Replace the batteries instead of charging them. Put the engines in the wheels as I understand it is for electric cars. So each wheel can have an engine. Its speed, acceleration, takeoff, torque, etc should b off the charts. Also great for distance as batteries can be of higher capacity.Don't think so. Just my opinion. Firstly how do you charge the batteries in the battlefield ? Secondly the Battista's power train doesn't even have a transmission. Great for takeoff speeds and acceleration, not for hauling armour/gun/ammo and clearing AT trenches etc. For a tank, torque figures are more important than HP.
Imagine the logistical problems with this when done in large scale. Also most batteries today are actually quite flammable. I don't know man, I don't know.
Motors you mean. Ok let's do that. A MBT say ARJUN MK-2 has 7 road wheels, 1 driving wheel/sprocket at rear and 1 tension wheel at fore on each side. Double that number you get the whole figure. Only the driving wheel/sprocket receives direct engine power to drive the track which in turn drives the road wheels and the tension wheel. So to get an electric motor to drive each of those wheels would mean you are effectively changing the driving dynamics of the tank. Also, think about how many motors you would need, all those motors would need to be housed inside the tank's hull otherwise they would be unprotected. Now doing that will reduce the total leftover space for ammo. You could settle for a regular size tank carrying far less ammo than its international counterparts or increase the size of the tank to carry the same amount of ammo as its international counterparts. Either way you are left with a sub optimal product. Oh and don't get me started on the weight and stabilization issues that are likely to prop up.
You say that like the additional equipment will have no additional weight. I am no battery expert but this doesn't add up. A battery of higher capacity will likely take more space and will have more weight, so replacing batteries as you alluded to will be anything but easy. Also that weight will negatively effect speed, acceleration etc.
Maybe one day we will be at the level of technology in India where going electric would be a good idea. But we are nowhere near that day yet. But it is just my take, no need to take me seriously.
I still don't get it. Ramjet ARM ? ARM stands for Anti-Radiation Missile right ? NGARM is already out on testing. For a ramjet powered ARM to be father of NGARM shouldn't it be already in service, given that fathers are generally older than their sons.(can't speak for step-fathers though)
I you could please elaborate sir, that would be very helpful.
I think by using the analogy father what he meant is more capable and not old .
Right, so SFDR tech will be used for a future ARM ? I believe he also said in the past that there was an air-to-air ARM in the making(named Rudra something), is this the one ? There are multiple missiles riding on SFDR technology then, it better work.
For all 3 days ? If I am not wrong this would be the first test of Manik turbofan. Let's hope it works well.
Very interesting. So what happened to this thing ? What stage is the project at ?
Got this from r/ISRO credit to poster Oshin
What is this ?
Local news says its Brahmos missile because of the logo.
‘Brahmos engine’ found washed ashore retrieved
https://www.business-standard.com/a...ted-to-be-that-of-brahmos-119032700916_1.html
But that's wrong. It is actually a Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control system (SITVC) tank of the PSLV family of rockets. Brahmos does contract manufacturing for ISRO, that would explain the logo. Look at the 2nd photo, it says :
"Idn: No: PS1-SITVC/BT-71
PPT at 132Ksc on 24-10-2016"
Second line could mean Pressure Proof Tested at 132 kilogram-force per square centimeter on 24 October 2016.
Recovery of an used PSLV part ? Have we ever recovered anything like this before ?
What is this ?
Local news says its Brahmos missile because of the logo.
‘Brahmos engine’ found washed ashore retrieved
https://www.business-standard.com/a...ted-to-be-that-of-brahmos-119032700916_1.html
But that's wrong. It is actually a Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control system (SITVC) tank of the PSLV family of rockets. Brahmos does contract manufacturing for ISRO, that would explain the logo. Look at the 2nd photo, it says :
"Idn: No: PS1-SITVC/BT-71
PPT at 132Ksc on 24-10-2016"
Second line could mean Pressure Proof Tested at 132 kilogram-force per square centimeter on 24 October 2016.
Recovery of an used PSLV part ? Have we ever recovered anything like this before ?
Speaking of Brahmos
Russia, India to turn BrahMos cruise missile into hypersonic weapon
The company is constantly dealing with the issues of increasing the speed of the BrahMos missile and building up its combat capabilities
LANGKAWI, /Malaysia/, March 28. /TASS/. The BrahMos cruise missile will get a maximum speed of Mach 5 during its upgrade to become a hypersonic weapon, Russian Head of the BrahMos Aerospace Russia-India Joint Venture Alexander Maksichev told TASS at the LIMA 2019 arms show in Malaysia on Thursday.
"We hope that in the coming years we will reach the boundary, which some scientists call the hypersound. Perhaps, somewhere in the area of Mach 4.5-5," Maksichev said.
The company is constantly dealing with the issues of increasing the speed of the BrahMos missile and building up its combat capabilities, he noted. The current BrahMos modification has a speed of Mach 2.8-3.
The PJ-10 BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile with a solid-propellant booster. The missile has been developed by Russia’s Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (the town of Reutov near Moscow) and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The BrahMos is a modification of the Soviet Oniks anti-ship missile.
The missile’s name comes from the names of two rivers: the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. The missile’s first launch took place on June 12, 2001 from a coastal launcher. The missile’s production has been arranged at enterprises in Russia and India.
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Russia, India to turn BrahMos cruise missile into hypersonic weapon
Russia, India to turn BrahMos cruise missile into hypersonic weapon
The company is constantly dealing with the issues of increasing the speed of the BrahMos missile and building up its combat capabilities
LANGKAWI, /Malaysia/, March 28. /TASS/. The BrahMos cruise missile will get a maximum speed of Mach 5 during its upgrade to become a hypersonic weapon, Russian Head of the BrahMos Aerospace Russia-India Joint Venture Alexander Maksichev told TASS at the LIMA 2019 arms show in Malaysia on Thursday.
"We hope that in the coming years we will reach the boundary, which some scientists call the hypersound. Perhaps, somewhere in the area of Mach 4.5-5," Maksichev said.
The company is constantly dealing with the issues of increasing the speed of the BrahMos missile and building up its combat capabilities, he noted. The current BrahMos modification has a speed of Mach 2.8-3.
The PJ-10 BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile with a solid-propellant booster. The missile has been developed by Russia’s Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (the town of Reutov near Moscow) and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The BrahMos is a modification of the Soviet Oniks anti-ship missile.
The missile’s name comes from the names of two rivers: the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. The missile’s first launch took place on June 12, 2001 from a coastal launcher. The missile’s production has been arranged at enterprises in Russia and India.
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Russia, India to turn BrahMos cruise missile into hypersonic weapon
Subsonic cruise vehicle demand is growing at rapid pace as projected by Armed Forces mainly due to its capabilities like cruise and combat, reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition and battle damage assessment. Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bengaluru, is developing a 400 kg thrust class Small Turbofan Engine (STFE) for propulsion needs of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) targeted for subsonic applications.
India should consider Astra with IR based seekers similar to MICA IR and RF version .we already have RF seekers based ASTRA .
