It looks like the Indian Navy has abandoned the idea of Tejas for the aircraft carrier Vikrant. Instead, a new twin engineer fighter will be developed to be inducted in 2031 for the navy.
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It looks like the Indian Navy has abandoned the idea of Tejas for the aircraft carrier Vikrant. Instead, a new twin engineer fighter will be developed to be inducted in 2031 for the navy.
If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.
Why Indian designers didn't make the elevator larger when the Vikrant still in paper to adapt larger plane like Rafale or F/A-18? This work should be prepared in advance. Or they have decided to buy MIG-29K.
Just for general FYI, the elevators are something like 9 and 8.6m wide (2 different sizes).
The folded F-18E/F is about 9.7m wide.
I’m going to throw some theories out there for the sake of discussion.
1. The original intention was always to field the MiG-29K, but some politician thought it would be more prestigious to sport Western planes.
2. Similar to the bow issue, the size is constrained by the drydock.
I don’t know any concrete details, so I would love to learn more.
Just shave 0.35m off each wing and they'd just about make it.
actually the elevators are something like 11.2m wide
Fa18 could fit in with not much problems
rafale's wingtip hardpoints have to be removed in order to fit in
Fa18 is the best option for vikrant.
it have several advantages when compared to the rafale
does the charles de gaulle have a bulbous bow?
i havent seen one
From the picture below, it does not look like CDG has a bulbous.
Below is another picture at a different angle.
so ig vikrant might have a similar bow