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Ailerons which control roll to move plane side to side, Elevators to control pitch to move nose of plane up or down, and Rudder to control yaw to move plane to left or right would have to be adjusted accordingly by the pilot, unless the plane has a form of AI/flybywire system, to do that to a...

Baykar’s site shows this as an engine option for Akinci. Akinci A, uses 450HP (Ukranian engine). B version uses PT6A-135 the 750HP engines. C version using 850HP engines, has flown as you rightfully pointed out. But we don’t know if anyone has yet bought it. This engine is classed as for...

As I said before; If there is a will there is a way. P&W PT6A-60 engine develops 1050HP. P&W PT6A-52 engine develops 850HP. When used on below aircraft, the 850HP engine gives 1700kg useful load capacity. When used on the same plane, the 1050HP engine gives a useful load capacity of up to...

Wrong! Nilüfer Kuzulu clearly says 3 times more fragments per square metre than a mk series bomb. Not 3 times more range. It's lethality possibility has been increased 3 times. It also says that in live test the fragmentation was spread as far as 160 metres. One thing that it as been overlooked...

The level of destruction difference between a 10kg HE round and 10kg of thermobaric explosives is approximately double the radius of the HE round. If HE round destroys everything within 5 m radius (~75m2), a 10kg thermobaric bomb will destroy everything within 10m radius (314m2) A 500kg...

Thermobaric weapons are nothing like a Nuclear weapon. Even the smallest fission based nuclear weapon in the arsenal of nuclear powers have got an explosive power of 1 kilo ton or more when used as a tactical weapon. That is the power of 1 thousand tons of TNT being exploded. Current...

Ideally the bomb this heavy has to be placed where it will have least impact on the centre of gravity of the plane, and have to be well aligned with the fuselage. Otherwise it will negatively affect the manoeuvrability and stability of the plane, making it more difficult to fly. But if it is a...

@Agha Sher , @Strong AI That is a 3820mm long Mk84 series bomb Akinci is carrying.. According to Roketsan the ER version of TRG 300 (370mm in diameter) is 5m in length. (See above) There is space there to accommodate the 5m long missile under Akinci’s belly. Especially if they move the FLIR...

There is a big and recurring illness within Turkish business psyche. If your friend or your neighbour is seemingly making good profit in a specific area of business, you have to invest in the same business. Call it jealousy or copy catting. But it happens and is wrong. The result of this...

A thermobaric bomb is essentially an oxygen user. It is specifically designed to operate in confined spaces where it can still access oxygen. And not suitable for underwater use. However underwater explosions conducted that contain metalised aluminium with up to 40% boron have proved quite...

https://forum.step.esa.int/t/sentinel-1-spatial-resolution/16258 Well, this site gives values similar to what I had read and shared in my previous post. But it is all retrospective. More area sweep at a time, less resolution Narrower swath distances, better resolution. More visits better...

Sentinel 1 Antenna is 0.821m x 12.3m. At 693km altitude for a 400km wide sweep it gives 40m x 40m resolution. For a 100km wide sweep you would get 20m x 20m resolution. For a 80km wide sweep the resolution increases to 5m x 5m. Originally developed to stop ship collisions; Sentinel-1 does this...

How are you going to follow planes over cloud cover? You need large (and I mean humongous) antennae to give you Synthetic Aperture Radar pictures over cloud cover. Also you need satellites that are at geosynchronous orbit (not geostationary or in line with the equator) to have continuous...

Then there is something not right. Same Video I have has an Akinci with no FLIR and with FLIR (same picture you shared) Nevertheless they clearly show that they are targeting via laser beam coming out of TB2. So I wonder if this year’s test involved no TB2 .

You have given up too quickly. But I think I may have solved the two tests dilemma! Although there was no real picture of target being hit in the first 2022 video, the PT2 Akinci is using a TB2’s laser as guidance. There is no FLIR here. So Akinci is just a munition mule here. In the second...

@Strong AI , That explanation has not really met my expectations. In this first 2022 firing video, they don’t show how well they have done. In the last video they have actually nearly missed the target. They hit the edge of a target circle. These munitions are using Laser targeting for...

Not intentional! You may have perceived it as aggressive. But it wasn’t my intention. Going back to my question; Your explanation still hasn’t clarified the questions in my mind. Having tested it in 2022, why did they feel the need to test it again? Has something changed with the munition? Or...

Can you then enlighten us about what this test is in aid of? Because I can’t see why this test has been done again. LGK-81 and LGK-82 had already performed firing tests this year from Anka-3 and Aksungur as well as from Akinci (in 2022) previous to this test. What was so specific about this...

Yet one mustn’t forget the Spanish overseas territories. They have the Balearic and Canary Islands, and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa. Canary Islands are nearly 1500km away. They need a navy capable to protect these territories. Being part of the EU also imparts certain...

Great to see they can hit the target. But Akıncı will only be able to use this munition if it or a ground asset has a laser lock on the target. To do that and most importantly it has to be within firing range of 12 km. That means it will be taken out by enemy AD Systems well before it can...