Lightest Combat Aircraft

[ajay_ijn]

The most comprehensive article ever written on LCA Tejas .Its pdf file of 6.6 MB: .It is written by Harry.I am sure most of the Indias out here might know him.A must read for all Tejas fans.

I heard about harry many times in BR,he gave indetail analysis of Indian Conlficts and wars.
But don't know exactly who is he?
The link u have given seems to have a problem.

 

[Joseph]

ajay
the link will up and working shortly,i suppose.

I donno much abt harry either as i am relatively young to indian defence cyber cirlces.Harry works for or writes his artcles for ACI.org...a g8 site for aviation fans if you haven't heard of it.harry is a well respcted man and has written a lot of articles.
ajay,come to our forums in http://www.protonriver.com ,we have some experts there too concerning defence and we are having major upgradations.:

 

[srirangan]

Welcome Joseph!

 

[Joseph]

Do you know more about Harry?

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys i need some help ,i tried to download and read harry's article however it came in machine language,can someone tell me how to convert it into plain simple english if any one of you has the article in english can you please e-mail it to me([email protected]) i will be very gratefull.:coffee

 

[gf0012-aust]

hey guys i need some help ,i tried to download and read harry's article however it came in machine language,can someone tell me how to convert it into plain simple english if any one of you has the article in english can you please e-mail it to me([email protected]) i will be very gratefull.:coffee

I assume that you did try to open it with Adobe Reader?

 

[aaaditya]

yup i think so you see i just tried to open it by clicking on the link given on the forum. :coffee

 

[ajay_ijn]

Hey guys i just got an excellent article by Harry from Acig.org
http://www.acig.org/exclusives/viraat/viraat_1.htm
He gave indetailed Explanation of India Navy's Lone Carrier Viraat with pictures of Inside of Viraat warship which we have never seen.

Simply Outstanding Article by Harry and gr8 pictures too.:india :india :dance

 

[srirangan]

Do you know more about Harry?

Harry's from ACIG if I'm not mistaken. You'll definitely find his stuff on ACIG and occassionaly on BR.

 

[Lightndattic]

hello! folks,
check it up!

Specification LCA

Powerplant: (prototype) one 80.50 kN (18,100 lb st) General Electric F404-F2J3 turbofan or (production) one 89.86 kN (20,200 lb st) GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan

Dimensions: length 13.20m (43 ft 9 in); height 4.40m (14 ft 7 in); wing span 8.20m (26 ft 7 in)

Weights: empty 5500 kg (12,125 lb) ; Max Take-Off Weight 12500 kg (27,560 lb)

Performance: max level speed at 11.000m (36,000 ft) Mach 1.8 or 1920 km/h (1195 mph); service ceiling 15,250 m (50,000 ft)

Armament: one 23-mm GSh-23 twin-barrel cannon with 220 rounds per gun; up to 4000 kg (8,820 lb) of ordnance, including AAMs, ASMs, Anti-Ship Missiles, rocket launchers, bombs, ECM pods, and drop tanks, carried on seven external stations.

go to http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/lca/lca_specs.htm
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A-4 Skyhawk. Empty Weight: 10,800 lbs, Max T/O weight: 24,500lbs.

Yes, I know there are very few in service anymore and they likely don't weigh as little as the originals, but still.... you asked.