yes I will consider it as underpowered, If you are making a jet which will last in iaf till 2070s.
and also we are making a versatile jet which will replace mig 29s.
migs have best t/w ratio thats why they are deployed near chinks confrontation.
see, i am not opposing and saying that mk2 is shit or crap, I have earlier mentioned that I have worries about t/w of mk2.
mk2 is very needed step for our aviation industry to fructify, and I oppose the recent news of tejas mk2 not getting attention by iaf.
All in all it boils down to design philosophy and tactics used by a fighter jet.
comparing F-16 with Mirage-2000
both plans have their own strengths and weakness:
F-16A at 15k ft
ITR = 20 degrees/second
STR = 14.2 degrees/second
Mirage 2000 at 15k ft
ITR = 23.9 degrees/second
STR = 12.5 degrees/second
ITR from best to worst: Mirage 2000 > F-16 > F-5 > Mig-21
STR from best to worst: F-16 > Mirage 2000 > F-5 > Mig-21
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How you rate the 2000 in the following categories?
Instantaneous turn “Best in the Class, I don’t think there is any fighter comes any close, this needs to be measured with roll and rate of onset of the turn (called tau). In a common language, it means when I spot a bogey how fast can I bank to the required degree, initiate a turn and point towards him. In this regard Mirage 2000 is the best.”
Sustained turn “This is a question of aerodynamics; any delta planform generates higher drag than non- delta planform. Therefore, sustained rate is a function of drag and thrust.
Practically, sustained rate is rarely needed, worst case scenario is a bogey on your six in close combat; the Mirage 2000 has enough power, rate of roll and ‘tau’ to shake him off. Mirage 2000 has another unique system that mitigates this Drag and produces adequate lift to sustain the turn and that is slats, with slats at low speeds, in a close combat engagement you can’t get away from a Mirage 2000.”
High alpha – Nothing can beat a Delta platform in this regard, be it MiG 21 or Mirage 2000.
I’m a bit confused by this, is a MiG-29 or Su-30 with a tailed delta not superior?
“High Alpha needs to be understood in its context, High angle of attack does not mean high lift, it is means requisite lift is produced at higher angle of attack, Su-30 MiG-29 are not tailed delta, MiG-21 is a tailed delta. Originally the MiG-21 was not designed as a delta planform, but designers filled the extra space and found that long root to mid chord gave advantage in producing lift and could carry additional fuel and house part of undercarriage etc. So in this case, the delta planform was born more by accident. French adopted it without tail and made Mirage series of fighters. Tailless deltas (without fly-by -wire) like the Mirage III and Mirage V that Pakistan has, suffers from extra drag in the low-speed regime, which an inherently unstable platform like the Mirage 2000 does not suffer from, it is aerodynamics. For a layman, if he watches a Mirage V at low speed and Mirage 2000 at low speed he will see the elevons
(the movable part of the trailing edge of a delta wing) in a Mirage 5 is not neutral
(not raised or lowered) while in a Mirage 2000 elevons are very close to neutral.”
Acceleration – “You’ve got to pay attention to control the speed in M2K, she is very quick to accelerate.”
Climb rate “At close to 300 metres per second she climbs to the altitude of business in no time.”
Hence F-16 having more TWR then Mirage-2000 but still Mirage-2000 is superior in certain flight envelops hence can overpower F-16.
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