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Interesting video where the Tusas chief engineer informs us that when Hurjet first flew they were also gladly surprised that the plane did not red flag any faults. Even the accompanying F16 pilot commented and questioned if this was truly the first flight of this plane. This is expediting the...

The missiles like TRG-300 are quasi ballistic missiles. Their main job is to carry a heavy destructive explosive to the target area. When they are launched, with their rocket motors, they reach very high supersonic speeds. By this time they will have reached a rarified level of atmosphere where...

Air defence missiles’ flight speed is secondary when it comes to intercepting. A 3 Mach AD missile can hit a hypersonic missile if it has a good seeker. Rampage has a suppressed trajectory. It is a type of quasi ballistic missile. After launch it goes up to 40-50km altitude then goes down...

TRG300 equivalent is Israeli “Rampage” missile. Their F16s can carry 4 of these. Launched from air, the Israelis conservatively state that they at least double their land launched ranges. I don’t think they would be very suitable for drones like Akinci. Although Akinci has capacity to carry at...

I love it. Both Akinci and Aksungur can carry multiple of these. In fact Akinci can fill all its 8 hard points with IHA122. Aksungur can do the same with 6 hard points. I am still pining for the Turkish TRG300 missiles to be integrated in to our jets.

To add to @Nilgiri ’s detailed explanation; re: the performance of jet engine and TIT (Turbine Inlet Temperature) An engine like f110 may use 4th generation single Crystal super alloy turbine blades that are tested to withstand say 1335 degrees centigrade. But the TIT of that engine can be as...

There may be those of you that would say; why do we need presses for single crystals? When nickel super alloys are drawn and directionally solidified to form single crystals, they also form pores that are up to a hundred microns in length inside the crystalline structure. The pores that are...

@Rodeo , exactly at this time stamp (1.08.08) he says this picture is a month or two old. It is in much further stage now, close to soon being fired up. So this is old news. I must ask our members to be more considerate when posting old content and to make sure it is duly dated to prevent any...

It is great that we are working on 4th generation single crystals now. As can be seen from below file, CMSX4 series are 2nd generation and CMSX10 series are the third generation single crystal super alloys. https://www.phase-trans.msm.cam.ac.uk/2003/Superalloys/SX/SX.html MC-NG super alloy is...

From a technical point of view and as an addition to @Cabatli_TR ’s post, it should be noted that although Rafale and Typhoon may give the impression that they are from the same kin, they are quite different. Yes they are both twin engined delta wing aircraft with canards. But for a start...

EF2000 Typhoon with its new hybrid (GaN/GaAs) ECRS-Mk2 Aesa radar and much advanced IRST sensor suite is a very capable fighter jet. As well as being able to fire the much acclaimed Meteor a2a missile it has a host of smart bombs and missiles for air to ground missions too. It could give a plane...

https://www.turdef.com/Article/indigenous-ejection-seat-for-turkeys-tf-x-fighter/170 The question of locally manufactured ejection seat is not if but when as you have put it. Turkey has already signed a contract for local development of an ejection seat. This is a very high tech piece of...

This is nice to hear. Eutectic is a terminology used in chemistry. It denotes a mixture of two or more elements (in set proportions) which would melt and solidify at a single temperature that is lower than the melting points of the individual constituents. Alloys made from Eutectic Oxides of CMC...

On the contrary. We are again aiming for the top! Let me explain a bit. TF6000 has a Low Pressure turbine right at the back of it just before the nozzle. This turbine drives the big fan in the front and the Low pressure compressors just behind this fan. (The High pressure turbine drives the...

Normally I don’t like speculating. But if I have to, then it is best to relate to certain facts: TEI expertise comes from the school of US jet engine manufacturing. The military jet engines they have produced/assembled, have life expectancy of 8000 hour level. The TF6000, using Blisk tech used...

Hürjet flew (with F404 engines GE supplied). That to me shows that Tusas knows how to build a jet aircraft from scratch. OK they may have received certain technological/design help from the likes of Akaer-Brazil, used Italian flight computer systems. But that doesn’t detract from the fact that...

LUmtas GM in below picture leaves a canister. Logic dictates that it should have a sealed canister when it is situ in any sea vessel.

@Spitfire9 , Correct! RR-GE were funded, with today’s money, around 4 billion dollars by US government to develop F-136 engine. A further 4 billion was needed to complete the project when it was put on the shelf. They needed RR input to develop an engine that can be used in a vertical take-off...

What gives us or small Hungary, the power to veto Sweden‘s entry to NATO ? If it is written in the treaty, not a lot anybody can do!

Typhoon purchase issue is getting hotter. Türkiye has made it’s intentions about the purchase of 40 latest version -presumably Tranche 4/5 Typhoon very clear to UK. UK defence minister has made a visit to Ankara upon the request of his Turkish counterpart. Now it is up to UK and Spain to get...