Holikarbon
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It would be very advantageous to load fuel at the optimum point for deep impact. This provides aircraft with great options for unexpected situations.
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Buddy tanker missions are a thing and it is what the US Navy is preparing the new MQ-25 for. Beforehand, almost 1/3 of a carrier’s F-18s were set aside for these missions, stealing away from possible combat sorties.You also need to take into account the tanker has to fuel Kaan and make it back itself. And tankers usually refuel multiple times, but lets say even 1 tank full is useful. Regardless, the tanker needs to be many times heavier.
IMO the duty of an ANKA 3 tanker will be to compensate for external fuel tanks on stealth fighters, not for refueling them up to the brim.
There are no images on Twitter.MMU has reportedly performed its second flight.
Eventhough retractable refueling probe to KAAN & refueling drogue to ANKA 3 can solve the problemIt needs to be about 3 times the size to be able to carry the boom necessary to refuel Kaan. Americans spent 10 years to perfect KC-46’s remote controlled boom where the boom operator still sits inside the aircraft. Should be fun for the folks at TAI to master that challenge.
I hope they keep GTU-0 flying, if only for testing avionics and basic flight controls.