With indigenously developed AFCS, LCH made maiden flight

For the first time in the country, HAL has carried out the first flight of Light Combat Helicopter with the Automatic Flight Control System. In a Press release, HAL has said that it was a 20 minutes long flight and it was absolutely flawless. The AFCS is designed by HAL, a digital four-axis flight control system that can control stability augmentation and other things in auto-pilot mode in helicopters.