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  1. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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.
  2. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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.
  3. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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.
  4. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

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

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

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

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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...
  7. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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...
  8. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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...
  9. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

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

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    - 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...
  11. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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.
  12. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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.
  13. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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...
  14. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    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...
  15. Sanders

    TR TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

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

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    If the drivetrain, mechanical components and engine do not work as a complete integrity with a full of accuracy, the changes you will have to make on the inside will also shape the exterior design. So that's why the idea of going from inside to outside makes a lot of sense. The mechanical...
  17. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    It is very clear that the actual design will be very different. Mehmet Yılmaz, heavy class attack helicopter project chief product engineer: ''... After this stage (first flight) we will do development and improvement activities for the next prototype. By carrying out these, we will produce...
  18. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    Maybe, but it doesn't have to as it is a very classical design since the beginning.
  19. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    Just because you changed the EO and machine gun placement from this: to this: the helicopter won't be more stealthy.
  20. Sanders

    TR Attack & Utility Helicopter Programs

    Still, the nose section doesn't resemble this.

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