unnecessary in a modern fighter. Several years and tens of millions of pounds in cost later (taking a cannon out changes the balance of an aircraft so something needs to be done to fix the problem) they decided to put the cannon back in but not use it. As far as I know things finally progressed to where Typhoon was to start with - an aircraft with a cannon and rounds for it in the aircraft.

Military procurement is appallingly badly thought out and managed. The Typhoon cannon stupidity was a real fiasco.