LCA TEJAS MK-I & MK-IA: News and Discussion (9 Viewers)

[obiwankenobi]

Just a question... can the ASRAAM missile on the right can be shifted on lower side increasing space for middle pylon to carry 2 missile

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Something like this without the left side bomb.

ABSOLUTELY, it is plain madness to space them apart and at the same level as the middle pylon. (although remember that the pylons are spread out along z axis). With a missile like ASRAAM - so clean and with hardly any fins - this is an absolute travesty

You can do many things, assume pylon is at position p:
1. Diagonal like you showed - although the stresses are too high for AAMs.
2. The outboard p-1h-1x, the inboard at p-2h (x axis running along wingspan, h being height) - Gripen E does something similar with Meteor
3. Use side by side but pack them close, much more close - they are just being stupidly cautious with the spacing, or cant be asked designing new rail launcher and wanted to reuse existing.

Its basically JUGAAD engineering. Disappointed doesn't cut it.

 

[Bleh]

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Edited pic to show an A2A maxxxing loadout on tejas

btw are these fuel tanks necessary for it?

More likely is a centreline drop-tank with 4 BVRs

 

[Bleh]

When I asked HVT sir about CFTs and dorsal hump like mig-29 for Tejas few years ago he said Tejas is good in its current state.
Maybe the idea is CFTs and Dorsal hump will have aerodynamic penalty that aren't worth it.
IG idea is Tejas won't be doing interception with drop tanks on.

IMO they could go for conformal weapon bays like the F-15 SE which could help with RCS and also enable them to have more A2A weapons at the same time.

Actually back when we were rendering we expected Mark1A to looks like this, with more alignment to area rule.

This would also increase internal volume.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

DRDO STAR MISSILE :- well drdo hv their own project of supersonic target missile with liquid fuelled ramjet engine. may be thats why they r not moving in brahmos ng direction. nd thinking about after this missile development, they will go for its mini nd other cruise missiles version.
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View: https://youtu.be/ijkcWDmLvmM?si=0YnBsmvueVTCs1tT

Star is testing target and unrelated to BrahMos NG episode.
BrahMos NG alternatives lie in Project ITCM and Project Vishnu.