{"id":284383,"date":"2023-02-06T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/landing-tejas-jet-on-ins-vikrant-explained-240-to-0-kmph-in-2-5-seconds\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:43:00","slug":"landing-tejas-jet-on-ins-vikrant-explained-240-to-0-kmph-in-2-5-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/landing-tejas-jet-on-ins-vikrant-explained-240-to-0-kmph-in-2-5-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Landing Tejas Jet On INS Vikrant Explained: 240 to 0 Kmph In 2.5 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/o28fgovo_lca-tejas-navy_625x300_06_February_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Landing Tejas Jet On INS Vikrant Explained: 240 to 0 Kmph In 2.5 Seconds\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Landing Tejas Jet On INS Vikrant Explained: 240 to 0 Kmph In 2.5 Seconds\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Landing Tejas Jet On INS Vikrant Explained: 240 to 0 Kmph In 2.5 Seconds\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/o28fgovo_lca-tejas-navy_625x300_06_February_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-06T23:13:38+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=680897&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/06022023_n_LRCTopic2_146967_120585_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T9M38S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/o28fgovo_lca-tejas-navy_625x300_06_February_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=680897&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The indigenous fighter aircraft successfully took off and landed on the aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The made-in-India aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/carrier-ins-vikrant-crosses-milestone-with-first-fixed-wing-aircraft-lca-tejas-landing-on-deck-3757539\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">achieved a major milestone<\/a> with the first landing of a fixed-wing aircraft after the Tejas fighter jet debuted on its flight deck.<\/p>\n<p>The indigenous fighter aircraft successfully took off and landed on the aircraft carrier&#8217;s flight deck as part of sea trials.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NDTV, the ex-Tejas test pilot who led the mission to develop the naval variant of the jet, Commodore Jagdeep Maolankar (Retd.), explained the challenges of landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is difficult to land on a small ship, everything is moving, not just in one direction but in all directions. The sea was calm today, the winter Arabian sea is ideal, it&#8217;s almost like a lake. It is going to be made for the violent monsoon sea of the Arabian. The small aircraft has to make sure it does not overstress any aspect,&#8221; Commodore Maolankar said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s almost like threading a needle, you have to land not just at a precise spot, but in precise attitude to make sure no one part of the aircraft gets overstressed and in precise speed. It&#8217;s a task to avoid multiple cliff edges which you can&#8217;t see when you&#8217;re in speed. The back of the ship looks like a cliff and it behaves like it,&#8221; the ex-test pilot added.<\/p>\n<p>Commodore Maolankar explained how pilots land on an aircraft carrier, &#8220;We try to keep the speed of the jet relative to the carrier, which is pegged at around 130 knots or 240 Km\/hour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In exactly 90 metres, hopefully not a meter more than that, we try to bring the speed from 240 Km\/hour to zero in approximately 2.5 seconds. It&#8217;s an extremely violent thing. Once the arresting wire catches the tail hook, then you&#8217;re not going anywhere&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The pilots face physical challenges as well while landing on a flight deck and deaccelerating from 240 Km\/hour\u00a0to 0 in 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-test pilot said there were instances when the pilots forgot to lock their harnesses, and there was little blood on their feet. The aircraft throws you off, and for 2-3 seconds you don&#8217;t have control over your limbs.<\/p>\n<p>Commodore Maolankar was part of the team which tested, and engineered the Tejas aircraft when it landed on India&#8217;s other aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.<\/p>\n<p>The 45,000-tonne INS Vikrant was built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore and was commissioned in September last year. Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said earlier that the integration of aircraft with INS Vikrant will likely be accomplished by May or June of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, the prototype of the naval version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas piloted by Commodore Maolankar successfully landed on the deck of INS Vikramaditya.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement in 2020 put India among a select group of nations that can design such a jet that can operate from an aircraft carrier.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/landing-tejas-jet-on-ins-vikrant-explained-240-to-0-kmph-in-2-5-seconds-3759089\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The indigenous fighter aircraft successfully took off and landed on the aircraft carrier. New Delhi: The made-in-India aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, today achieved a major milestone with the first landing of a fixed-wing aircraft after the Tejas fighter jet debuted on its flight deck. 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