new life for LTS101

Chinese Changhe Z-11 helicopter to be powered by Honeywell LTS101 Engine

Honeywell announced yesterday that its LTS101-700D-2 engine has been selected by Changhe Aircraft Industries of Jingdezhen, China, to power the Z-11 helicopter. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

:p especially with Russian AF not buying it, I don’t think it should succeed.

However, Pogosyan downplayed the quality of the Chinese effort, saying a copy of a copy would not be a good aircraft.

“If we speak about the copy of the airplanes, I think that in this case, the original will always be better than a slightly modified copy,” he said. “The original made by the designer who developed the product is always better, and it is a better start for a new program with the original designer and developer than making a fake copy.”

Copy of a copy? What was that?

fake copy? Whats a original copy?

Indigenous MFDs for Indian Air Force SU-30 MKI’s

Prior to flying, extensive ground tests were undertaken at Su-30 integration rig. The tests were conducted during both daylight hours and in the night to evaluate the display characteristics of the MFD under varying light conditions. Four test sorties were undertaken at an altitude of approx. 40,000 ft with the indigenous MFD for its evaluation, and no failure of MFD’s was observed.

Samtel Display Systems has a JV with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to produce indigenous next-generation MFDs, HUDs (Head Up Displays) and HMD (Helmet Mounted Displays) for HAL’s star programs like IJT, LCA and SU-30 MKI. Along with this, Samtel has recently entered a JV with Thales to work towards the local development, production, sale and maintenance of Helmets Mounted Sight & Display (HMSD) and other Avionics Systems destined for the Indian market.

did you even see who the author is ? he’s a retired Air Marshal of the IAF..I’m quite sure I’d trust him more and to suggest that just because the article is present on BR, it somehow must be inaccurate or tinted by nationalistic fervour, is nonsense.

They wouldn’t publish an adverse report. It has to be all pro news. The whole website is a farce. The persons credibility has come down. If this person was so good, why is his article on fan boy site? Why not some credible sources?

As if US did not give to Chinese. Blackhawks, Operation Peace pearl etc. Why blame Israel if they hypothically have given the design to Chinese? US even gave Chinese MFN status.

Summer in Korea is hot & very humid. Seoul has a similar climate to Tokyo, which is not much different from Bangkok in August. I speak from personal experience. Winter, on the other hand . . . . one thing both aircraft have had is testing in bitter cold.

Gripen has been tested in the heat (including hot & high) in South Africa, where they are content with its performance. Dunno about hot & humid at low altitude.

What if the results of such testing means underpowered to IAF? We don’t know the Grippen Results and we o not know the IAF demands.