Smoke Generators for Sarang display Team

• The smoke generators get regularly clogged due to unburnt oil particles and more so due to unburnt colour particles during colour smoke trials. The helicopter is flown at speeds as low as zero (hover) to max speeds of 210 Kmph.
• Due to the lesser speeds the required air to disperse the smoke can only be generated by a fan installed on the smoke generator. This is quite inadequate to provide required results and the reliability of smoke generator serviceability is not guaranteed. Thus, canister type smoke generator may be explored to be utilized for display.
• The major requirement is to be able to generate smoke (white as well as coloured) while undertaking display manoeuvres and aerobatics.

Future Expectation from Prototype/ technology developed

The same can be used regularly for all displays by helicopters in IAF.