Then forget about F-414 for AMCA, it can never be FLAT-RATED 110KN.
You mean ADA-IAF are committing BLUNDER for picking F-414. Because F-414 will be Max Wet Thrust 110KN not FLAT RATED-110KN (Wet Thrust 125KN).
(These are STRAIGHT FIGURES, all as been professed by you for Flat Rate).
Infact, according to you ADA-IAF, for AMCA must be useing PW-F100 which is having Max Wet Thrust of 127KN (shall have Flat Rate - 110KN according to you).
So ADA-IAF are committing BLUNDER even before the PROJECT STAGE of AMCA.
Mind you its only Kaveri which is rubbing shoulders with GE-F404/F414 family.
F404 - 53.9 KN/85 KN
F414 - 57.8 KN/97.9 KN
Kaveri - 52 KN/ 82 KN (Current performance) (and targeted with current technological parameters available with India - 90 KN).
M88-2 - 50 KN / 75 KN
Kaver is flat rated to be similar to F404. If the lat rating is removed, it is similar to F414. That is, the peak thrust of kaveri is 100kN but it is controlled by flat rating to F404 level to improve engine life.
AMCA will not use F414 except for technology demonstration, first flight and initial tests with special series production. F44 is underpowered and can never fly AMCA. The F414 EPE is just a ream and not yet completed. No need to think about it at all. AMCA being a new platfor, needs a reliable engine to initially test the flight aerodynamics. Unreliable engine or engine that is new poses a risk of getting a snag and makes it harder to identify the problem.
Source please. AFAIK, CMC is a
futuristic substitute for superalloys, and is not being used in current engines. If GTRE was pursuing this, they would not be dishing out these:-
Designing Turbine Blades for Fatigue and Creep
^See point number 8: "Single Crystal alloys, the key to high temperatures"
As far as superalloys are concerned, Rhenium is the only route available for increasing TET beyond what is achieved by first gen SCB.
You gave a 1988 publication. Even there there was no mention of rhenium. Also, rheniun SCB only came into use in 1986 by USA. So, this 1988 article is unlikely to be based on the rhenium SCB.
I gave a screenshot o HAL website that they have a method to coat the blades. Even a coating of 0.2mm will increase TET by 300 degree celsius. This was also a publication of the 1980s. There is no need to go for full CMC blades. just a coating will be enough.
Look at the duration of high-intensity wars India has fought since independence and think about how much early warning we got each time. Also consider that your country is rarely ever going to be attacking party in war. Early warning is going to be limited for us.
There is no point taking just a small timeframe and making meaningless predictions. There has been no war since WW2 of a big scale. Most of the wars were localised in nature. That does not mean there won't be any war in future. 70-80 years is nothing.
Who told you that india won't attack anyone ever in the future? Wars by wise people are fought according to the time and place o one's convenience, not enemy's.
Even if you can predict a war one year in advance, you cannot manage to make more than the number of fighters that are already in the manufacturing line. It takes two years to make a modern fighter. And to say nothing of the time required to train additional pilots of these new planes. Even ramping up wartime production of spares and ammo is a big challenge for a country like ours.
The time to make one Tejas is 7 months. So, it is perfectly possible to ramp up. 1971 war was a good example of getting more than 8 months for preparations. I don't see where is the challenge in doing anything. Which point is the challenge? Why is it a challenge? Only if technology is lacking, war production can't be ramped up.
I have said this before- calculated war from our side is also a possibility. If India wants to initiate a war after 3 years, india can very well ramp up in advance. Setting up plants with known specifications is not at all difficult. India is already one of the leading exporter of cars. India makes 1.8 crore 2 wheelers and 45 lakh cars in addition to other vehicles like tractors, trucks, 3 wheelers etc to a total of 3 crore vehicles. Making a few lakh military vehicles should never be a problem with the available infrastructure.
Don't have unrealistic expectations. We are not the Red Army of WWII who managed to raise 10 armies in one winter.
We can recruit 10 times as much as red army did in one month. Don't underestimate. Red army is nothing in front of India.
Already discussed the same with you many times in the past. I don't want to derail the thread any further with off-topic content........If you are dissatisfied with my answers, then agree to disagree. And keep imagining things like GTRE has abandoned Rhenium-based improvements in superalloys or that we plan to make 1000 planes in two years in anticipation for a war that might happen two years in the future. I won't stop you from fantasizing.
Don't speak from your behind. World is not made by you and don't imagine your own scenarios. Always seek the most appropriate result oriented action path instead of being whimsical.
Rhenium is very hard to obtain. If you have any evidence that GTRE is using rhenium, please give. the file you gave had no rhenium scb but Fe Ni Ti and Al only.
