HAL LCA Tejas: Updates, News & Discussions

Can see LT-5203 (third Tejas trainer) in a state that looks like it's ready to be handed over. LT-5205 is also looking like it's undergoing engine tests before being handed over. Plus can see the Elta 2032/MMR radar on one of the remaining 3 Tejas trainers that is not yet painted.

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Yasser76 said:
think we can all agree some purchases have been dubious or come far too late,
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Not dubious but definitely late.

Posters from both sides have to take the blame and not only the Indian ones for derailing many threads.
 
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The build quality / panel fit looks awful!!!! Surprised - they should have corrected the quality issues by now! You can drive a car through some of those panel gaps!!
 
So the Indians are doing their unveilings now like the Chinese in „Salamitaktik und scheibchenweise“? At first some rumours, then a picture excerpt and only in a few days everything complete!

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Thread pinned.

Members advised to not go into circular loop pattern with other members past a point. If you are not getting anywhere new....just let it go and let the matter blow over.
 
Ali_Baba said:
The build quality / panel fit looks awful!!!! Surprised - they should have corrected the quality issues by now! You can drive a car through some of those panel gaps!!
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Ali_Baba said:
The build quality / panel fit looks awful!!!! Surprised - they should have corrected the quality issues by now! You can drive a car through some of those panel gaps!!
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@gambit Can you assess if the gaps in this airframe looks shoddy for an under construction / prototype fighter?

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I dunno how to assess this but here are some comparisons.
Grippen, production plane.

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Hurjet going through ground test (I dunno whats the status of 5303 airframe here)

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JF-17 Block 3 prototype
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Ali_Baba said:
The build quality / panel fit looks awful!!!! Surprised - they should have corrected the quality issues by now! You can drive a car through some of those panel gaps!!
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There is no 'quality' issue. This is the composite panel with coating (I think epoxy). The final coating is not done. I have seen many jets in this config during testing ebfore the final coating is applied.
 
BobBiswas said:
@gambit Can you assess if the gaps in this airframe looks shoddy for an under construction / prototype fighter?

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I dunno how to assess this but here are some comparisons.
Grippen, production plane.

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Hurjet going through ground test (I dunno whats the status of 5303 airframe here)

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JF-17 Block 3 prototype
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Is hurjet the same level as, say, the Sitara? This looks like in the same league.
 
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Looks like antenna is changed from previous one.

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Maybe because previous one was in UHF band, and this new one in L-band for BNET.
 
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