So Transforming UAV into manned appears not a big trouble which increases cost, design, etc.Adding a pilot seat for purpose of conducting tests for the unmanned aircraft is not something new.
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So Transforming UAV into manned appears not a big trouble which increases cost, design, etc.Adding a pilot seat for purpose of conducting tests for the unmanned aircraft is not something new.
No it isn't, if you are trying to make an actual fighter out of a drone that is not going to endanger a pilot during a flight/war. Not to mention this thing has 1000 kgs of payload capacity, why would you want to risk a pilot when we already have two drones in work that can carry more?So Transforming UAV into manned appears not a big trouble which increases cost, design, etc.
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Yesterday, the Hürjet was once again announced from the highest authority that a combat version will be developed and that this development will be a naval variant suitable for an aircraft carrier. In the light of this announcement, if we look again at the planes that were crudely compared above: The T/FA-50 system, which carries the same engine as the Hürjet and has a design philosophy very close to the Hürjet, lags behind the GE-F414 and Klimov RD-93's aircrafts in terms of climb capability and power-to-weight ratio due to engine limitations. As far as I know, Gripen E/F is the only one of these aircraft that can technically be operated as a STOBAR on the aircraft carrier, although it has not been proven yet. If I am not mistaken, the new Tejas will also have this capability in the future.
I assume that the landing gear of the Hürjet will probably be revised and the weight increase will be offset by structural lightening. It is not possible to know whether a single-seat variant of the aircraft is being considered by shrinking the canopy without changing the main fuselage, but in any case, the focus should be on increasing the total power output rather than lightening the aircraft.
45k feet I hope we’ll reach even greater heights
And it also meens we're slowly reaching the end of test proccess.AFAIK 45k feet is the service ceiling of Hürjet, that means over that altitude its sustained climb rate is only 100ft/min.
Great achievement from TAI!
Well, they better start aligning themselves with our geopolitical goals then, as @dBSPL said. No fucking way that much business should be done with someone that is opposing us in the Eastern Med.Egypt is interested in Hürjet, UAVs, OPVs/corvettes from ASFAT, modernization of armored vehicles. Egypt is also interested in Kaan.