TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

hugh

Contributor
Messages
484
Reactions
14 1,240
Nation of residence
Turkey
Nation of origin
Turkey
a quick reminder, the engines are not the only stranglehold the US have on KAAN. the aircraft's bulkheads are made by EBM machines, provided by an american company. I'm sure our shortsightedness will cause a roadblock there too. our brilliant leaders wanted to gain independent foreign policy through KAAN which can only be built with foreign tooling. The aircraft sits at the heart of our independence but investing in a goddamn hydraulic-press is too much to ask!
 

BalkanTurk90

Contributor
Messages
831
Reactions
5 1,228
Nation of residence
Albania
Nation of origin
Turkey
Don't waste any more energy on countries like that. Get the WS 10 C or D engine directly from Pakistan over China. It is almost nearly identical to the CFM56/F-101 Family -> F-110 engine in terms of size, weight, diameter and LBF, it also has FADEC. It's just a transitional engine anyway.
Yes its a transitional engine , people should not worry too much about kaan but more about f16 that have same F110 engine so can Turkiye maintain and repair itself those engines ?
And for KAAN we just needs few F110 engines just for 3-6 prototypes until 2030 . So i see this ban on engines more to hurt f16 fleet
 

mehmed beg

Well-known member
Messages
413
Reactions
1 485
Nation of residence
United Kingdom
Nation of origin
Bosnia & Herzegovina
It is time for these liars to live with their bases from Turkey. Nothing can be worked out with them.
Not surprising really.
So no need for f16 from them and no need for f35. Not a f penny. Boing planes, I understand. But nuclear deal and gas deals should be abandoned.
Turkey won't be protected or helped in any possible scenario.
So what is the point?
 

godel44

Committed member
Messages
164
Reactions
8 496
Nation of residence
Turkey
Nation of origin
Turkey
That's a pity. All I wanted from this deal was engines for the initial batches of Kaan. This topic is much more important than everything else. Of course, Americans would be hesitant to supply those engines and would rather sell F16s, but I would have made the LNG deal dependent on engines.
 

Yasar_TR

Experienced member
Staff member
Administrator
Messages
3,677
Reactions
206 18,741
Nation of residence
United Kingdom
Nation of origin
Turkey

Japan has offered XF9-1 engine to India for their AMCA stealth fighter.

This is a 33000lbf + wet thrust and 24250lbf dry thrust engine using 5th generation single crystal turbine blades and specifically developed for 5th generation fighter jets.

May be we should approach Japan and IHI to inquire about using this engine for KAAN until TF35000 is fully matured. That would ease the pressure on TEI as well.

We first alienated RR with Qatar involvement. Mistake #1
We went for a very big plane that needed a large engine. Mistake #2
We got ourselves kicked out from F35 project. Mistake #3
We assumed we had an ally in the form of USA. Mistake #4
We became too verbal in our animosity towards Israel. Mistake #5

Now we are in a predicament and don’t know how to get ourselves out of it.

There is always a way out of a predicament if the administration plays the cards right. But do we have that administration with balls and determination and morals that are patriotically driven and not politically and profit driven, to sort this mess out?
After all, why are we in this mess?

1759020834292.png
 
Last edited:

2033

Committed member
Messages
164
Reactions
3 324
Nation of residence
Turkey
Nation of origin
Turkey
No F-16Vs, no F-35s, no engine for Kaan. What kind of deal did our guys make with Trump—LNG imports? This meeting turned out to be completely pointless. They came back without achieving anything.
 

Lool

Experienced member
Messages
3,308
Reactions
16 5,530
Nation of residence
Albania
Nation of origin
Albania
Congrats on Altay 2.0. So the US Congress stopped the export of engines for Kaan… but Erdo still gave 100$ billion for overpriced American gas and junk Boeing planes. All Turkey won is for Erdo to sit next to Trump for two hours in front of the cameras.


It is highly likely due to the Syrian issue

I said it before on numerous threads, Turkey's greatest and closest threat rn is the YPG/SDF announcing their independece and state formation in Syria. In other words, Erdogan paid that money to please the US so that Turkey can operate freely if the March 10 agreement fails to materialise
 

Lool

Experienced member
Messages
3,308
Reactions
16 5,530
Nation of residence
Albania
Nation of origin
Albania
I just wanna ask why on earth are people so surprised that the engines were embargoed? Congress, before even Erdo met Trump, reported that they would block any sale that would advance Turkish defence industry as they are a threat to Israel and Greece. Even in Israeli media, members of the Knesset clearly stipulated that they received guarantees from the US political sphere that they are gonna block any potential engine sale to Turkey


Japan has offered XF9-1 engine to India for their AMCA stealth fighter.

This is a 33000lbf + wet thrust and 24250lbf dry thrust engine using 5th generation single crystal turbine blades and specifically developed for 5th generation fighter jets.

May be we should approach Japan and IHI to inquire about using this engine for KAAN until TF35000 is fully matured. That would ease the pressure on TEI as well.

We first alienated RR with Qatar involvement. Mistake #1
We went for a very big plane that needed a large engine. Mistake #2
We got ourselves kicked out from F35 project. Mistake #3
We assumed we had an ally in the form of USA. Mistake #4
We became too verbal in our animosity towards Israel. Mistake #5

Now we are in a predicament and don’t know how to get ourselves out of it.

There is always a way out of a predicament if the administration plays the cards right. But do we have that administration with balls and determination and morals that are patriotically driven and not politically and profit driven, to sort this mess out?
After all, why are we in this mess?

View attachment 77556
Useless tbh!
Japqn will never ever antagonise the US, period! If the US refused to sell engines to Turkey then Japan will likely do the same in order not to antagonsie both Israel and the US

Have you forgotten when the Japanese PM announced that Japan would recognise the Palesinian state? Even though the Japanese public opinion was majorly in favour of such a decision, all what it took is one call from the US for the decision to get cancelled; even the japanese themselves admitted that. In other words, dont waste your energy with Japan as they will 100% block such a deal to not antagonise the Americans and Israelis
 

Follow us on social media

Top Bottom