Oh yeah its the manik engine apparently, I think I posted before? the fuel contrl system and other LRUs were also posted separately
Separately work on rustom2 uav 180hp engine on work, below is the engine cowling (please delete if sensitive)
Separately work on rustom2 uav 180hp engine on work, below is the engine cowling (please delete if sensitive)
No real progress happened on these project last year. Its not a priority. Do not expect HTFE or HTSE to be operational this decade.
HAL’s Aero Engine Research and Development Centre (AERDC) in Bengaluru was inaugurated today.
HTFE-25 engine on a test bench:
PTAE-7 turbojet engine:
HTFE-25 engine on a test bench:
PTAE-7 turbojet engine:
From the same event:
Wide chord fan blades for the intake fan.
BLISKs for the 1st & 2nd stage compressors.
3D printed guide vanes.
HAL's design manufacturing capacity for engines has gone up a few notches in the last few years. All of these were developed for the HTFE/HTSE projects. Neither Kaveri nor any of the Russian engines that HAL produces under license has any of these.
Wide chord fan blades for the intake fan.
BLISKs for the 1st & 2nd stage compressors.
3D printed guide vanes.
HAL's design manufacturing capacity for engines has gone up a few notches in the last few years. All of these were developed for the HTFE/HTSE projects. Neither Kaveri nor any of the Russian engines that HAL produces under license has any of these.
AERDC & GTRE working seperately on engine programs is another major factor on why we lag.
you mean if two bricks which sink separately when joined together will be able to float. Thats either quantum physics or blind belief, not able to make out which one it is.
Kaveri was developed by GTRE while all the ToT (be it of any level) for AL31FP, RD33 se-3, Adour lies with HAL.
Why not make use of all the resources together.
Similarly GTRE has required experience of testing a new system, their facilities & manpower will be crucial to HALs engine efforts.
One of the reason engine program has not achieved expected success due to our expertise in metallurgy, simply put technical ability. If solution was in organizational restructuring then this would have taken place long time back. As you have rightly mentioned this restructuring will result in cost & operational efficiency but from perspective of technical output dont expect any thing to change.
Maybe.
But dividing already scarce recourses into two will not help. Why spend fixed costs twice ? Why do the process twice?
Why not? HAL is focusing on engines for the products they produce, which are usually smaller. It is primarily a production house, not a design one.
While GTRE is a dedicated R&D lab for nationally important higher end engines.
For HAL, engine development is an afterthought. HTFE or HTSE will not enter production this decade because it is not a priority. HAL is corporate entity that needs to generate revenue for its stakeholders but GTRE does not.
There isn't much fixed cost duplication as you think. These are smaller testing infrastructures.
You could make the same argument about ADA and HAL, which does not hold water.
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