First Made In India Fighter Aircraft || HAL LCA || Tejas Fighter Jet

 India's first indigenously developed Fighter Aircraft is single engine light weight aircraft LCH which is also known as Tejas.

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Designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for  Indian Navi and Indian Airforce. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. In 2003, the LCA was officially named "Tejas". It is the smallest and lightest in its class of contemporary supersonic combat aircraft.

The Tejas currently has three production models – Tejas Mark 1, Mark 1A and trainer variant. The IAF currently placed an order for 40 Tejas Mark 1 and 83 Tejas Mark 1A, including Tejas trainer aircraft. The IAF plans to procure 324 aircraft in all three variants - Mark 1, Mark 1A and the Tejas Mark 2, which is currently being developed by the HAL.[10] The Tejas Mark 2 is expected to be ready for series production by 2026–27.

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Let's Know a Little more about Tejas by General characteristics

General characteristics:

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Length: 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
• Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 6,560 kg (14,462 lb)
• Gross weight: 9,800 kg (21,605 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,762 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 2,458 kg (5,419 lb) internal; 2 × 1,200 l (260 imp gal; 320 US gal), 800 l (180 imp gal; 210 US gal) drop tank inboard, 725 l (159 imp gal; 192 US gal) drop tank under fuselage
• Payload: 5,300 kg (11,700 lb) external stores

Let's talk about Its Performance.

Performance:

• Maximum speed: 2,220 km/h (1,380 mph, 1,200 kn)
• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6
• Range: 1,850 km (1,150 mi, 459 nmi)
• Combat range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi) with internal tanks
• Ferry range: 3,200 km (1,986 mi, 1,726 nmi) with 2x external drop tanks
• Endurance: 4 hours
• Service ceiling: 16,000 m (52,500 ft)
• g limits: +9/−3.5
• Wing loading: 255.2 kg/m² (52.3 lb/sq ft)
• Thrust/weight: 0.94