HAL LUH / RSH Helicopter: News and Discussions
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New design altogether developed indigenously
The reasons are as depressingly familiar as they are opaque. Differences between HAL, certification authorities like CEMILAC and RCMA, and the Army itself have reportedly produced a deadlock over testing standards, certification observations, operational expectations and compliance parameters. In any mature aviation ecosystem, disagreements during development are normal. In India, however, such disagreements have a unique ability to metastasise into paralysis. The LUH is the latest victim of this.
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Lot of chatter about why LUH remains in limbo. Found this article by Livefist. No clear RC presented. There are multiple parties that are holding up the process.
3 Months 0 Flights, HAL's LUH Descends To Limbo - Livefist
The photograph went viral internationally. A grim looking Indian Army officer, Major General Sachin Mehta, seated amid the wreckage of a crashed Cheetah helicopter near Leh on May 20, taking a selfie with crew members moments after what could easily have been a fatal accident. Social media...
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Lot of chatter about why LUH remains in limbo. Found this article by Livefist. No clear RC presented. There are multiple parties that are holding up the process.
This CAD rendering is of the Rudra, not any study being done for the LUH.
It would be difficult to have overhanging weight of this much on LUH.
Exactly what I was thinking, that's nearly 250 kg on each side, complete insanity for a LUH sized platforms.
At best we would get 1 Weapons station on each side with 2 x Nag Mk 2 on each of them and even that is quite a big leap of faith
LUH could concievably carry Helina in a 2×2 config though. It weighs about the same as Hellfire (~45kg). It is after all in the same class as the Fennec which does have an armed config.
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