Whats ballistic protection of this helicopter? can survive 12.7 mm if it shoot around engine and cockpit ?Another video of the first flight
How many of the forum members would know Jean Paul Belmondo you think?Congratulations TAI. If the FLIR is attached to the nose cone like on the T129, the 30mm gun will have no problem in terms of functionality. The T929 looks ugly as the engine bay hasn't been dressed yet. Finish the decoration part, even if she's not a beauty queen, she looks charismatic on screen like Jean Paul Belmondo, don't worry too much.
How many of the forum members would know Jean Paul Belmondo you think?
They are not bad engines. U have to compare them with west ones not only weight power ratio , fuel consumption and Mtff ( mean time to first failure) also u have to include acc to price , operating and producing strategy, work at failure time, work at bad conditions. I m sure that u see a balance between west ones and Soviet ones. If not exist , half of the world not use them. Of course now west ones goes up but still we can use Ukraine ones untill we can produce national ones.Whats ballistic protection of this helicopter? can survive 12.7 mm if it shoot around engine and cockpit ?
Aslo what do u think about ukrainian engunes , are any good?
It is stated in the specifications of the helicopter that the pilot cabin and most of the cockpit is protected against 12.7mm rounds.Whats ballistic protection of this helicopter? can survive 12.7 mm if it shoot around engine and cockpit ?
Whats ballistic protection of this helicopter? can survive 12.7 mm if it shoot around engine and cockpit ?
Aslo what do u think about ukrainian engunes , are any good?
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When flir came to nose upside, it is okay
You can't trace this to the lack of components (I'm guessing you're referring to her exposed innards). TAI strips off their rotorcraft platforms pre-flight and during the maiden flight the heli might seem incomplete but in reality that isn't the case. We can all agree that this is a pretty early prototype but the reasoning as to why this is the case is different.There was this *contributor at trmilitary forum who suggested that this was “a good test bed”, not Atak 2 itself.
Well, looking at this bare-bone “aircraft” stripped of fuselage parts and lack of many components, I’m beginning to believe that is the case.
*EDIT: I would gladly share his name but I’m afraid can’t find his post at the related thread.
That person doesn't understand what the term "test bed" means. A test bed is a device or system whose function is to test an installed or connected component which is being developed. When the whole system is what's being developed and tested, that's called a "prototype". What is seen in these pictures is a prototype, and it's normal for these to be tested without outer panels installed, as seen in photos posted earlier in this thread of a different chopper in a similar state.There was this *contributor at trmilitary forum who suggested that this was “a good test bed”, not Atak 2 itself.
Well, looking at this bare-bone “aircraft” stripped of fuselage parts and lack of many components, I’m beginning to believe that is the case.
*EDIT: I would gladly share his name but I’m afraid can’t find his post at the related thread.
That person doesn't understand what the term "test bed" means. A test bed is a device or system whose function is to test an installed or connected component which is being developed. When the whole system is what's being developed and tested, that's called a "prototype". What is seen in these pictures is a prototype, and it's normal for these to be tested without outer panels installed, as seen in photos posted earlier in this thread of a different chopper in a similar state.
That's very possible. Either way, I'm 99% sure the front section will look different in the production version.could the gun have been further forward on this early prototype to help with balance and weight distribution? The prototype is obviously missing systems that would add weight to the front of the aircraft in later prototypes.
I doubt whether he missed the meaning there.That person doesn't understand what the term "test bed" means. A test bed is a device or system whose function is to test an installed or connected component which is being developed. When the whole system is what's being developed and tested, that's called a "prototype". What is seen in these pictures is a prototype, and it's normal for these to be tested without outer panels installed, as seen in photos posted earlier in this thread of a different chopper in a similar state.
It could be a test bed/prototype to see if the engine set up works. We'll see.That person doesn't understand what the term "test bed" means. A test bed is a device or system whose function is to test an installed or connected component which is being developed. When the whole system is what's being developed and tested, that's called a "prototype". What is seen in these pictures is a prototype, and it's normal for these to be tested without outer panels installed, as seen in photos posted earlier in this thread of a different chopper in a similar state.