HAL Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) - HAL Indian attack helicopter designed for high mountain conditions.
| Light combat helicopter | |
|---|---|
 Prototype LCH TD-1, 2011. | |
| Type of | attack helicopter |
| Developer |  Hal |
| Manufacturer | Hal |
| The first flight | March 29, 2010 [1] |
| Status | in developing |
| Operators | India |
| Units produced | 4 prototypes (as of January 2011 ) [2] |
| Unit cost | 22 million dollars [3] |
| Base model | Hal dhruv |
Designed for the destruction of enemy manpower and equipment, striking at ground targets, air support and escort, as well as for air reconnaissance.
Content
- 1 History of creation
- 2 Design
- 3 Performance characteristics
- 4 In service
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Creation History
The development of the helicopter was launched in 2006 . The first flight took place in March 2010 . It is developed by the Indian national company HAL since 2006 . Some of the technologies used in it have already been tested on another Indian helicopter - Dhruv .
As part of the LCH certification, flight tests in cold conditions were conducted in February 2015 in the Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir [4] [5] . On September 3, 2015, flights were conducted there at an altitude of 3200 ... 4800 meters and take-off and landing at the airfield of the base on the Siachen Glacier [4] [5] . In mid-2016, missile launches are planned [4] [5] .
Design
The helicopter is made according to the classical scheme, with tandem crew accommodation. The cockpit and glazing of the helicopter is able to withstand hits of 12.7 mm armor-piercing bullets. The chassis is non-removable, energy-absorbing, for safety during emergency landing.
2 turboshaft engines TM333-2C2 "Shakti" with a digital control system such as FADEC, jointly developed by HAL and Turbomeka.
The main and tail rotors are 4-bladed. The blades are made of composite materials.
On-board equipment of pilots implements the principle of a glass cockpit, large multi-functional indicators are installed.
The helicopter armament consists of a sighting and sighting system located in the bow and a guided rotary gun of 20 mm caliber. Guided missiles can be mounted on 4 wing suspension points
The helicopter was designed specifically for fighting in the highlands, so strict requirements were imposed on the ceiling of the flight.
Performance Specifications
- Length, m: 15,8
- The diameter of the rotor, m: 13.3
- Height, m: 4.7
- Wing span, m: 4.6
- The mass of the empty helicopter, kg: 3000
- Maximum take-off weight, kg: 5500
- Payload mass, kg: n / a
- Maximum flight speed, km / h: 330
- Cruising speed, km / h: 260
- Maximum rate of climb, m / s: 12.0
- Practical ceiling, m: 6500
- Range, km: 550
- Ferry range, km: 700
- Powerplant: 2 x ТМ333-2С2 "Shakti"
- Engine power, hp: 2 x 1200
- Gun: 1 × 20 mm M621 (20 × 102 mm)
Armed
India - as of September 2015, the Indian armed forces ordered 179 LCH helicopters [5] .
See also
| Mi-28N [6] | Ka-52 [7] | AH-64D Apache Longbow (Block III) [8] | Bell AH-1Z Viper [9] | AgustaWestland T129 [10] [11] [12] | Eurocopter Tiger [13] [14] |
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| Denel AH-2 Rooivalk [22] | Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja [23] | Harbin Z-19 [24] | CAIC WZ-10 [25] [26] | HAL LCH [27] | HESA Shahed 285 [28] |
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Notes
- ↑ The first flight of an Indian combat helicopter took place
- ↑ India will show its helicopter (inaccessible link)
- ↑ India will buy 64 own combat helicopters
- ↑ 1 2 3 HAL completes hot & high altitude trials of LCH at Leh . Press Trust of India (September 3, 2015). Date of treatment September 4, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 An Indian attack helicopter was tested in the mountains . N + 1 (September 4, 2015). Date of treatment September 4, 2015.
- ↑ Mi-28N (E) helicopter . Rostvertol in a pharmacy. Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Ka-52 "Alligator"
- ↑ AH-64D Apache Longbow
- ↑ Bell AH-1Z
- ↑ AgustaWestland T129
- ↑ AW129 Multirole Combat Helicopter (English) (unspecified) ? . Airforce Technology Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ ATAK
- ↑ EC-665 Tiger Multirole Combat Helicopter (English ) ? . Airforce Technology Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Eurocopter Tiger
- ↑ Features: Ka-52 Alligator . Helicopters of Russia. Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ The Ministry of Defense will purchase 140 Ka-52 helicopters . Aviation EXplorer (September 5, 2011). Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow . Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ CUTAWAY: AH-1Z Viper enters production as substantially new aircraft . Flightglobal.com (December 20, 2010). Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Department of the Navy FY 2011 budget estimates
- ↑ Turkey chose Mongoose . Lenta.ru (April 2, 2007). Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Eurocopter 665 Tiger / Tigre." Jane's All the World's Aircraft . Jane's Information Group, 2009. subscription article, dated 30 July 2009 .
- ↑ Denel AH-2 Rooivalk
- ↑ Kawasaki OH-1 Light Scout and Observation Helicopter . Military-Today.com. Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ WZ-19 Black Tornado . Global Security Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ WZ-10 Attack Helicopter . Global Security Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ Zhi-10 Attack Helicopter
- ↑ HAL Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) (English) (unspecified) ? . Airforce Technology Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ شاهد 285 شمشير بُرنده سپاه + عکس (pers.) . مشرق نیوز (March 27, 2011). Date of appeal March 25, 2019.
- ↑ What went wrong with the Rooivalk?
- ↑ India will buy 64 of its own combat helicopters . Lenta.ru (March 10, 2011). Date of appeal March 25, 2019.