BY: Vinayak shetty
In a busy Hangar in Hal complex a lone Tejas Pv-1 in the corner of the Hanger waits for Integration with the Kaveri engine , mating should have taken place a decade ago but delays in kaveri engine by GTRE only delayed the whole event , this also shows how off track whole Kaveri engine Project really is .
PV-1 has been pulled out of the current rigorous Tejas Test program since it no longer has all the new avionics equipments and its subsystems , nor does it has weapons integrated to carry out weapons testing ,but it will not join the fate of TD-1 and TD-2 where both have been dismantled and usable parts already been removed from the aircraft and waits it last resting place neither in a museum or a IAF Base .
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News Source: IDRW
Kaveri engine should be integrated with PV-1 and flown at the earliest. Its efficiency in real time should be explored regarding thrust, spine off, maneuvarability and stability. Our pilots should dare to take pride to fly the indegenous engine and confirm GTRE the snags and the deficiencies in it.
ReplyDeleteNo country at the begening has made such a brilliant engine as Indians. We should be proude of our scientists and extend our full support for self relience in the field of Aero Enging. Once we are committed to support, then success is no longer away from us.
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