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[Gary]

Things like Ammonium perchlorate and aluminium powders are widely available and very cost effective. Why did it took so long?
( btw, my knowledge about rocket sceince is very basic )

Solid fueled rocketry itself is very simple, as in fireworks. I even once managed to make one with Potasium Nitrate (KNO3) after seeing DIY rocketry youtube video.

Real rocketry for space mission would need a better solid fuel mix called Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), and the secret sauce to make it burn long enough and deliver thrust high enough is the big deal. There's also things like nozzle design, control etc.

Here's an RX 550 nozzle getting blown, likely caused by imperfect connection between propellants.

As for Indonesia's liquid fueled engine progress u can check it here

Indonesian Strategic Industries

https://www.kemhan.go.id/pothan/2023/01/20/diskusi-penguatan-industri-pertahanan-bersama-safran-group-perancis.html some interesting point from above : "The Safran Group also guarantees AASM-HAMMER compatibility on the T-50 and KFX/IFX aircraft made jointly by PTDI and KAI and hopes to be...

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[Afif]

Solid fueled rocketry itself is very simple, as in fireworks. I even once managed to make one with Potasium Nitrate (KNO3) after seeing DIY rocketry youtube video.

Real rocketry for space mission would need a better solid fuel mix called Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), and the secret sauce to make it burn long enough and deliver thrust high enough is the big deal. There's also things like nozzle design, control etc.

Here's an RX 550 nozzle getting blown, likely caused by imperfect connection between propellants.

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As for Indonesia's liquid fueled engine progress u can check it here

Indonesian Strategic Industries

https://www.kemhan.go.id/pothan/2023/01/20/diskusi-penguatan-industri-pertahanan-bersama-safran-group-perancis.html some interesting point from above : "The Safran Group also guarantees AASM-HAMMER compatibility on the T-50 and KFX/IFX aircraft made jointly by PTDI and KAI and hopes to be...

defencehub.live

How about those used in short range missiles like MANPAD, ATGMs or air to air missiles? Those probably dont require similar level of sophistication.

 

[Gary]

How about those used in short range missiles like MANPAD, ATGMs or air to air missiles? Those probably dont require similar level of sophistication.

Rx sounding rockets will eventually go mostly to military application. RX-1220 final product is RHan-122B rocket (122mm) for Grad and Vampir MLRS, RX-450 eventuall has 2 application RPS-01 satellite launch vehicle (3rd stage) and RHan-450 ballistic missile.

As for Manpads, we have Merapi and for anti tank we have SLT

more on Merapi manpads here https://defencehub.live/threads/indonesian-strategic-industries.2355/post-242989

 

[Isa Khan]

BAF is also working on Target Drone to use in SAM and AAM firing exercise.

Our UAV?

 

[Afif]

BAF is also working on Target Drone to use in SAM and AAM firing exercise.

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Our UAV?

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Can you provide the full document please?

 

[Isa Khan]

Alhamduliallh!! BAF has completed developing the indigenous primary trainer. Inshallah!! It'll be revealed soon. Hope it's not an upgraded PT-6.

 

[Afif]

That is huge!!!​

Alhamdulillah! Finally, we are getting somewhere. I can’t express with words how happy I am! If it makes its flight this year and we can keep up the momentum, I believe we can have our advanced trainer by 2030.


@F-6 enthusiast @PutinBro @yf120 @Micheal Corleone @Knowledgeseeker @Gary et al.

 

[Knowledgeseeker]

That is huge!!!​

Alhamdulillah! Finally, we are getting somewhere. I can’t express with words how happy I am! If it makes its flight this year and we can keep the momentum, I believe we can have our advanced trainer by 2030.


@F-6 enthusiast @PutinBro @yf120 @Micheal Corleone @Knowledgeseeker @Gary et al.

Im watching closely the development of the Bangladeshi armed forces, as well as the defense industry. Hope to see it soon

 

[PutinBro]

Wonderful news but

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

 

[Afif]

Wonderful news but

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

KEEP EXPECTATIONS LOW!

My expectation is exactly where it supposed to be.

It is just a basic trainer and that's it.

 

[PutinBro]

@Afif It's for anyone who visits this thread.Bangladeshi or foreigner.

 

[PutinBro]

It is just a basic trainer and that's it.

There are good basic trainers and there are bad basic trainers.There is always room for disappointments.

 

[Afif]

There are good basic trainers and there are bad basic trainers.There is always room for disappointments.

No, at this point it is not about good or bad. It is about if it does exist or not.

And it does.

 

[F-6 enthusiast]

Our UAV?

Might be a Tail of BAF CM-170 fouga


Now i have an excuse to post BAF CM-170 flying over mothijeel early 80s

 

[F-6 enthusiast]

That is huge!!!​

Alhamdulillah! Finally, we are getting somewhere. I can’t express with words how happy I am! If it makes its flight this year and we can keep up the momentum, I believe we can have our advanced trainer by 2030.


@F-6 enthusiast @PutinBro @yf120 @Micheal Corleone @Knowledgeseeker @Gary et al.

Believe it when i see it , Its BAF we are talking about...

 

[Afif]

Believe it when i see it , Its BAF we are talking about...

Bruh, Air Force chief literally said it in his speech.

 

[Gary]

That is huge!!!​

Alhamdulillah! Finally, we are getting somewhere. I can’t express with words how happy I am! If it makes its flight this year and we can keep up the momentum, I believe we can have our advanced trainer by 2030.


@F-6 enthusiast @PutinBro @yf120 @Micheal Corleone @Knowledgeseeker @Gary et al.

Congrats, everything starts from humble beginning.

 

[Isa Khan]

Hope it's not an upgraded PT-6.

Also hope it's a tandem seat truboprop trainer with CAS capability and becomes a successful project for serial production. It's probably an assembly line under ToT from foreign country cause it's taking maiden flight after they announced the project last year. Seems too quick. So it's probably gonna be based on or the actual trainer assembled here under ToT. China, Turkey or Germany could be the main supplier of ToT/assistance.

Might be a Tail of BAF CM-170 fouga

Yeah, at first I thought that too. But the CM-170's vertical stabilizer area is wider and the vertical stabilizers are bit longer and narrower than this one in the pic. The tail end on in this picture also looks smaller. Also this thing in the first picture is missing too. Compare the pictures. Even the body seems smaller.

 

[Afif]

Also hope it's a tandem seat truboprop trainer with CAS capability and becomes a successful project for serial production. It probably an assembly line under ToT from foreign country cause it's taking maiden flight after they announced the project last year. Seems too quick. So it's probably gonna be based on or the actual trainer assembled here under ToT. China, Turkey or Germany could be the main supplier of ToT/assistance.

This project has been under the pipeline for a long time even though it was only officially announced last year(?) I believe, like the drone project they have been working on it (on a conceptual level) for few years now.

Foreign help is definitely involved but I don’t think it is only a mere assembly.

If they did a deal with Turkey we probably would have known by now.
But it could China or Germany.

 

[Isa Khan]

This project has been under the pipeline for a long time even though it was only officially announced last year(?) I believe, like the drone project they have been working on it (on a conceptual level) for few years now.

I have bit doubt about that. Check BSMRAAU's former VC's statement in previous page. Seems they started building it 1 year ago. It should take more than that, at least 4 years maybe (KT-1). But yes, we don't know when they started designing it and test the model. Anyway, it's all speculations. Only solid info is they are building it and maiden flight. Hope more details will be provided when it's revealed.

If they did a deal with Turkey we probably would have known by now.
But it could China or Germany.

Grob could assist perhaps. Also, Korea could be another country to help.