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You mean indium tinOxide?I hope we see TFX with gold-tinted canopy at some point.
He said from what they have read, f35 prototype cost was 60billion dollars.TAI CEO Temel Kotil Interview.
Around Min 32.00
> 2nd largest wind Tunnel will be finished at the End of 2022 and cost a whopping 100 Million USD
> Power Consumption is expected to be 15 Megawatts!
TF-X
> He says 10 Billion will be spend and at least 5 Billion USD of that are for Engineers Salaries in 10 Years Time
- Even though he said 60 Billion for Program Cost. That might be too high.
Mr Kotil: TfX phase-1 budget is 1,3 billion $
What is operational for now:TAI CEO Temel Kotil Interview.
Around Min 32.00
> 2nd largest wind Tunnel will be finished at the End of 2022 and cost a whopping 100 Million USD
> Power Consumption is expected to be 15 Megawatts!
TF-X
> He says 10 Billion will be spend and at least 5 Billion USD of that are for Engineers Salaries in 10 Years Time
- Even though he said 60 Billion for Program Cost. That might be too high.
What is operational for now:
Tübitak Ankara wind tunnel
ODTU Rüzgem Large wind tunnel
To be:
Tübitak large trisonic wind tunnel
TAI large wind tunnel
for comparison, ODTU LWT has power of 3 MW, Ankara LWT has 1 MW.
there will be 4 large wind tunnels will be operational by 2023, Ankara wind tunnel can be decommissioned as well or they can overhaul it further for munitions only.
Such a bully!
Unfortunately not possible, everything has been designed for that size and weight. You have to create another plane from scratch for another engine, PT6A-68 weights 270kg while AI-24 is 600 kg. Size, fuel consumption, weight etc. everything is different. Only sustainable solution is to design a similar engine by using TS1400 core. For comparison CTS800-4A weights 163kg without shaft / gearbox and 185 with shaft, so TS1400 would better suit the role in couple of years..If push comes to shove, there is Motor Sich AI24 engine with 1650hp shaft power turbo prop engine.
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