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Ya @Deino Now don't say it has internal Weapons bay.Now it's getting even more weird!
Allegedly the latest iteration of the TEDBF - Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter.
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According to the director there are two designs one is delta wing which is the model present near him and a trapezoidal wing design.
The longer than Rafale tho No doubt they took elements from it, but from the sides also has similarities with Eurofighter Typhoon & wings with J-10.
The longer than Rafale tho No doubt they took elements from it, but from the sides also has similarities with Eurofighter Typhoon & wings with J-10.
As far as area-ruling is concerned, TEDBF fuselage is superior to both MWF & AMCA.
Less drag at speeds above .75M Easier acceleration, less energy loss at high-alpha, higher rate of climb etc.
Less drag at speeds above .75M Easier acceleration, less energy loss at high-alpha, higher rate of climb etc.
Certainly, they seem to go with the Close coupled Canard configuration for better maneuverability and take off and landing performance.
Those "cheeks" seem to be Rafalesque. But RafaleM doesn't have folding wings. Which means that the wing span of this fighter is larger?
So that means this fighter isn't just designed for Vikrant but certainly the much touted, yet in the drawing board, larger Vishal.
I'm guessing this aircraft, as evidence by the interview being yet to receive final go from Naval air forces, might take atleast a decade to see full operational sorties.
I'm guessing the engines are likely to be GE-414 INS6. Idon't think anything better would be offered by US. Still, the most intriguing part is the addition of folding wings.I don't seem to remember any previous example of a Delta wing fighter jet able to fold its wings.
Pretty Bold I'd say but me thinks the choice of larger wings and therefore the necessity for folding wings has got to do with mitigating maximum weight limitations on Ski-launched take off.Does that mean the next Carrier from India wouldn't be a Catobar?
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IITK's work on the Fluidic Thrust Vector Control has been completed. Fluidic-TVC for GHATAK elliptic Nozzle model has been successfully fitted to a gas turbine engine (ADA).
The Ghatak Flight tests: somewhere in 2021.
The Ghatak Flight tests: somewhere in 2021.
India Starts Deliveries of Swathi Weapons Locating Radars to Armenia.
A: AMCA
B: F-35
C: FC-31
D: F-22
I knew I shoulda used only prototype planes, in-service planes have too recognizable bumps