history and development of alh dhruv.

aaaditya

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hey guys iam posting an article taken from autocar india on alh dhruv(its got some cool images along with all the specifiactions we require)so that we can discuss it.(the aricle takes around 30mins to download).
1)about 70%of alh fuselage is made of composites(basic civilian variant)
2)many of the technologies have found their way into the eurocopter tiger.
3)costs between 32-50 crores:)confused: )
4)offred for export to chilean armed forces(24 helicopters)
5)sold to nepal and israel
6)speed of 295kms(159kts),max speed(179kts-331kms according to the flight international)
7)army,navy,civil,coastguard(sar),air ambulance variant.
8)lch being derived from it.
9)mbb was the consultant(it was also their first project in the 5.5 ton class)
10)avionics supplied by israel.
11)marketed jointly by india and israel.
12)considered to be one of the best in the world.
:D :coffee
 

aaaditya

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well here is the link:

http://rapidshare.de/files/5169681/autocar-alh.pdf.html

the alh has a range of 640kms(800kms according to flight international),fuel tank capacity is 1100 liters.this article gives several valuable information on the the concepts of the helicopter flight,about the turboshaft engine(including a technical image of the engine). :coffee
design envelope of alh is 70 degrees,ceiling hieght is 7000 metres(23100 feet),tested to an altitude of 10680+feet in ladakh,fuel economy-1.06 litres/km.
 
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