it is not easy as you make it sound. The question is whether the hard points can carry the load. I think only the hard point under the belly of the aircraft is designed for such a load. Then the question is whether or not it would be too clumsy so have under the belly
Latest deals indicate $17 million usd per TB2 (however, this likely includes training, technical support and ammunition)
Those days of TB2 selling for $6 million are long gone
we are having these same useless discussions over and over again. When Akinci flew for the first time, people claimed that landing gear wasn’t retractable because they were not retracted during the test flight.
the fact is that many early test flights around the world are at low speed and...
First flight footage is around 45 minutes old. Assuming they needed to take the footage, send it to Selcuk and upload it, I think more than 1.5hrs has passed. The aircraft is back on ground (I think)
I think you're missing the development here. If I am not mistaken the exports will reach 300bn USD in 2022. In a half of a decade, Turkey could very well be in top 15 with the industrial revolution happening right now (surge of high value exports)
My question is, why is TF-X so much bigger in all aspects than its peers. Is it due to Turkiye's inexpiernce in designing and building aircraft of this caliber as well as lack of minaturization of certain hardware?