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It seems a lot of place in the engine compartment in the T929, probably a measure to have alternative engines if it arises any problem with ensuring the Ukranian engines.

All of us should be careful about what we write about platforms while making criticism. As it seems our engineers and other people who work in these projects see and read our comments.

I really wonder what will happen if Ukranian engines can't be produced in Turkey since Motorsich doesn't seem that it can supply the engines.

Possible. Also probably there is pretty much space for different engines to create alternatives to Ukranian engines.

It reminds me of the mixture of Tiger and Rooivalk. Love it.

When the nose design is finalized, Atak 2 will look more aesthetic even than AH-64, still looks great though. I don't agree it is ugly at all. The only problem with the design was EO and machine gun location but there is no doubt that engineers who are able to build the entire powertrain of the...

14 of the 15 Hürkuş produced by TAI were exported with the permission of the Turkish Air Force. At the moment, the first user for Hürkuş's newly developed model, Hürkuş 2, will be the Turkish Air Force. According to the news of Tolga Özbek, Hürkuş delivered to Niger are starting their flights...

Let's leave aside whether it is technically possible to build a helicopter with 4 engines or not. Are we sure that the 4X engine design is proper ''to suppress the heat trace''? This design would probably be even worse than 2X Ukranian engines in terms of heat trace no matter how old technology...

Helicopters with 3X engine are pretty common. CH53K, AW101, CH149, Z18... But 4X? I don't think it is technically possible.

- Chief Test Pilot Arif Ateş, the first pilot who flew with T929: * Our initial thought was to perform a short flight. We were stable at about 10-15 feet. This is what we call the flight of helicopters anyway. Hover, the hardest flight. But we did not want to land after taking off. Our...

T929 will have 3000 HP engines, this is what MR. Kotil says. Probably he is talking about the TEI engine developed in the future since the Motor Sich doesn't have such an engine as far as I know.

AH-64E max take off: 10.43 ton Engine: 2x GE T701D, 1994 HP each I really wonder what will be like the maneuverability skills of T929 with the 2500 HP Ukranian engines.

Agree. 6 hardpoints promise very different combinations for different missions. Ka-52-like load-outs can be seen in the naval version of T929 in the future, especially those that include air-to-air missiles and small-cruise missiles like KEMANKEŞ or Çakır. US AH-1s almost always carry...

Because of the ''beauty'' discussions, we couldn't talk much about the 6 hard points issue. It is a very important advantage both over AH-64 and Mi-28. It seems T929 can be configurated with 16 anti-tank missiles and external fuel tanks or EW pods according to the mission profile. Neither...

It could be about the name of the TF-X.