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Helicopters can be shot down easily. A plane expands the reach very much. With satcom or an AI autopilot you can reach thousands of kilometers. There can always be circumstances where you can use extra reach. Anyway, it is an easy capability to have.

I am saying plane catches up to the ship. What are you suggesting?

They lack payload capacity or range. A helicopter lacks range and endurance, Baykar DİHA lacks payload and it is unarmed. A TB2 with the new engine is allegedly capable of 300 kmh speed. It does not happen often but an Ada class or an Istif class ship for example, lets say one that is off the...

Like how, doesn't make sense.

Ada class ships have 56 kmh top speed. A typical plane with 600 km MTOW has a stall speed of 74 kmh. TB2 has 700 MTOW. What if TB2 gets modified to stall at 55 kmh. Can the TB2 take off from and land on the helicopter deck of a warship? Can a custom made speedboat deploy and pickup the TB2? Is...

The boost needed for the Turkish general aviation sector to achieve its potential probably lies in the reinstatement of the August 30th Victory Day as Victory and Aviation day as it was originally named. With the circumstances already ripened to a great degree such a step can propel Turkish...

This video interview by Tolga Özbek answers many questions about Light Sport Aircraft or Ultralight class 2 seat planes in Türkiye, Youtube has English translation.

US price of the Rotax engine comparable to the Baykar BM100 engine, before sales tax. BM100 should cost more in a military application and about the same for a civilian application. This engine has a certified version with the name ending with an addition of "C" for certified, which is...

There are more things at play than money and tradition. The US has 5500 airports and a vast geography. Those airports are built to be used during WW2. Similar with other countries, because of WW2 they have the tradition. They have it because they had to because of the war. People will not get...

Rotax does not have a distributor in Türkiye, an Italian company is assigned as the distributor. At some point Baykar was either the distributor or the service center for Türkiye. All the more reason for Baykar engines to cater to the civilian market. Türkiye does a poor job in having a civilian...

TM100 engine of Baykar has two large alternators that provide electric power to the electrical systems on board. This takes power away from the propulsion leaving 100 hp to the propulsion. However a civilian system will not need as much power for the electrical systems. So a derivative engine...

https://slingaircraft.nz/aircraft/sling-2/ A new 2 seater plane with a 100hp engine has the following specs

4 out of 7 100hp 912 series Rotax engines are uncertified 912 iS Uncertified, 75 kW (100 hp) with direct fuel injection and an electronic engine management unit. Green cylinder head caps (GCHC) 912 iSc Certified, 75 kW (100 hp) with direct fuel injection and an electronic engine management...

That's all my words.

Light Sport Aircraft regulations allow up to two seats and allow the use of non-certified aircraft engines. TM100 can typically fly a two seat plane. If you go twin engine it can go to 4 seats. They can make 4 seaters even with a single 115 hp engine so probably a twin engine can fly 6 seats...

Keeping track of things is a lot of work, it should be done by some defence industry professional.

Bayraktar TB2 exports hit 600 units mark

You know very well that thousands died because some other terror group FETÖ prevented Türkiye from taking the required actions against that certain terror group. Türkiye is on top of its game in defence matters these years yet terrorists refuse to die off completely because they are forced by...

If it will be instrumental in putting an end to terror it is a winning proposition.

They are making plastic injection parts where they are also making cloth hangers. A drone comes with electrical parts and avionics. Without making them locally there will be no drones to speak of.