LCA TEJAS MK-I & MK-IA: News and Discussion

[londonparistokyo]

Indian sucessfully indenized amplifier
Whenever we are denied a tech we excel in it

Kaveri wants a word.

 

[username unkown]

Kaveri wants a word.

Just few questions
How much did our government actually invested in it ?
Do we even have basic testing facility for jet engine development?( We don't)
Why for 14 years no fund

Did you know iaf and mod denied su30 testbed for kaveri
Our leadership seriously lacks motivation to devloping a jet engine now after ge drama they realise it and wants to restart it

 

[Blademaster]

In theory if America deny us jet engines we should be able to build it ourself

One of the rarest posts that I like!

 

[Spitfire IX]

IDRW today says that Mk1 trainers will be delivered by March 2025. Whether or not they not right on the date, are the trainers scheduled for delivery before the Mk1A?

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

IDRW today says that Mk1 trainers will be delivered by March 2025. Whether or not they not right on the date, are the trainers scheduled for delivery before the Mk1A?

For the sake of Allah talla don't trust idrw

 

[Spitfire IX]

For the sake of Allah talla don't trust idrw

I don't trust any Indian press (it's rubbish for accuracy where military aircraft are concerned) and online is even worse but I am curious to know if the trainers are scheduled for delivery before Mk1A.

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

I don't trust any Indian press (it's rubbish for accuracy where military aircraft are concerned) and online is even worse but I am curious to know if the trainers are scheduled for delivery before Mk1A.

Mk1a is more important so already engines are limited they are using spare engines. So ig they might push down trainer as mk1a will boost combat capabilities..

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

Ahh roaches down roaches down

View: https://youtu.be/7uDTXcg7ZpU?feature=shared

 

[Neil (नील/Нил)]

That time when a Russian Pilot took a ride in our Tejas!

 

[AmoghaVarsha]

So how much delay is the mk1A facing?

 

[silentassassin265]

So how much delay is the mk1A facing?

Will be delivered by March 2025 as per hal.

Not even single engine is delivered by burgericans yet, so even if hal delivered first batch on time rest of the program will be delayed by at least 2 years.

 

[firemission]

I heard that we always had a few older Gen Electric F404-GE-F2J3 engines with HAL that was pre ordered for the prototypes.
What will happen to them? There was a proposal to use them for MK1A as an interim till the new Gen engines arrive. Its low thrust though. Dont know if its true.

 

[Spitfire IX]

I heard that we always had a few older Gen Electric F404-GE-F2J3 engines with HAL that was pre ordered for the prototypes.
What will happen to them? There was a proposal to use them for MK1A as an interim till the new Gen engines arrive. Its low thrust though. Dont know if its true.

Are these different F404 versions plug and play? If the F404-GE-F2J3 fits the Mk1A and there are a few available, why not put them all in the trainers? Lower thrust would not really matter much, would it?

I don't how many trainers under construction or delivered have -IN20 engines in them. Let me guess at 6. Those engines would keep Mk1A assembly going for quite a few months. The F404-GE-F2J3 engines in store and from Tejas prototypes would keep trainer assembly going for quite a few months. Result: more aircraft produced faster.

Of course, if it takes several months to decide to do it, the whole idea becomes pointless. That may already be the case - the time to make such a decision was before running out of -IN20 engines.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Ahh roaches down roaches down

View: https://youtu.be/7uDTXcg7ZpU?feature=shared

Defense Matrix is easily the best Indian defense tuber. And the only Indian defense channel I enjoy watching.

 

[AmoghaVarsha]

I heard that we always had a few older Gen Electric F404-GE-F2J3 engines with HAL that was pre ordered for the prototypes.
What will happen to them? There was a proposal to use them for MK1A as an interim till the new Gen engines arrive. Its low thrust though. Dont know if its true.

That's a one year delay already.

 

[shauryaman65]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG9MKFa_HKc

 

[kurup]

View: https://x.com/hukum2082/status/1839507475961397330?s=19

 

[TopWatcher]

View: https://x.com/hukum2082/status/1839507475961397330?s=19

Bhai engine nahin, udee ga kaha se

We are back to lobby era..... either su mki will ordered more or new jets will come.

Must be investigated who chutiaaa banda selected GE engine. May be its a plan to end our fighter program.

 

[Spitfire IX]

Bhai engine nahin, udee ga kaha se

We are back to lobby era..... either su mki will ordered more or new jets will come.

Must be investigated who chutiaaa banda selected GE engine. May be its a plan to end our fighter program.

At the time of choosing F404 to power the development aircraft, it was a reasonable choice to me. Because Kaveri failed to materialise, Tejas had to carry on with it. I guess that engines for Mk1 were delivered as scheduled so what indications were there in 2021 that the engines for Mk1A would be late? I imagine that the effects of Covid-19 on the supply chain were not good for any engine builder. Supply chain disruption due to Russia invading Ukraine then followed.

Who knows what would have happened if EJ200 had been chosen instead of F404 (if it was suitable for Tejas). Would Eurojet have also been late in delivering?

 

[shauryaman65]

Who knows what would have happened if EJ200 had been chosen instead of F404 (if it was suitable for Tejas). Would Eurojet have also been late in delivering?

Yes, its a global supply chain issue and european factories which are already at a smaller scale than american factories would have had more issues coping with such a shock in the supply chain of titanium.