Actually it seems like Flir doesn't limit the gun elevation, unlike what we've thought before
This the NATO Hind.
TF6000 will yield a turbo shaft that will power a plane like an Osprey, that will output 6-7000HP per engine. (please see ~7000lbf RR3007 engine from which 6000lbf T406 engine is produced)Do we think TEI is going to convert the TF6000 core to a 3000+shp turboshaft engine? I remember Mr.Aksit talking about pre-studies being done for the TS-3000 and how the plan then was to even develop an engine with greater power. This way we would have the perfect engine for the T-929 and T-925.
He had also mentioned last year that they started working on the TF6000 two years ago, so around Q3/4 2020. The above statement was made in 2021, so from the timetable it would fit. Who knows maybe at IDEF23 we will see some surpises.
Five rotor blades,did i see that right?
Yes. The revised design has 5 blades, which was one difference from the initial design and mockup.Five rotor blades,did i see that right?
Hind is one of the 3 best looking attack helicopters (ah1, ah64)This the NATO Hind.
I always liked the Rooivalk. I think the squated big heli look fits heavy attack choppers. No need to be "aerodynamically beautiful" for them.Hind is one of the 3 best looking attack helicopters (ah1, ah64)
This one is Turkish Rooivalk. Even uglier
Don't you think that the front looks quite different than the Mock-up?It looks ugly because the images so far are distorted as all hell.
They squished a 16:9 image into square format and then bent it 45 degrees or something, it looks like a bad picture of a paper document.
So I did some photoshop-fu. Here's an image capture from the engine start video:
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And here's the same image, with its "spine straightened out" to the best of my abilities
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I'd say it looks fine. On par with the mock-up and kinda looks like a futurized Apache.
Yeah, it's quite different. From the front it looks a bit like a fish.Don't you think that the front looks quite different than the Mock-up?
They mounted the cannon and the FLIR ball further back and tapered the nose downwards. Probably to increase the visibility.Don't you think that the front looks quite different than the Mock-up?
It looks ugly because the images so far are distorted as all hell.
They squished a 16:9 image into square format and then bent it 45 degrees or something, it looks like a bad picture of a paper document.
So I did some photoshop-fu. Here's an image capture from the engine start video:
View attachment 56607
And here's the same image, with its "spine straightened out" to the best of my abilities
View attachment 56608
And here's the most recent mock-up for comparison. The entire FLIR ball section looks tacked-on.
I'd say it looks fine. On par with the mock-up and kinda looks like a futurized Apache.