Hawk I was never asked for.
Anyways F404 under Indian conditions is not powerful enough as we would have wanted. The RD33 series 3 would make it even worse.
Not worth doing it with RD33.
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Anyways F404 under Indian conditions is not powerful enough as we would have wanted. The RD33 series 3 would make it even worse.
Not worth doing it with RD33.
Our Mig29UPG flies on these newer series 3. We should know better than using it on a single engine fighter.
Not worth the money. Further HAL only has the licence to build a limited number of Series 3. They are the property of IAF. HAL cannot use those on its own whims.
Hawk I ? What Hawk I ? Wasn't the tweet you quoted about Mk1 being equipped with a RD-33 ?
I just meant HAL now a days are doing out things which is not actually asked for. Doing it just for hope.
We have extremely meager resources. Better not to waste.
We have used the original RD33, the RD33 series 3 and the rd33mk too. We should be wise enough to not use them for a single engine fighter.
Rd33mk also promised a lot. We know where that led us..
LCA for the IAF will fail without American engines. It's too late for us. But the RD-33 is a possible option for exports to countries like Iran, Egypt, Myanmar, Argentina etc.
The FADEC on these are still highly unreliable. Not worth it. We need to look at other options if available.
So, is it not a good decision to go for F414 Vs Euro-engine. I read that Euro-engine needed much less structural changes than F414.
(I think) we forumers are worrying too much. India would not have gone for F414 without guarantees of no sanctions.
It's definitely an option. But the only European engine was way more expensive. While the procurement price was already high, the LCC was insanely higher. The French option to upgrade the Kaveri required a lot of development money. I suppose that since we are aiming for a foreign engine for AMCA already, it made no sense to collaborate on Kaveri anymore.
The structural changes story is a myth. The Kaveri is a bigger and heavier engine than both American engines. Naturally some changes were required, but not to the point where it could be a show-stopper.
Yeah, it's not an issue. The news came from a Russian shill. The Russians are all for applying CAATSA on India.
Teaching idiot trolls about LCA Tejas quality from across the border...
Much of that is work in progress or will happen once sufficient numbers are there.
Twin Seater Serial Production Aircraft, Certification of the canon and integration of Astra are the three important things which should happen this year and would be a boost to the program.
The only real export options for the tejas seem to be Argentina,Vietnam, Phillipines and Romania. Rest it's a pretty low chance. Malaysian tender is a low possibility most likely the FA-50 blk 20 will win much more mature than tejas even though inferior in every aspect.
I don't think India will be allowed entry into Europe. The US will try and stop it.
There are other countries in the Middle East, South America and Africa that are options too. But most of them, including Vietnam and Philippines, are better served by the LCA Mk2.
I have hopes for the Malaysian tender. The Malaysians will really have to go out of their way to not choose it, that is why.
I hope to see a competition between Mk1A and JF-17 B3 in Argentina. They ran away from Malaysia.
