No, the part in the picture is not 3D printed. It is milled from a metal block.The bulkheads will likely be 3D printed then milled.
No, the part in the picture is not 3D printed. It is milled from a metal block.The bulkheads will likely be 3D printed then milled.
Aluminium ones will be forged, titanium ones will be 3D printed as far as I know.The bulkheads will likely be 3D printed then milled.
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Another pic showing the TF-X in flight. Diamond wing design ? Might be a perspective thing IDK.
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A better view of the rear end. It also shows how high up the canopy is from the ground.
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TF-X pulling some G's. Better view of the canopy and its shape. There's also an interesting camouflage going on. Quite wavy with different color tones. Very F-22 like. (note how the IRST has magically turned grey... lol)
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Once again proving how far the two engines are from each other.
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Side profile. Best view of the fighter imo. Such an elegant looking aircraft.
Technically they were published but I agree. The marketing teams on most Turkish defense companies are below average. TAI should do better. It's not like it's classified or anything since these screenshots were taken from an animation for IDEF. It shouldn't be hard to keep a model on your website up to date. Sometimes I feel like they're too lazy to do certain stuff. Oh they also try to create a meaningless hypetrain from time to time. ROKETSAN is a good example of this... if you get what I mean. Speaking of websites... TAI's website is actually really cool so props to them on that :dWhy is this not being published? Our firms really have to do a better job in marketing and PR.
And they're STILL using the SAME animation for the TF-X... Dude enough! That was when the fighter was still 19 meters long wasn't it? The commercial was going so well. Then came the climax point... I thought I'd see some new renders but nah. Did the budget run out halfway through? Lol. In all seriousness they might be hiding certain stuff. Or perhaps it's because of the fact that the design hasn't finalized quite yet.
Turkey should recruit engineers from muslim countries as well......Mr Kotil: "At the end of the day, we will reach 10000 engineers. These engineers will have "fighter experience engineers" skills. We are now collecting them from Turkish universities and the world. There are also qualified Turkish engineers in Europe and Germany. Now, The green card problem has also been solved and that's a huge potential. I thank our President. There are engineers who have a green card in Europe, they have come to very important positions in the aerospace sector. Due to dual citizenship, we could not get a work permit for them. That was done now"
They are doing, TAI has engineers from Pakistan and Middle Eastern countries. They are replacing brain drain with muslim engineers..Turkey should recruit engineers from muslim countries as well......
Turkey should recruit engineers from muslim countries as well......
They are doing, TAI has engineers from Pakistan and Middle Eastern countries. They are replacing brain drain with muslim engineers..
If Turkey has not been that much unfree, full of injustice and authoritarian; many more valuable minds have not left the country as well. In METU from 2010 to 2016, I have seen so many academicians and researchers moving abroad as they feel oppressed. Freedom and open-minded thinking is the core value of my university and the reason behind its success.. I saw the decline from first hand. But yeah, TAI is doing everything to find replacement.
Hiring people because of their religion is stupid.Somebody is butthurt.
I dont think TAI goes because of their religion but their experience and knowledge.
Afterall the defence industry has been globalised.
Hiring people because of their religion is stupid.
In my opinion Western engineers are still more skilled than engineers from most other countries.
UAE acquiring all those South Africans was one of the smartest things they could have done.