Maybe I explained what I want to mention too complicated. From shared photo, I thought TUSAS used Aselsan T30H cannon on T929. I want to say on my first paragraph, TUSAS should prefer Sarsılmaz VENOM LR 30 to Aselsan T30H. Because it's recoil performance better than T30H. Problem on the comment I share is not FLIR-cannon places. High recoil of the M230 cannon. I think they will not act without taking into account a problem that we may notice at first glance. So If they made a design like that on purpose, they also can not locate FLIR to far from cannon some restrictions which we don't know yet. If they cannot make changes about location, they maybe change cannon with the low recoil one to decrease impact of cannon fire to FLIR.None of the "problems" mentioned here are actually a problem yet. I've been trying to explain this since beginning. Some people are talking as if they are the experts of those matters with datas they have little to none and abuses the years of efforts to seem "smart" to their followers. The problem is this. We are talking about a product whose engineering processes are still continue and which has reached prototype stage and its maturation process will maybe continue 2/3 years more but webpage you mentioned talks about experiences of pilots on flying and matured products and giving feedbacks. It is the right move to live all these experiences for Atak-2 as well and to start a new engineering process with feedbacks if there really is a "problem". On the aforementioned site, no one shares their "experiences" with a product that is unborn but has just a blurry photo with an unclear angle of shot.
The second issue is that "FLiR will blocl the angle of the 30mm gun". This issue consists entirely of empty analysis as well. Neither degrees they give nor comments they make are of no value from techical aspect. In order to make such an angular technical analysis, first of all the horizontal distance between 30mm gun's attachment point and FLIR should be known from shared image and vertical distance between bottom end of FLIR and 30mm gun's barrel parallel to the ground should be measured So does this photo provide us with this information? Of course NOT! No one can do such trigononetric calculations by referencing mentioned image but I can show you a concept of Atak2 introducing a better view of distance between FLIR and Gun (take the line of connection of Flir to fuselage as horizontal reference to find horizontal line the barrel should stay in normal conditions) in a clearer way from a better angle (even if we don't know whether this is the final concept as well) and this will actually provide better understanding about angle of gun's vertical elevation to compete with their counterparts.
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I don't actually see as a "problem" of the placement of FLIR and cannon, same reason with you. T929 not made its first flight yet. If TurAF will see these situation as a problem, they will want revisions about that normally. I think TurAF is an institution that knows what it wants with the experience it has gained from the platforms it has used in the past. And they do not compromise on this, we experienced this situation with Hürkuş.