HAL HJT-36 Wallpapers

HAL HJT-36 Wallpapers

HAL HJT-36 Aircraft India; photo wallpapers: The HAL Hindustan Jet Trainer-36 Sitara (Sanskrit: "Morning star ") is an Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) trainer aircraft under development by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) ARDC (Aircraft Research and Design Center) for the Indian Air Force. The HJT-36 will replace the HJT-16 Kiran in its role of as a trainer (Stage-2) in the Indian Air Force. It has a conventional jet trainer design, with a low, swept wing, staggered cockpits, and small air intakes on either side of its fuselage. The project began in 1999, with the first prototype flying on March 7 2003. The Limited Series Production (LSP) order of the Indian Air Force of 12 (Surya Kiran Aerobatics team) aircraft is supposed to be delivered in 2005-06. Final production could be 225+ aircraft, serving both the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. Initial prototypes have flown with the Snecma Larzac engine, while the production models will fly with the more powerful Saturn AL-55I engine with about 16.9 kN of thrust (thrust-to-weight ratio of 5.59). In February 2007, during take-off from Yelahanka airbase near Bangalore, the first prototype aircraft built by HAL suffered serious damage after its canopy flew open, causing the aircraft to veer to the right, shattering an oleo strut, bursting a tyre, snapping the port wing tip and major damage to the starboard wing. The aircraft finally collapsed in a heap of dust and smoke, but there was no injury to pilot Sqn Ldr Baldev Singh, the aircraft programme's chief test pilot. The aircraft was participating in the Aero India 2007 air-show. There were no casualties in the incident.
Specifications (HJT-36, prototypes): General characteristics
    - Crew: two, student and instructor
    - Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
    - Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
    - Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
    - Empty weight: 3,500 kg (7,700 lb)
    - Max takeoff weight: 4,500 kg (9,900 lb)
    - Powerplant: 1× Snecma Larzac 04-20 , 14.1 kN (3,170 lbf)
Performance:
    - Maximum speed: Mach 0.75 (825 km/h, 509 mph)
    - Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,520 ft)
    - Endurance: 3 hours
    - Maximum Dive Speed: 750 km/h
    - Maximum Load Factor: +7.0/-2.5 g
Armament: Five hardpoints for up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of a variety of guns, bombs, rockets, and missiles