HAL LCA Tejas: Updates, News & Discussions

[vikNerv]

These has nothing to do with Kashmir Issue.

Sure, and the Pak has be a very stable economy.

 

[silicon0000]

Sure, and the Pak has be a very stable economy.

No.

You are linking corruption with Kashmir Issue which is not.

 

[kaku]

Yeah believing in crash without any single proof wasn’t a tangent.

Pretty much every other year - and yes considering how much you blabber and shoot tangents or move goal posts it is pretty easy.

 

[kaku]

We have the required data about our adversaries

And given how Things are going on in Kashmir, We shall soon see in reality
"When the Rubber Meets the Road "

Indeed MAFT facility is for. Have you heard this similar program from other side of border?

Why they are incapable to increase TTSL? How they came to know the figure of 3000 hours of TTSL?

It’s quite easy to blame ourselves.

 

[onlinpunit]

Seriously??? ..... What's the link between Kashmir and External Debt? Pakistan External Debt is just because of corruption.

Kashmir is the elixir of life for pakistani security establishment..

 

[silicon0000]

Kashmir is the elixir of life for pakistani security establishment..

NO. It's just what was told to justify things, which can be justified by many other ways and infact they don't need to justify anyways. Ayub Khan wants to take over govt. he is going to do it even without Kashmir issue infact at that time Kashmir was not as big flash point.

 

[onlinpunit]

NO. It's just what was told to justify things, which can be justified by many other ways and infact they don't need to justify anyways. Ayub Khan wants to take over govt. he is going to do it even without Kashmir issue infact at that time Kashmir was not as big flash point.

Not for us. But fir you it became an issue in 1948 itself.

 

[TAC]

There has been no crash of Tejas.
One Tejas landed at Surat due to some issue. Some people are saying that it was a case of low fuel. Not yet confirmed.

Really? Maybe I missed something, this was widely reported and apparently confirmed by the IAF?

Update: First crash for India's LCA Tejas

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported its first loss of a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk 1 fighter aircraft to an air crash on 12 March.

www.janes.com

 

[vikNerv]

Really? Maybe I missed something, this was widely reported and apparently confirmed by the IAF?

Update: First crash for India's LCA Tejas

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported its first loss of a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk 1 fighter aircraft to an air crash on 12 March.

www.janes.com

He is referring to the post above his. There is a fake Twitter post going around showing a delta wing plane (or something that looks delta wing) on fire midflight. The tweet claims it's a Tejas fighter, and it's fake. That's what he is referring to.

 

[silicon0000]

Not for us. But fir you it became an issue in 1948 itself.

Dear Kashmir issue and Army interference in Politics and corruption of Elites are all separate issues. And No need to linger on this useless debate as this is off-topic.

 

[Nilgiri]

And No need to linger on this useless debate as this is off-topic.

Yes, everyone wrap up the off-topic posts now please. Or move that convo to more appropriate thread to continue.

 

[vkdindian]

Maybe I missed something, this was widely reported and apparently confirmed by the IAF?

I should have clarified my comment further.
There has been one crash and it was widely reported.

My comment was in context to purported pic of an aircraft in fire with pilot visible, ejecting out of it. Few FMs have done a reverse image check and confirmed that to be the video garb of another aircraft crash.

 

[MirageBlue]

Anyone knows Tejas flying hours lifespan?

It is being worked out. Expected to be in the 6000 hour region, with suitable inspections. It will take till around 2030 for the full airframe life of the Tejas to be worked out. By then 8-9 years of testing, worth nearly 8000-9000 hours of fatigue testing will be completed.

Main Airframe Fatigue Tests of LCA Mk1 airframe starts

 

[MirageBlue]

Indeed. That whole event in of itself is a whole other can of worms. I'm still trying to find out the fate of the surviving pilot, if he was actually the one flying the plane or if it was the back seater who had control and if he was the trainee or another pilot and they were out for a spin. And was that barrel roll permitted by the BAF or did he break protocol and if there was going to be an inquiry that would lead to a possible court marshal since it was obvioulsy the pilot's fault. Performing a roll at such a low altitude, in a trainer and then smack-belly-scraping the ground which led to the aircraft catching fire, the death of a pilot and its destruction. That's not a good thing and I would imagine there has to be some form of military judgement or ruling on the crash.

As per what I found on Reddit, the front seater is the one who did the irresponsible and poorly performed aerobatics that led to the Yak-130 hitting the ground before he pulled it up.

That pilot died, his instructor in the back seat just barely made it, being rescued by fishermen from the water.

 

[Pataliputra]