LCA Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A - News and discussions
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One of my very first designs of LSA was about reversinmg the wing tail of Mig-21. I moved the intakes below thw chin and moved the wings aft while the same tail plane was positioned 1.1 times the wing MAC ahead of the wing. This is also called the X/Cmac distance, The tail plane was placed in CCC and 0.2 Z/Cmac above the wing. The results were stunning.
What do you think about the design lcafanboy posted?
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If you recall our previous conversation on the subject.
ADA MCA medium weight class (LCA Mk II)
This design is a huge compromise to somehow improve the performance of the aircraft. The CCC configuration of this design does not comply with the X, Y & Z axis separation criteria for CCC. So while it will surely improve performance of the design but will fall well short of its true potential.What do you think about the design lcafanboy posted?
If you see closely, the wings have been pushed backwards and so the intakes which were below the wings now appear to be ahead of them. This needed to be done as the canards will move the overall neutral point forward and to keep aircraft neutral point in the right place, you will need to move wings back.
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Hi
When you say compromise, what gets affected? And how does a compromise result in improving the performance?
Sorry for the noob question.
It is a compromise in the sense that it will not be able to fully utilise the advantages of a CCC design like Rafale but it will be somewhat close to Gripen and better than LCA Mk1 design.
This is not the first time we are seeing LCA rendering with canards.
We will have to wait till Aero India to know if anything actually changed.
Big big breaking regarding this systemAccording to some reports there is a possibility of an order of 46 N LCA Mk. II for #IndianNavy by 2025
They should actually stop throwing around dates for the sake of their own reputation.
We should provide them a assembly line in UAEUAE shows interest in LCA
if they agree to buy mk1a it will definitely reduce the manufacturing cost .We should provide them a assembly line in UAE
And maybe we can buy back their Mirage 2000-9s instead.
