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Zafer knows no idol, he gives credit to where credit is due, like anyone should. Having been involved in aviation since mid-teens I can tell a miracle when I see one.

While TS1400 has gone through 8 iterative builds, I think the TF6000 will go through a smaller number of iterations. This is about the learning process of engine making for the maker. With every completed engine the next engine should take less time to complete developing. This reality was...

Seems to be so, in this case we have no clue what the actual number is at this stage. However off the top of my head I remember that the Kızılelma would initially use a 5500 lbf engine and TF6000 would be like 10% higher. I have no clue what happened to that 5500 lbf engine. Edit: Seems like...

Selçuk Bayraktar mentioned it briefly in this talk too. Your predictions about the TS1400 is totally baseless. And stop with accusations of spreading misinformation.

TSK maybe holding off from buying more UAV because newer ones keep cropping up. A larger Akıncı with the TS1400 engine is already in the works which will be more attractive for the TSK. I don't see why Selçuk Bayraktar would be misinforming the public. He is the manufacturer, he has full...

He talks about cost to manufacture and not the sales price. If They make more of the components themselves they can do that. But the cost to the customer will be measured by the value offered compared to alternative offerings.

Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft 2.0 (MOSAIC) MOSAIC is here, Sport Pilot 2.0, aviation made easier and more affordable (for Americans). We don't have Sport Pilot Certification in Türkiye and we should as it makes entry level aviation half as costly and half as difficult yet twice the fun...

A side note: Such a plane can very well be used to launch low earth orbit space payload. Like 100-500 kg payloads can be launched with such a plane. This is feasible because you don't need range with it and all the carrying capacity can go to the rocket that will carry the payload. See the...

The only engine that should power such a plane would be a non-afterburner Kaan engine. By comparison with the B-21 Raider we can safely say a twin engine plane should be able to carry 7 tons of weapons load inside the weapons bay given a similar flight range is maintained. However in shorter...

We can guess it to be 6000 lbf as it is supposed to be more than 5500 lbf

@Ripley This piece of news seems to be from IDEF25

It makes sense to upgrade the fleet with the latest indigenous systems.

Larger size munitions of the IHA-300 type are also considered by Roketsan but you are limited by the carrying capacity of your planes.

To double the diameter of the affected ground space you need to increase the explosive charge by 8 times which will increase the missile weight by 8 times considering the same explosive fraction. This is all because your explosion happens in a three dimensional manner spreading your effect not...

Starter system, fuel delivery system, electric power generating system, lubrication system are the main subsystems that can be independently tested without igniting the engine.