TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[MADDOG]

MMU has reportedly performed its second flight.

 

[2033]

MMU has reportedly performed its second flight.

There are no images on Twitter.

 

[Khagan1923]

Wouldn’t get too excited possibility the news are false is high.
Though Arda Mevlutoglu tweeted that a second flight has taken place too.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1787385502267494670

I will believe when I see footage of it

 

[valarmogu]

5th Generation Fighter Aircraft KAAN Successfully Completed Its 2nd Flight

During the flight, which took place at TAI facilities, KAAN was accompanied by an F-16 fighter jet. During the successfully completed flight, KAAN's low-altitude flight tests and avionic systems were tested.

In the second flight, the Multi-Core Real-Time Operating System, Central Management Computers, Avionic Interface Units, Middleware and Deterministic Network systems developed by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM were used.

TÜRKİYE : 5. Nesil Savaş Uçağı KAAN 2. Uçuşunu Başarıyla Gerçekleştirdi! - ULU Savunma

TUSAŞ tarafından geliştirilen 5. Nesil Milli Muharip Uçak KAAN 2. uçuşunu başarıyla gerçekleştirdi...

www.ulusavunma.com

 

[Sanchez]

Surprising to me that no spotter footage came out yet.

 

[Iskander]

There are several confirmations. No video yet

KAAN ikinci uçuşunu da başarıyla tamamladı | Savunma Sanayi Haberleri

Türkiye savunma alanında attığı adımların meyvelerini topluyor. Son olarak Türkiye'nin milli muharip uçağı KAAN ikinci uçuşunu da başarılı bir şekilde gerçekleştirdi.

www.yenisafak.com

KAAN'dan bir uçuş başarısı daha! Milli Muharip Uçak KAAN ikinci uçuşunu gerçekleştirdi - Sanayi Gazetesi

Türkiye’nin geliştirdiği milli savaş uçağı KAAN ikinci uçuşunu bu sabah başarıyla tamamladı. KAAN’a ilk uçuşta olduğu gibi yine bir F-16 eşlik etti.

sanayigazetesi.com.tr

 

[Zafer]

Remember last time bystanders casually took pictures of Kaan taking off, Kaan probably made sure they will not touch their cameras ever again.

 

[Quasar]

It needs to be about 3 times the size to be able to carry the boom necessary to refuel Kaan. Americans spent 10 years to perfect KC-46’s remote controlled boom where the boom operator still sits inside the aircraft. Should be fun for the folks at TAI to master that challenge.

Eventhough retractable refueling probe to KAAN & refueling drogue to ANKA 3 can solve the problem

The Main issue is the amount of fuel which can be carried with current ANKA 3 for refueling role is not really meaningful . Just as an example for MQ 25 the goal is to be able to deliver 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of fuel. We need to dedicate a few ANKA 3s for each KAAN or at best dedicate one Anka 3 to a single KAAN to deliver may be one and a half 300 gallon drop tank worth of fuel

Again just as another exapmple F 16 have three diffrent type of drop tanks 300, 370 and 600 gallons

-we will need a bigger boat

-and even more importatly retractable refueling probe for KAAN has never ever been mentioned even once yet.

 

[UkroTurk]

UAVs have reached to their limits , there is no alternative of manned fighters. We want KAANs more and more . New softwares and AI technology could make flights easy and semi autonomous. We don't even know what is the flight/ mission computer and software of KAAN. I think KAAN could land and take off autonomously. Also The fighter must be engage and approach autonomously on targets. Pilot doesn't have to push hundred buttons and levers.

 

[TheInsider]

According to conceptual studies adding external fuel tanks to KAAN proved problematic for RCS even though simulated fuel tanks have a stealth design. Drag increase for supercruise is also a problem as stealth fuel tank designs have a higher drag than legacy fuel tanks. It is less of a problem at subsonic speeds. ANKA 3 tanker will be there to replace external fuel tanks. ANKA 3 tanker will be a part of TAI OKU loyal wingman concept. There will be other versions of ANKA 3 like ANKA 3 EW. ANKA 4 is also a part of TAI OKU. Of course, nothing is concrete with the ANKA 3 tanker as TAI OKU loyal wingman concept can still change and it is planned for the 2030s.

 

[Cenkcnk]

My fruit cake flew again

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1787481120872730767

 

[Boykaz]

Very beautiful

 

[moz68k]

Yeah, looks like they tuned the PID controllers with data from the first flight. I hope they keep GTU-0 flying, if only for testing avionics and basic flight controls.

 

[B_A]

Good luck maintaining thousands of Kaan’s. Anyway, I think the initial order of 250 Kaan’s will get lowered in the coming years. But let’s wait and see.

Impossible.

In Turkish style the order will never get lowered but just delayed and delayed like the Tanks.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

Turkey cannot afford KAAN 500+ it is simply too expensive in the long term.
130-150 TAI KAANs is realistic, and I hope that right after the series production of TAI KAAN starts they develop a small stealth fighter jet as a single jet with delta canard based on TAI KAAN, which is also suitable for aircraft carriers. In the long term, these should then replace the F-16, ideally producing 300-500 of them.
It would also be the ideal aircraft for export to countries in Africa in the Middle and Far East.
The primary target should then be a 6th generation stealth fighter jet, and the KAAN chapter should be closed after 200-300+ inclusive Export at the latest, and only focus on combat upgrades.

Apart from that, manned flight will be dead in 20-30 years anyway, at the latest when 6+ or 7 generation fighter aircraft have a hybrid approach, flying both manned and unmanned, because the pilots simply can no longer keep up with the AI and its reaction time, let alone the G forces that a machine can withstand compared to a human.

 

[Zafer]

We need variety in our aviation, so we should not make too many of the same thing but we need to improve our art and keep on top of our game. But it is not only us that we are making planes for so, customer is the king.

 

[Afif]

New paintwork certainly makes her look more sexy!

 

[No Name]

Turkey cannot afford KAAN 500+ it is simply too expensive in the long term.
130-150 TAI KAANs is realistic, and I hope that right after the series production of TAI KAAN starts they develop a small stealth fighter jet as a single jet with delta canard based on TAI KAAN, which is also suitable for aircraft carriers. In the long term, these should then replace the F-16, ideally producing 300-500 of them.

So, you want something like a navalised version of the Su-75, Mig-144, or maybe a Flygsystem 2020.

what you asking for would not be cheap since the fact that they are stealth fighters will raise the cost of maintenance; the best solution is for a cheap fighter would be the creation of a 4+ gen fighter, something like a Turkish Rafale.

If Turkey does make a 4+ gen fighter, it will have to consider whether anyone else will be willing to buy such a fighter. If it fails to get a large number of sales, such a fighter may be more expensive than KAAN making the entire thing pointless

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New paintwork certainly makes her look more sexy!

I still wish that KAAN's paint job resembled the JC-31.

 

[dBSPL]

 

[DBdev]

Higher quality 1080p