"beautiful" LCA

a cool side view of the LCA Tejas
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And who says the Tejas ain't a beautiful plane. It's like a sparrow


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^ The Tejas Naval Variant

wow nice picture of LCA . very good job. do u have any more picture of aeroindia 2005. thank for posting these beautifull picutres of LCA.

Got a picture of the MCA.
As and indian american i hope india kicks some ass everywhere!! But first go USA

I cannot understand the patriotic dilemma of a immigrant...very complicated..

Here's an interesting pic I came across. A wind tunnel model of an early LCA design displayed at Aero-India. Note the canards and a more traditional delta wing with very little fuselage blending.

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The mastering of the cranked delta and its complementary fuselage design has enabled super-maneuverability making canards useless in the final LCA design. The lack of canards also improves its RCS

[edit on 25-2-2005 by rajkhalsa2004]

Hmm...that looks like a Phantom with F-16 style wings and canards

Wonder why they decided to change the wing shape from a traditional delta to the one that looks like the type used in the F-22's wings...And also wondering when they will put the Kaveri engine in it.

Well LCA is good for India only because they could build atleast one fighter jet. otherwise they have to be dependent on russia all the time. even if LCA cannot beat any other aircraft thats fine because it laid base for india to produce their own fighter jets.

Check out this link and picture ...

F-102 Delta Dart (1950s vintage)

yeah, wow, those are nice red x's

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[edit on 1-3-2005 by rajkhalsa2004]

how does the LCA perform against other planes in the region such as the FC1 that the Pakistan are going to get or the F10?

Now truely thats the WORST copy comparision made by ANYBODY on ATS...

Waynos you've got to see this comparision..you'll be thrilled to bits
(or pieces)


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Note: LCA superior to FC-1

The FC-1 is outclassed by the MiG-21 Bison. For a comparison of capabilities of LCA v. other aircraft, check the previous pages of this thread.

Pakistan I expect would eventually get the J-10. They have literally no other options for a 4th-generation fighter. But this would happen only after China is satisfied with their own J-10 numbers, and even then only after a less turbulant enviroment, so it ain't happening soon.

Originally posted by centurion1211
Check out this link and picture ...

F-102 Delta Dart (1950s vintage)


I don't care how many 'ats points' you have... that is the single most ignorant comment made in this entire thread.

And considering the thread, that is a helluva accomplishment.

Tejas in combat colours ;


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My, my aren't we touchy when someone tries to joke about this subject.

OK. OK. India has the best air force. Feel better now?

trying ....

trying ....

still trying ....


Sorry, I can't help but ....

I did laugh when I saw that post centurion, something told me it wasn't serious, it COULD'NT have been

Are those pictures of the Tejas in combat colours, immediately above, of a mock up? I ask because the airbrake looks drawn on in the first of them.

Also, does the steel wind tunnel model above date from the time when HAL and BAE were working together on Tejas as it looks remarkably like the BAe P.106 which was proposed to India around 1986-88?

[edit on 2-3-2005 by waynos]

Originally posted by centurion1211
My, my aren't we touchy when someone tries to joke about this subject.

Sorry chap. Good jokes are usually self-evident in their humor.


Waynos,
The P.106 was an early Eurofighter concept IIRC? Do you have any more on this proposal to India?

And yeah, that's just a mockup of PV-2 in combat colors

[edit on 2-3-2005 by rajkhalsa2004]