Specifications (HAL Tejas Mk.1)
Data from tejas.gov.in DRDO Techfocus, Aero India 2011,
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
- Empty weight: 6,560 kg (14,460 lb)
- Loaded weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 13,300 kg (29,100 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × F404-GE-IN20 turbofan
- Dry thrust: 53.9 kN (12,100 lbf)
- Thrust with afterburner: 85 kN (19,000 lbf)
- Internal fuel capacity: 2,458 kg
- External fuel capacity: 2 x 1,200 litre drop tank at inboard, 1 x 725-litre drop tank under fuselage
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (1,350 km/h,) at high altitude
- Range: 850 km (530 mi) without refueling
- Combat radius: 300km
- Ferry range: 3,000 km (1,840 mi)
- Service ceiling: 15,250 m (50,000 ft)
- Wing loading: 247 kg/m² (50.7 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 1.07
- g-limits: +8/−3.5 g
Armament
- Guns: 1× mounted 23 mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 220 rounds of ammunition.
- Hardpoints: 8 total: 1× beneath the port-side intake trunk for targeting pods, 6× under-wing, and 1× under-fuselage with a capacity of 4,000 kg external fuel and ordnance
- Missiles:
- Air-to-air missiles:
- Python 5
- Derby
- Astra Beyond Visual Range missile
- Vympel R-77
- Vympel R-73
- Air-to-surface missiles:
- Kh-59ME (TV guided standoff Missile)
- Kh-59MK (Laser guided standoff Missile)
- Anti-ship missiles
- Kh-35
- Kh-31
- Bombs:
- KAB-1500L laser guided bombs
- GBU-16 Paveway II
- FAB-250
- ODAB-500PM fuel-air explosives
- ZAB-250/350 incendiary bombs
- BetAB-500Shp powered concrete-piercing bombs
- FAB-500T dumb bombs
- OFAB-250-270 dumb bombs
- OFAB-100-120 dumb bombs
- RBK-500 cluster bomb stake
- Others:
- S-8 rocket pods
- Bofors 135 mm rocket
- Drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time.
- LITENING targeting pod
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