May I ask how you guys get the idea that landing is not possible? On what knowledge is this based
I know the ship, i know the Navy's plan. Sufficient?
TB3 is permitted for a reason that they were offered a simple arrest and launch system which will not yield permanent modification.
MIUS will require a permanent wire arrest system which will extend from top deck to lower deck, occupy hangar space, block certain areas of the deck which is very useful for LHD operations.
Primary role of the vessel is being a LHD, it is best designed for STOVL operations, not STOBAR, making it STOBAR cancels an important portion of runway from helicopter operations.
Check arrest wire configurations on aircraft carriers and you will see they often have an inclined landing runway which diverts the landing plane away from the island and main runway and ensures a clearance at least wide as the plane. This is not so for Anadolu, a typical landing starts right where island starts, because of the stern elevator. Arrest wires would typically extend from a safe distance, and removed each time a plane takes off, stretched ones the new one is preparing for landing. This might give another idea why it is a bit slacking.
Landing on a ships is beyond Baykar's expertise and i am telling, they have taken none of the consultancy as of now on this matter, not even the simplest one, not even received some technical reports which is was used for possible F-35 operations. They make it on their own.
I have written on Naval Programs as well, Turkish Navy doesn't have any major force projection asset, Anadolu is the first, we should master it as a LHD before starting to play aircraft games. Anyone who has some insight would see amphibious operations matter as much as carrier operations.
Until then Baykar can play at the ground with arrest wires and ski-jumps imitating a carrier and place the plane on the future aircraft carrier once it is commissioned.
This is not something feasible but pure PR based reasons to talk about Anadolu at this stage. Baykar at the moment doesn't even bother about landing at Anadolu, the 3D model of Anadolu is a sufficient indicator for this, their primary goal is MIUS.
Saying 'if Selcuk says so,then it means he knows about this' also requires to accept whatever Celal Sengor says because he is smart, and if he says something it should be true, since he must have been researching about that. But this not the case, nobody takes him serious on the certain matters he keeps bragging.
