ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

[Blademaster]

Yeah, but there are rumors going around that they are designing frame to accommodate different engines.

Not possible at all. You have to adjust for center of gravity and all that. If you want different engine options those engine have to confirm with airframe specs. The only reason why Americans could enjoy different engine options is because they made sure that those engine options fit the airframe specs when they hired those engine manufacturers to create engine prototypes.

 

[TopWatcher]

Not possible at all. You have to adjust for center of gravity and all that. If you want different engine options those engine have to confirm with airframe specs. The only reason why Americans could enjoy different engine options is because they made sure that those engine options fit the airframe specs when they hired those engine manufacturers to create engine prototypes.

This is big dependency then that airframe can't be change easly. Better India try to have it's own engine.

 

[fire starter]

View: https://x.com/Archit_Ch/status/1857018739151057313?t=UVoDVXMkfodbL3Vol8S9Jw&s=19

 

[narasimh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yxg_C4a5EM

we should get these retractable ladder mechanisms added in mk2.. though small thing but would really help with turn around time and makeshift/expressway base ops

 

[Spitfire IX]

The idrw article talks of the afterburner adding 29kN thrust. Is 50kN dry thrust + 29kN wet thrust enough? That is about 5% less thrust than F404.

I don't know what being 'entrusted' with afterburner development means. Is going to start from scratch because the GTRE design was a failure or is going to add the finishing touches to the design handed to it?

To be a viable engine, acceptable weight, thrust and durability levels need to be achieved. When is that likely to happen?

 

[Anonymous Bharata]

The idrw article talks of the afterburner adding 29kN thrust. Is 50kN dry thrust + 29kN wet thrust enough? That is about 5% less thrust than F404.

I don't know what being 'entrusted' with afterburner development means. Is going to start from scratch because the GTRE design was a failure or is going to add the finishing touches to the design handed to it?

To be a viable engine, acceptable weight, thrust and durability levels need to be achieved. When is that likely to happen?

This news was from June actually, revealed by Alpha Defence

 

[Bleh]

The idrw article talks of the afterburner adding 29kN thrust. Is 50kN dry thrust + 29kN wet thrust enough? That is about 5% less thrust than F404.

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To be a viable engine, acceptable weight, thrust and durability levels need to be achieved. When is that likely to happen?

What news if this?