Yeah, you are right.
It seems Radonsider's picture really belongs to Atak 2 though it is very different than what we saw in 3D and mock-ups. We have to wait to understand what TAI really aims for in that design.
I disagree about Hürkuş. It is not ''problematic'', of course. But if Hürkuş had fully met the requirements of TURAF, the Hürkuş 2 project would not have been made.
Users tell about what they want in their products and companies carry out these projects according to these requirements, as you...
Of course. But we are just arguing with the data we have so far which is the point of forums.
It should not be forgotten that engineers are also human just like us and they can make mistakes too.
Otherwise, the Hürkuş 2 project wouldn't be carried out right now.
Or we can look at the UK's AFV...
Is there any news about that? It looks like a leak.
If you look at the design details and lines, you will see that it is matching with T-629, not Attack II.
I don't remember seeing anything like this before.
This is the initial concept design released by TAI in 2017.
Mock-up:
Picture taken from TAI's animation:
Another mock-up:
3D image from TAI's website:
The FLIR and machine gun location would create the problem not only because of distortion of FLIR's image quality but also the approach angle which is a bigger problem in my opinion.
As far as I understand, as the helicopter moves forward, they tilt their noses down and meanwhile, the machine...
When I saw these for the first time, I said ''this is how an attack helicopter should be''. But here we are.
I really don't understand why the frontal design changed so much.
I mean, the place of FLIR and machine gun doesn't make sense at all while even ordinary people know this, it sounds...
That was what I was talking about. It is not about rivets on the body or something like that.
When high-res pics were released, we talk again. But this is not matching with the usual TAI quality at all in my opinion.
This is the prototype of AH-64:
And this is today's AH-64:
As we can see there are countless changes in the design, especially in the frontal sections and this is a very usual thing. Prototypes and serial productions are always very different.
So I am very sure that the product in the...
Kızılelma will probably use AI-322F for the twin-engine variant in the prototypes and may be in the first batches.
But I can't see any reason for not using TEI's engine since it will be better in all aspects, especially as regards thermal characteristics.
For such a high-tech and (relatively)...
Kızılelma with the 2X TEI TF-10000 engine, Gökhan BVR missile, TRG-230-IHA ammunition, Çakır mini cruise missile -and maybe a derived and lighter version of ATMACA anti-ship missile (like TRG-230-IHA ) for Kızılelma and ANKA III- and TOYGUN EOTS will be very deadly, that's sure. It promises a...
I have seen some comments about Mr. Kotil's ''2028'' statements and I felt the need to explain some things about TF-X's engine development process.
Firstly, the engine to be developed will have nothing to do with the F110.
We are not trying to build a clone of F110.
Even if we try, from the...