“Experts” who said otherwise, take note

😀 😀

Well the Navy’s Seaking’s did suffer dint they???

IAF was looking for -5’s however going by the govt it looks the cheapest option will be chosen.

No- if you notice, the GOI has publically announced that the lowest bidder may not be chosen because political and strategic reasons, plus offset can influence the tender

Finally some brains

Vortex

Yes, many Russian reverse engineered turbojets have been made. All those turbojets that go into the “local” J-7s, J-6, J-5 etc

Did they “collide” with each others AAMs?

Interesting points:

44 years for a turbofan program plus:

Indigenous development and the use of Russian aero-engine experts, as well as knowledge of the AL-31F engine which powers the Su-27, drove further development

The use of the engine in the test aircraft presented its own challenges – the oil tank and afterburner nozzle are larger – but the weakness of the Chinese military industries and shortage of investment exacerbated the problems.

The programme stumbled along between 1992 and 1997 and was further impeded by the move from a state-controlled economy to a more free market economy. In 1997 an accident in engine testing delayed the programme again.

In 2001 and 2002 the WS10 was tested on an Su-27 and in 2003 the People’s Liberation Army’s daily newspaper said that flight tests were under way. An engine failure during a flight in July 2004 put the programme in jeopardy but the aircraft returned on a single engine and an investigation reported that a bearing failure was to blame.

Despite the success in developing the engine, which will be manufactured by Liming Corporation, the powerplant will need to overcome manufacturing challenges if it is to be produced at a worthwhile rate.

Issues remain about production efficiency and quality control and any effort to improve these areas is likely to be hamstrung by bureaucracy.

Definitely worth remembering each time a turbofan discussion comes up.

True……….Yet, I believe American Type (i.e. F-16 and/or F/A-18E/F) will be selected for the MCRA Contract. Regardless, time will tell……….. 😀

Scooter!

A post by you without a :rolleyes:

I am shocked and scandalized 😀

OK, is it just me or is there some kind of a coordinated effort on the part of the trolls to try and flame anyting ‘India’ since last week ? All of them try to be subtle and polite and then insert ridiculous statements in the middle of their posts.
Somehow, I dont think the regular set of trolls have the , erm…. lets say dont have the intellectual capacity to do anything similar 😀 , is there proliferation of a different kind happening here ? 😉

// Only thinking aloud people.

ps. The ‘LCA video with the Barbie song’ has to be commended. I shudder at the retaliation though, why could’nt we all live peacefully 😀 .

Message for the Trolls : If you thought you were in the pits with regards to PR about your country, look what might just happen now. 😀

Dont worry about it. They are doing a lot of good PR and their nation (P ) a big favour:

One dude and his son caught in Lodi California for terror.

Another bunch in the UK for the London bombings.

Another bunch in Aussieland for the serial molestations and then using religion as an excuse- the I word.

Then the retards caught with their hands in the cookie jar with North Korea and Iran.

The other retards crossing the border and attacking the International troops in Afghanistan.

The other retards crossing the border, attacking men, women and kids in India.

Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore saying: that there is a problem with these fellers..

Another fellow attempting to stab a German editor for insulting the I word and then committing suicide a – martyr of course!

Making up for all this actual real world stuff with a few videos is going to be impossible, especially since its going to continue…

Its an interesting exercise to see which country in the world these blokes are not causing a problem to on terrorism charges.