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+YsxRp
No.352967
comparison 2022 airshow and 2025 airshow both tejas (idk if its the same pilot)
K4AEyA
No.352969
>>352967(OP)
I don't think there was an issue with the plane. He pulled off the maneuver in low altitude. Low thrust to weight ratio of the Tejas meant he couldn't pull up in time. Rest assured, nobody other than India will ever buy the Tejas now.
+YsxRp
No.352970
>>352969
There's plane models with way worse records. Just the fact it can fly will make sure it has many buyers.
K4AEyA
No.352973
>>352970
Then why hasnt anybody bought it? HAL has unreliable delivery timelines. Why will anybody buy it when HAL cannot supply the IAF fast enough? There's 0 reasons why an air force should but the Tejas over the gripen.
+YsxRp
No.352979
>>352973
Because countries like US , France etc. put a lot of pressure on buyers (and make many under the table deals). If you look at insane numbers that 1st world countries charge for planes (250 million $ for example for one Rafale) it's pretty much modern colonialization by forcing a poor country to buy the plane and then keep them subscribed for "maintenance". These countries also put clauses in the contracts so they can dictate when a plane is not used (or what it can not be used for). So you don't have the technology, and you also don't own the plane fully legally.
They also put a lot of pressure on the supply chains needed to produce these planes (maybe missing a bearing or such that you can't produce then you can't buy it cus they buy them all).
Tejas has a record of 2 crashes out of 100+ produced and running which is very good objectively.
Neither of these two models has seen any real combat by the way. Thailand used it to strike once against Cambodia and Saab/Sweden told them to knock it off and they complied lol.
6Q2n0e
No.353000
>>352979
Yaar pajeet, what are you smoking? In what world have 100+ Tejas been produced ? Only 38 have been produced so far and 2 have already crashed. That's a failure rate of above 5 %. Jets like grippen have a failure rate if 2% (8 crashes out of 280 planes). The Tejas mk1 is a lost cause.
