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Well, all I can say is good luck and best wishes but let's wait and see this one.

Kargu-2 is categorized as a man-in-the-loop system. It has autonomous navigation capability but targeting is done by a user. The current range is 10km with plans to improve up to 25km. It can be deployed in swarms of up to 20 units with a plan to increase the number to 100.

You have calculated fuel consumption figures for the maximum power-rpm. %90 of the time max power is not used to conserve fuel otherwise you will last only 6 hours with an Akıncı and even less with Reaper. Theoretical maximum consumption and mean consumption of a mission differ a lot. Akıncı...

None of them. Reaper either carries weapons or fuel. It cant do both. If it carries weapons its endurance is decreased to 14 hours. If maximized for endurance it won't be able to use weapons even though it has a better engine than the two engines of Akıncı. Akıncı can carry both weapons and...

This is wrong. Akıncı carries 1600kg of fuel with an hourly burn rate of 266kg it can stay 6 hours in the air. Wrong again it sacrifices fuel capacity to carry more. Akıncı doesn't sacrifice its fuel capacity. Akıncı can carry way more than MQ-9 if it sacrifices fuel capacity. Akıncı has a...

This also explains PD-222 engines as an engine alternative for the surveillance/observation version of Akıncı 2550kg empty weight+800kg half fuel load or even lower(fuel efficient diesel engines)+150kg internal payload for surveillance=3500kg 2xPD-222(222hp take off power, 200hp continuous...

Above, I posted engineering hp/altitude charts of the 2 engines as pdf. Reaper engine produces 950hp at 10000feet while Ukrainian engine produces 544hp at 10000feet. The sources I posted are more reliable than the wiki as they are real engineering charts. I solved the mystery Baykar Akıncı can...

If a UAV is receiving hostile fire it won't survive. It doesn't matter if it has single or dual engines.

So let's compare. Clean config Akıncı 4550kg MTOW 1600kg fuel 24hour endurance Clean config MQ-9 3400kg MTOW 1800kg fuel 27 hours endurance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fully loaded MQ-9 4760kg MTOW 1800kg fuel 14 hours endurance...

Sorry, but If Akıncı manages to stay in the air for 24 hours with 2 engines, more MTOW(compared to MQ-9), and with less fuel than MQ-9 this means it has an insane aerodynamic efficiency.

I might be mistaken 2000 liters vs 2000kg. I need to check it.

As far as i know MQ-9 has 27 hours of endurance with external fuel tanks(it can carry external fuel tanks) and MQ-9A doesn't carry weapons(~1300kg less MTOW). If we compare internal fuel capacity Akıncı has more. It cant have 24 hours endurance with 2 engines(certainly consume more than a single...

China is outbuilding and will outbuild the US. That is a fact. The US shipbuilding industry is not competitive anymore. You can probably build 3x more in China per dollar. American price tags and costs are insane. Things will be much harder for the US by the end of this decade especially when...

Akıncı and Reaper are two different UAVs. Akıncı is designed to operate around 30000 feet with 900kg external and 450kg internal payload for a total payload weight of 1350kg. Reaper usually conducts operations around 25k feet with a total payload weight of 1700kg. Akıncı has 2x engines which...

It doesn't matter how big is the engine you can easily scale it up what matters is what technologies are used. Roketsan showed us an advanced composite solid fuel rocket engine with vector control capability. Roketsan showed us the capability to design multiple-stage rockets with different...

1xSOM (Let's say SOM-J it is the lightest SOM variant) 1x540kg 4xTeber (Let's say Mk-81 there is also Mk82 option) 4x155kg 2xMAM-T 2x94kg 2xKGK-SIHA-82 2x340kg Total weapons load=2028kg. Akıncı can't carry that payload.

YPG is better armed and equipped than SAA. In fact, what you said is one of the proofs that the YPG did that.

The attacker is PKK/YPG/SDF whatever you want to call them. Of course, it is done with Russian permission and blessing. This is a massage from PKK/YPG/SDG to Biden to show that the US isn't the only option for them. This is also a message from Russia to Turkiye. I can create a big problem for...

True. There is an ever-increasing market. This is why Aselsan started investing in big production facilities as early as 2016.

It doesn't matter it can carry 6x MAM-T(564kg) easily.