Selçuk Bayraktar : "There was another ground test just before I came here. It's counting the days to its maiden flight. We are in the final stages of Kızılelma, which will be Turkey's first unmanned fighter aircraft."
Hurjet is single engined. There is always a risk factor when it comes to these tests. It would probably work better as the engine diameter is smaller, however what's going to happen if you lose the engine all of a sudden? You would not only lose the engine itself but also the airframe.
Ahah! So that's where the developmental prototype mock-up carbon fibre composite thingy with weird wings is stationed at nowadays!
Any news on the actual prototype btw?
As soon as possible I hope. As I'm slowly starting to forget the minor things I saw. Looking forward to the lengthy debates all forum members will be having regarding the aircraft. So much to talk about. I'm putting my bets on this month. Let's see how it goes.
Also this from an earlier newsletter..
"ITPS President Giorgio Clementi was invited to test fly the Turkish Aerospace Industries Hurkus trainer. He was also given an opportunity to fly the Hurjet Advanced Trainer engineering simulator and the T-625 medium helicopter simulator. Discussions were...
*pilot. Those in the picture are the outstanding students I presume. And it's good to have a TAI guy in there :) Oh there are more Turkish graduates btw.
News from September 15th
"Seven outstanding students graduated this month from our one-year Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer Graduate programmes. Four of these students had the opportunity to concurrently earn Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering degrees. We congratulate each of...