Ignore the troll Neerav. One almost feels sorry for people like him.
Anyway, on to other news, the Light Combat Helicopter is now one step closer to IOC.
LCH clears critical hot weather trials held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
BENGALURU: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) attained a milestone by successfully completing hot weather flight trials for a nearly one week at Jodhpur recently.
LCH prototype, TD-3 was ferried from Bengaluru to Jodhpur to achieve the trials.“Test flights were carried out in the temperature range of 39 to 42 degree Celsius. These were done with the involvement of customer pilots from Indian Air Force and Army in presence of representatives from RCMA and DGAQA”, said HAL’s CMD T Suvarana Raju.
According to HAL, the flight testing covered ‘temperature survey of engine bay and hydraulic system’, ‘assessment of performance’, ‘handling qualities and loads’ at different ‘all up weights’, ‘low speed handling’ and ‘height-velocity diagram establishment’.
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