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This is good and all but TAIS is supposed to work on engines 100x as powerful. When they talk they will talk big, but where are they? "The project will start with medium speed large (6,000-10,000 Kw) diesel main engines will continue with smaller (1,000-2,000 Kw) diesel auxiliary and main engines."

A single engine fighter goes without saying once you have the engine.

It is a common knowledge that smaller turbines like the TS1400 has lower efficiency than larger turbines and diesels. Large turbines have around 36% while large diesels have around 50%. The author simply considers the case when we have no other option.

Turbines are relatively inefficient for power generation for ships. They should only be used for when the available space is small. Otherwise Diesel engines are the best which means the closest capability we have to the ideal is the BATU engine of BMC Power. If other companies like TAIS and some...

TAIS is supposed to be working on marine diesels but they are not talking.

We can possibly make a domestic engine for Hürjet too once we have advanced the work for the TFX engine. It will be relatively easy to do so. Until we make such an engine small production numbers with stocked engines will be acceptable. It will even be a good test of capabilities before we start...

I hope one day we can launch telescopes for space observations too. Which are pretty much larger versions of earth observing cameras. Probably as part of our space weather observation program.

The good thing is Turkish officials are already doing well in informing people about defense matters outside tradeshows. I would only go to the show to see Canik's possible new models first hand.

Please move this post to casual discussion section after reading. I had a little experience with a gyro system when I was working on a cargo ship many years back. Our gyro gets broken / spins frantically on our way to somewhere in western Europe. Company instruct the captain to write a letter...

If a structural improvement is made that sheds 100kg of weight you automatically will have that much gain in the payload budget. Weight reduction and drag reduction or lift to drag ratio improvement of wings will directly benefit payload capacity. So, 250kg to 350kg is very possible. if it was...

The boxyness of intakes and the general look is affected by the perspective presentation of the model on the TAI website. When you look from the top you can see the actual look.

They can simply update the design for more power or even run the hp 3k engine underrated to match the designs. Many helicopters are powered by several different engines along their life-cycles. This is better than not having the helicopter on hand and being out of the game for that class. Turkey...

Kamov type is old Russian tech, Sikorsky type is a new tech being introduced. It is still kept secret and they even didn't want to share visuals of the rotor hub. Kamov uses a swash plate with mechanical linkages between the blade roots and the transmission to feather the blades around the...

PD170 made a big upgrade on Anka over the PD155 but what does PD222 mean for Anka with higher take off power. I guess it will not make any difference as its high altitude performance is less than the PD170.

They should be more agile in such endeavors. It is not that there are no precedents, there are. Small turbine generators are suitable to use even in some robots and robotic war machines. SSB should also be supporting development in this are. And as the turbines are small RD budget are also small.

Probably one of the reason why we haven't seen our lasers at work very often is that there must be a matching power source to go along with them. Small turbine generators and dense battery packs are required to make them portable.

It would be nice if we could see Çakıl in some common civilian devices too. Perhaps used in place of Raspberry Pi or the like.

We can only sell them when many countries demand them. Making such decisions are not easy for countries as they are also pressured by other countries. But the more we made a show the more demand we received. However there is a supply chain shift for Baykar so the new configurations need to be...

The orange colored top engine seems new and is suitable for jetpack applications with its 63kg thrust. This engine can be used in two, three and four combinations to power human carrying flying machines.

Regular utility patent term is 20 years but a seller and buyer can make deals extending beyond this term. 30 or more years is possible. But yes a patent gives monopoly rights for 20 years valid in the country it was granted for. If there are patents granted by Turkey to LM you can search them in...