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After a masterpiece like F22, one would think that the next plane would be even better and more potent. But even though the technology applied to the F35 was ahead of the F22, it did not result in a plane that would be that much better. In fact it turned out to be a let down in most part. In...

No he can’t. He was responding to a question regarding GE’s stance towards TEI developing engines for Turkey, as the Managing Director of TEI. What he says binds him to be correct as the top piece of mouth of TEI. Exactly. And they have allowed TEI to work and develop engines for Turkey as long...

Just educated guesswork. As Kaan is to replace 240+ F16 for TuAF Indonesia already ordered 48 units. Egypt already joined the Kaan program. Pakistan wants to join. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Azerbaijan are likely contenders. Price of Kaan originally given as 100million by Kotil, has since been...

Just a quick arithmetic for the next decade after serial production: 250 Kaan for Tuaf 48 Kaan for Indonesia 48 Kaan for Egypt ~100 Kaan for other countries like Pak, Azerbaycan, Saudi etc makes 1000+ engines. at 8-10 million each you are looking at 8-10 billion dollars. 200KE forTuaf 200Anka3...

You seem to have missed the main point here. As explained by Dr Aksit, GE doesn’t get involved in engine developments or production of TS1400, PD170 and TF6000. These are all products whose IP rights are in the hands of Turkish entities. There is an understanding between GE and TAI. Do you think...

Partial GE Ownership of company does not play a part on the IP rights of the engines TEI produces. Whether it be TF6000/10000 or TF35000 or PD170 or TS1400 ; these are engines that are produced by TEI engineering team utilising entirely domestic resources, be it material or human. Dr Aksit...

That flying iPad as you call it, is a masterpiece and technologically the most developed fighter aircraft currently in use. As per @YusufKnight ‘s post just above, even if you have a slightly downgraded version of this plane you will still get so much technical information that it will open your...

Actually there were news that the crashed/hard landed anka3, since has been up and flying again. For both Anka3 and KE to have a realistic serial production phase, we need the tf6000/10000 engines. Without them they are not quite right. First of all the Ukranian engine route is a dead end. That...

It all depends on from which angle you look at it. From an “optimistic angle”, all timelines that have been given to the media are achievable. The tf6000 engine has already been fired. They are in the process of getting the engine to a desired condition to be able to start testing it as a flying...

Can you share it then please?

Have you got a source for Roketsan ramjet firing? That is really big !

Exactly! That was what I meant With TOT as well.

During Temel Kotil’s time a deal was signed between TAI and Pakistani Nescom to manufacture certain parts of Anka drone in Pakistan with some TOT. https://www.dailysabah.com/business/defense/turkish-aerospace-pakistani-institution-to-jointly-produce-uav-parts

All very well. But can anyone see when the ignition video bit of the ramjet is? I couldn’t see it. There must be at least 7 different angles of the missile shooting up in to the air at different angles (3rd one looks perpendicular). But I’d be damned if I could see the ignition of ramjet engine...

Anka-3 is a subsonic plane. So it doesn’t need TF10000. But if you want to take off with extra load TF10000 would help. For KE , TF6000 could be enough too. After all many fighter jets spend most of their time in subsonic domain. I doubt we would be using KE in dogfights or in conditions where...

Yes. Although both engines are classed as low bypass engines, their bypass ratios are slightly higher than most low bypass engines of their peers. In fact the TF6000 has slightly higher bypass ratio than TF10000 if we look at their individual specs (1:1.08 for TF6000 and 1:1.00 for TF10000) By...

According to the 2024 interview notes below he is vague about the engine production of Baykar. https://archive.gdh.digital/haluk-bayraktar-bayraktar-kizilelmanin-motoru-dort-yila-yerli-olur-117958 He says they have decided to allocate 300 million dollars to engine development of Akinci and...

We mustn’t compare apples with oranges. TAI is a state owned company with certain bureaucratic practices that can not be overcome easily. That makes it lethargic and not malleable like a private sector company as Baykar. There is a fine and sensitive division of work share between the two...

Yes, the plane will be the same as a US plane. But they won’t be able to integrate any munition they want. They probably won’t come with EW suites and long range munitions. Just like Egyptian F16s, they will be the same plane , but without AMRAAMs. That is why Egypt is buying Chinese planes to...

I fully agree with everything you say. Turbofan engine is one of the hardest technologies one can acquire. If you are building a 6000/10000lbf dry/wet thrust engine you are probably at the first steps. If you are envisaging building a 12000/20000lbf dry/wet thrust engine, then you are half way...