Recent updates by the author on twitter few days ago.
On collaboration with Brahmos Aerospace for the Afterburner
On the flutter issue and engine weight
Whether we can make a 100KN engine like GE F414, if kaveri is fixed
On collaboration with Brahmos Aerospace for the Afterburner
On the flutter issue and engine weight
Whether we can make a 100KN engine like GE F414, if kaveri is fixed
The biggest Isothermal Press in world is 30,000 tonnes in China.
Depends on the requirements . Those 50,000 ton forging press also deals with hot parts as the process involved is forging.
Are we doing all this inhouse or are we getting external help as in from foreign sources ?
but normal forging press dont keep temperature same throughout the forging process,
by the time you complete forging metal changes its property and you end up with brittle weak turbine/compressor disks which is not allowed in jet engine...
That's the difference between normal forging & isothermal forging. In the former only the part is in a hot state which cools during the forging process whereas in the latter the whole set up including the die is in a hot state.
No. It is inline for F404. F404-IN produces 50 KN dry thrust for 1076 KG. Our afterburner is what gives us trouble.
Ours is a bit less efficient because F404-IN includes a afterburner too.
We also have this aim
The KDE that Godrej Aerospace is making is 48kn right ? wonder if misprint or can be improved /
What’s the timeline on this?, are they using LCA for certification of engine since the Russian FTB is unavailable
No clue.
Can't use a single engine fighter for certification. FTBs will be needed.
Where is he getting this information? from an unknown source? KDE is going to be integrated with LCA, so does this mean that without Afterburner it's going to be integrated, or is Afterburner already integrated? And when is the integration of Afterburner completed? Where is the statement from GOI or MOD?
tender was released in 2023, and was to be completed in T0+2 years. and we are in 2026.
project most probably delayed.
Has this been discussed anywhere? I don't remember seeing anything regarding "KDE-2"! This is different from the Godrej manufactured KDE. This KDE-2 is Kaveri 2.0?
You forget the weight of the after burner itself. It is no heavy, but it has a weight. You may easily add 50 to 100kg to the dry only Kaveri figure.
And to really compare 2 engines, you have also to compare the time between overhaul. You may have a light engine with only 100 hours TBO, and another heavier because made with more margins and more technical refinements of 500 hours TBO...