and I do not think that anyone is denying that the LCA is delayed, partly due to technical difficulties, daa, we are new at this, Govt funding, economic crisis, th nuclear sanctions seems to escape certain memebrs, Arthur it is not about just defending the LCA or not, its the fact that you have only had negative things to say and u have constantly been attacking it over and over again renewing your old arguments from page 2 over and over again after being trashed aside.

funny thing is you accept the positive info on LCA from the articles and deny the negatives 😉

Any info where the AESA stands?? I wont be surprised if its delayed from 2010 ready, and another thing..they spent so much time on MMR just to make ~30-40 units of it?? since members say post 2010 LCA would have AESA…so..oh well..I dont understand whats going on with the LCA radar business..

Could you please reask your question?

What negatives? 😀

The nose too small has been debunked
LCA started in 83 pdf theory has been debunked by Yahoo himself, thanks Yahoo
What negatives are you reffering to?
Kaveri?
we have been complaining about that damn thing for a long time ourselves. 🙂
You do not understand what is going on with the LCA radar business?
It will be tested on the PV2 later this year, there, now you know. 🙂

Work on the AESA has started, early stages still of course, post 2010 it is predicted to be ready, I would put it around 2013, that is my estimate but its not like AESA while advantageous is the end of the world, neither the J-10 or FC-1 have an AESA.

Atre also mentions that their intention is for 10-12 test flights a month weather permitting btw

Dosa and sambar, that is a SOuth Indian dish, very spicy though but tasty, you have yet to live if you did not have that.

umm..one more thing..isnt the LCA of future we’re comparing to Gripen of few years old? ..maybe it’s more logical to compare it with Gripen of 2010? same goes for M2k. Can LCA match M2k-9 or 5 or are we comparing it to m2k-h?? or something like that? , we have to be specific which version is being compared.

You should look back a few pages, it has been mentioned 100 times that due to vetrivale upgrades etc the LCA avionics will be more advanced than the MKI avionics, that is what has been claimed, cmparing to Gripen avionics etc, noone has stated anything about this. And Arthur, my I see that you did not get my Zhuk comments, I started this after your nose theory by looking at pics, you can go back a few pages, I already mentioned this. 🙂

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It has been said to you for 11 pages, that is why its so long, that the LCA nose is big enough for the MMR radar, u know, that radar that was DESIGNED for the LCA, so when you ay short distance btw bulkhead and blablabla, a new addition after 11 pages :), what d you mean, you are the one who is using rough language over here not me, you are right I dont understand what you say? The LCA nose is tooo short, nose to small, whatever you want to call it for what? Obviously not the MMR, hence it is a non issue. Also you can look at all the pics you like, unless you know about the internal layout of the LCA you can only assume and have theories, you also seem to think that the designers made a nose that could not fit anything but the radar without any other gear, a good theory for drunk Indian designers perhaps….. And please address all memebrs respectfully, I have yet to tell you to shut up and you should try the same thing, unless I am mistaken you would not be here if you knew that much more than we did, you would be working in the Eurofighter project or lecturing in a University.

Oh but Arthur Iam only doing the same thing you are doing, you said that the nose was too small, relative to what? I do not know, if you can deduce certain things without internal dimensions etc, then so can I, besides deductions work well on other threads and I do not see you complaining about that. 🙂

The M2000 was a benchmark and the LCA is ment to beat it, a lot of IAF pilots have commented on it, Harry has already posted about this, you can go back, I won’t waste my time, there are 11 pages here. It is you who keeps on harping LCA=Viggen and then calling all who go against that as mere fanboys. :0

oh let me conclude for the night

Much of the MKI avionics is sourced from LCA work, the LCA will have upgrades and more advanced avionics than the MKI, great tarang EW gear which is replacing all Russian etc gear in the IAF, work on an AESA has started and will be ready post 2010, LCA g limits are +9, -3, what else do you want to know, oh yes, much of the flight envelope has finished testing, monsoon rain permitting, wel will finish that soon enough, PV2 will be with the MMR and weapons testing will commence later this year or early next year in the worst case scenario. 🙂
A simple google.com will provide u will all this info
Please also check the weekly updates on the LCA from the ADA, the organization that built and is testing the damn thing. 🙂
ONly in India…..