Operation Sindoor & Aftermath (31 Viewers)

[Tumba]

I doubt this is true but if the pilot managed to do it then I don't know how?
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Low altitude turns and climbs with soft override which is possible mixed with long flight times with heavy payload not every situation can be taken in account by these systems.

N-Body problems

 

[hurrians]

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. regarding bhatinda crash

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Most like a high value aircraft hence dainik jagran is so interested

However
No confirmed Dassault or French source has definitively acknowledged a combat loss of a Rafale due to enemy action (e.g., being shot down by Pakistan’s J-10C jets or HQ-9B missile systems, as claimed by Pakistani sources). The only mention of a potential loss comes from the disputed report (later denied by Dassault) suggesting a single Rafale may have been lost due to a technical failure during a high-altitude training mission, with no enemy involvement or hostile radar contact.

Given all the available public data I would go with sir tumba's explanation of the reason for aircraft crash
, it maybe confirmation bias but it is what explains the chain of events including the inexplicable "why would french intelligence be the first to confirm rafale loss that to American media"


. Balakot was something which didn't have much "solid" visual confirmation and internal sources too pointed out doubts about targeting accuracy but the level of propaganda was too high by ruling party but now the propaganda is not there at that level even when all evidence lead us to the conclusion that pakis got a severe beating and moodiji crossed 90 % of all their redlines , the lack of propaganda points to a very self confident person.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Lot of the concern trolling/'bhosdapillers' could just be Pakistani accounts with VPN (Canada, USA) fishing in troubled waters. Mods should issue bans for the same.

I'm expecting some kind of statement from GoI during Monsoon season. VP's resignation was probably to stop him from allowing opposition to protest Operation Sindoor like the traitor they are.

 

[Hindaviswarajya]

I have confirmed source…

Rafale was not due to any enemy action but pilot taking it beyond its structural limits resulted in crash.

Rafael ceo also hinted something that loss was not during the combat, if at all. Later that report was denied it seems.While other reports say no Rafael lost

 

[Sanglamorre]

I can tell you from my sources, take it our leave it. I am not gonna debate.

1x Rafale : Crashed at Bhatinda, hit by HQ-9.
1x Mirage-2000 : Crashed at Pampore, hit by Anza MANPADs by terrorists.
1x Mig-29 : Crashed at Ramban, hit by HQ-9.
1x Heron Mk-2 : Crashed at Akhnoor/Rajouri, hit by HQ-9.

7x PAF Jets shot down by our Air Defence (S400 + MRSAM), 2x High-Tech (likely DA-20 EW or Saab-2000 AEW&CS), rest normal jets.

Ground Losses to PAF due to IAF strikes were apparently devastating and > 8 PAF assets damaged just on ground.

So total 7x(in air) + >8(on ground)?

 

[GaudaNaresh]

And why did the pilot took it beyond its structural limits ?

Anyway, loss is a loss.

The most obvious way to exceed structural limits of a jet is to put on full thrust and exceed max operating altitude.
People think max altitude on jets exist due to oxygen density, as in above that your engine will flame out coz of not enough oxygen.
But no.
Yes, if you go high enough in the atmosphere, any combustion engine relying on external oxygen to combust fuel will flame out.
The reality is, max altitude exists for another reason: air density.
Low Air density reduces drag. So if you have a specific scenario where you actually go full throttle and keep gaining altitude at a slow rate, what will happen, is your plane will go faster and faster, due to lower and lower drag and exceed structural limits before it suffers actual flameout. And once you exceed structural limits, anything can happen- from wings flat out breaking off to cockpit damage or nosecone damage, etc.

Now why you would do this- that I leave up to pilots, coz I may be science guy but I ain't pilot.

 

[Waanar]

The most obvious way to exceed structural limits of a jet is to put on full thrust and exceed max operating altitude.
People think max altitude on jets exist due to oxygen density, as in above that your engine will flame out coz of not enough oxygen.
But no.
Yes, if you go high enough in the atmosphere, any combustion engine relying on external oxygen to combust fuel will flame out.
The reality is, max altitude exists for another reason: air density.
Low Air density reduces drag. So if you have a specific scenario where you actually go full throttle and keep gaining altitude at a slow rate, what will happen, is your plane will go faster and faster, due to lower and lower drag and exceed structural limits before it suffers actual flameout. And once you exceed structural limits, anything can happen- from wings flat out breaking off to cockpit damage or nosecone damage, etc.

Now why you would do this- that I leave up to pilots, coz I may be science guy but I ain't pilot.

I've heard stories of Hornet pilots trying to exceed it's top speed by going as high as possible then dropping the nose with afterburner and that didn't do anything to the frame. Modern planes going straight don't usually exceed their structural limits because of the FBW system.

Both Hornets (not sure about F16) and various Sukhois have a G limiter switch (cobra switch for all the top goon lovers) which switches off the FBW computer which moderates pilot input to make sure the plane doesn't exceed it's G limit and makes the control much more direct and analog to pilot's input.
You engage that switch and you pull hard while going fast and you can easily rip the wings off. Why a pilot would do that unless the FBW system is malfunctioning is beyond me. This is why 3rd gen or earlier planes were harder to fly compared to these. You had to keep track of the parameters that were non permissible to the airframe. Now, you can wobble the stick like a madman and it won't damage the frame.
I hear they even have a spin recovery switch too.
Wild.

 

[Tumba]

I've heard stories of Hornet pilots trying to exceed it's top speed by going as high as possible then dropping the nose with afterburner and that didn't do anything to the frame. Modern planes going straight don't usually exceed their structural limits because of the FBW system.

Both Hornets (not sure about F16) and various Sukhois have a G limiter switch (cobra switch for all the top goon lovers) which switches off the FBW computer which moderates pilot input to make sure the plane doesn't exceed it's G limit and makes the control much more direct and analog to pilot's input.
You engage that switch and you pull hard while going fast and you can easily rip the wings off. Why a pilot would do that unless the FBW system is malfunctioning is beyond me. This is why 3rd gen or earlier planes were harder to fly compared to these. You had to keep track of the parameters that were non permissible to the airframe. Now, you can wobble the stick like a madman and it won't damage the frame.
I hear they even have a spin recovery switch too.
Wild.

It is just a machine after all

 

[shade2]

Indian Armed Forces hasn't been in a proper war for quite a while now.

You'll be shocked to see the tactical miscalculations and losses we take at the start if a full war breaks out. Any armed forces would face such difficulties if they're restarting their war machine after a long pause.

We will have to have much harder hearts at that time, please stop obsessing over alleged downed aircraft.

It's just one paki w/ american flag stirring shit with smart-asses doing "no, no, see Rafale crashed saar!" and bhosdapillars also chiming in with rudali.

As i've said i'm only upset over the statements by un-elected professionals, y'all should be too.

If Rafale has shot down once again it will be a sticky situation to buy more politically when we need more fighters badly.

Baaki ka shit happens, but Pela -e- Pak must not stop, we must keep pushing the boundaries and escalating