미국이랑 짜파게티가 양쪽에서 잡아 당기고 요즘 난리죠..


1. S-3466 returns from a demonstration sortie. Minimal ground support equipment and staff were required to keep both aircraft active. Both prototypes are based at HAL's aircraft division at the HAL Airport in Bangalore, just a few miles away from Yelahanka. They share their hangar with the first LCA prototype TD-1.

2. Not only is the paint scheme excellent but so is the quality of paint. Unfortunately one cannot say the same about the quality of paint or coat thickness on IAF aircraft. There exists a visible difference between the quality of painting done by HAL and those done by the IAF itself.

3. The SNECMA Larzac0420 is to be replaced by the more powerful NPO Saturn AL-55. Although SNECMA were offering to co-develop an improved variant, the fact that a still-in-development AL-55 was chosen, raises some doubts and perhaps questions related to ethics? The AL-55, to be license produced at HAL's Engine Divison, is also expected to power the HJT-39.

4. Take-off at last! The aircraft offers an excellent view of the front from the rear instructor seat at 8°, perhaps the best available in any similar aircraft. The Zvezda K-36LT Ejection seats, rejected for the LCA due to their high cost, have strangely found their way into the HJT-36.


5. The aircraft prepares to climb to high altitude where it will perform it's display routine. The aircraft has a total endurance of 2.5 hrs. Production standard load factors are +7/-2.5 G and the currently explored regime has covered +4 to5 G, good enough for an aerobatic display.