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KAAN needs to start resuming flying tests like Hurjet is doing, in order to develop in to a plane that can become a block 10 aircraft. That is number one issue. A second issue is the finalisation of license production agreement of f404 and f110 engines between TAI and GE. If we are to produce...

As you probably know a jet fighter like this being produced from scratch is an ever evolving project. Every single prototype produced will serve the purpose to improve upon the previous one; until it is decided it is mature “enough” to be applied to serial production. Whilst serial production...

There may be some decision making process involved here. In conventional practice UTKU is the engine of choice going forward. But due to behind the frontline operational nature of these howitzers, the hybrid engine is also a good solution. MKE made a point of it with their prototype...

As far as I can recall, this current KAAN will probably make another flight before the end of the year. The second prototype is being built. It should be ready to fly early next year with all the necessary alterations made with the information and data gathered from the initial flights of the...

Without being pedantic, first of all, with turbofan engines on a plane, there is no power but thrust. No we are not giving up on thrust. By increasing bypass ratio slightly, we are making an engine that should in theory operate more efficiently at denser air that gives better thrust levels. So...

F404 and F414 are the epitome of how military turbine engines can be made to be reliable. The F404 has a version called F412 with a very large inlet fan. This is a non afterburning engine specifically made for A-12 Avenger 2 plane. This engine developed very high thrust due to the large fan it...

Well , taking below picture as basis This picture on my screen measures with my engineers’ compass, 104mm long with 28.7mm fan width. if the length of the engine is as stated in TEI site, 2250mm , then pro-rata the fan diameter is 620mm. That overlaps well with your 624mm measurement. Re: your...

Can you give a source for that please ? If that is the case then it makes all the difference. Accodng to TEI’s site the width is 86cm and the height (which includes all the other paraphernalia) is 110cm. So one would think the diameter is close to 86cm. But if it is 62.4cm as you say , then...

I remembered some of these facts having been mentioned in a forum by you. I did a quick search here but could not find it. Can you let me know which post it was? If memory serves, you were mentioning about possibility of Tf6k giving more thrust than it was stated on paper. Without comparing...

https://www.defenceturk.net/turkiye-kritik-sistem-satisinda-ihrac-modeli-gelistiriyor Answer to a lot of members’ question about export version of Turkish defence equipment has been given in the above news piece. Apparently Turkish defence companies produce export versions of defence equipment...

If we can sell half the planes we produce to foreign customers, those engines will almost be free! Our foreign currency will stay at home. It will create work for Turkish technicians. We will generate foreign currency income.. It will be win win win situation. It costs RR, P&W and GE billions...

This is the site I got it from. It says 2.9 billion for 25 planes. But with ancillaries it came to 5.06 billion dollars...

Let us look at recent purchases of non partner countries’ f35 orders regarding how much it really costs to buy these planes that are 78million dollar a piece on paper, after inflation corrected to date : Finland (2022) 64 planes 9.6 billion dollars : 160 million dollar a piece. Poland (2020)...

No one should kick Türkiye out of f35 program! No one should stop delivery of paid planes!

Pls check again. GE-F414 in Gripen develops 13000lbf dry and 22000lbf wet thrust. Performance Maximum thrust: 13,000 lbf (57.8 kN) military thrust 22,000 lbf (97.9 kN) with afterburner Overall pressure ratio: 30:1 Bypass ratio: 0.25:1 In actual use, twin engines developing 10000lbf and...

A lot of parts could be designed to be common. Airframe design has to be addressed. Probably more of a delta wing construction will have to be applied. Parts of fuselage, interiors and avionics can be common. A stealth Hurjet doesn’t have to be as stealthy as KAAN or F35. A compromised design...

I understand and to a degree not rejecting the idea of a single engined sister plane to KAAN. But let us look at the current situation and contemplate with the bird in hand rather than the ones in the bush. We still don’t have a concrete physical presence of that indigenous engine that may...

You need to decrease thermal image of the engine. ACE has three stream airflow system. The third stream is primarily there to serve as a thermal management heat sink. This engine will give better range, speed and acceleration with a lot of dry thrust that is nearing 30K lbf level. That is more...

Dr Demiroglu, the new MD of Tusas says a great deal but doesn’t give any specifics that would quench our thirst. He is talking about sixth generation fighter program. Sounds nice to the ear. But let us walk before we can run. We still don’t have a fully operational 5th generation plane yet. Let...

There were two designs once that we were contemplating about: It is a shame that the second one with single engine version was chosen. Otherwise we wouldn’t be too far away from having indigenous engines for our trainer/light attack aircraft now. Two TF10000 engines would have been ideal for...