HTT-40 deliveries to start from Sept 2025. Nasik will have the production line.
Trainer Aircraft of IAF - PC-7, HTT-40, HJT-36, BAE Hawk
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Fortunately or otherwise , we don't have a Pilatus like situation for the IJTs else by this time we'd see a few dozen pages filled up in this thread courtesy RST arguing furiously for the alternative much like in the debate we had here on the Pilatus vs HTT 40 only to gradually shift his position ever so carefully without any one noticing or at least that's how he thought then .
It's still the same.
Makes me nostalgic ! @Milspec
Hehe,
At this point, i am " Bhad me gaye trainer, Dus saal mein 36 combat jets kharide hai IAF ne".... Being a defence enthusiast for Indian forces is quite sad.
Probably Russian NPP Zvezda K-36 ejection seat.
From the video it appears that the canopy was broken because of the ejecting pilot dummy. Shouldn't the canopy be blown out first and then ejection should happen ?
I liked the original HJT-36 design better. Unfortunately, there were too many issues with stall and spin that led to a redesign of the tail empennage, including addition of ventral strakes and wing fences. It looks more boxy as a result.
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Hope she makes it into service, though. A lot of time and effort has been invested in this program.
Then:
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Hope she makes it into service, though. A lot of time and effort has been invested in this program.
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I can see this going the Howitzers way.
IAF will suddenly realise next year that all it's Kiran's are gone. Then Govt will give an AoN for subsonic jet trainers where any Indian company having more than 50% local content can apply. And foreign OEMs will use this route to push through.
Ejection certification requires the OEM to simulate many different ejection scenarios depending on the aircraft. You are correct, the canopy needs to be separated first before the seat rockets off. But what if the canopy's emergency separation system doesn't work. In this case the seat should rocket off without canopy separation & break the canopy in the process.
The test shown in the video is done to make sure that during such an ejection the helmet remains intact & the force put on pilot's neck should exceed the limit.
Thing is that there is no single-purpose IJT anywhere in the world. If HJT-36 is cancalled, the IAF could split Stage-2 training between the PC-9+HTT-40 and the Hawk (unlikely as we have a long history of using IJT) or ask for a clean-sheet design.
HTT-40 trainers flying in formation during the Airforce day dress rehearsal:
