Naval Tejas to begin Ground Trails soon

(IDRW) : ADA is all set to begin ground testing of Naval Tejas NP-1 soon, in series of ground testing which will be performed, first phase will involve Engine ground runs, and other phase will include, slow speed engine run on the tarmac, and later high speed ground trials, where aircraft reaches speed of near take off before pilot slows the aircraft and brings the aircraft to immediate halt.
Naval Tejas NP-1 which was rolled out last year with much fun and fare ,struggled to meet deadline of end of 2010 for its first flight , NP-1 which is a Trainer variant of Naval fighter ,had issues related to heavy landing gear and additional weight which comes with any Naval fighter ,since it requires to carry hard landing on a aircraft carrier ,which means additional strengthing of the airframe .
Tejas NP-1 and NP-2, which is based on Mark-1 configuration of Indian air force, will not be inducted into Indian navy at all, this Naval Prototype will only be used to carry out flight trails on simulated aircraft carrier landings and take offs from the artificial shore-based test facility (SBTF) which is coming up in Ins Hansa in Goa, same facility will be used to train Naval pilots in future on Naval Tejas and Mig-29k.
Naval Tejas MK-2 Powered by GE-F-414 engines ,will be what Indian navy will be inducting , Navy in past has mentioned that it will not induct any Naval Tejas with engines powered by GE-F-404-IN20 ,Defence expert Vinayak shetty (admin of lca-tejas.org) explains that Naval Tejas powered by GE-F-404-IN20 engines ,will suffer loss of performance at sea , which means that Naval Tejas powered by GE-F-404-IN20 engines will have to carry less payload while taking off from a aircraft carrier ,due to lack of thrust in its engines . New engines on Mark-2 which comes with higher thrust will able to overcome this shortfall.