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Some will certainly disagree, but Güçhan (28000 - 30000 lbf) was essentially a Trump Card 
, as the MSB Research and Development Centre has neither Factories nor test Center, let alone the technological know-how in Engine Manufacturing or the relevant metallurgical formulas and expertise. I believe that the Air Supply and Maintenance Centre (1. Hava İkmal Bakım Merkezi) in Eskişehir, which is capable of carrying out comprehensive maintenance work and manufacturing spare parts, could, in collaboration with a partner, assemble a F-110 ‘Frankenstein’ engine as Güçhan using its own parts and spare parts from stock – there aren’t that many engine manufacturers in Turkey, if you take TEI out of the equation; that could have helped – perhaps with Kale in an advisory role? According to the Ministry of Defence, there are six operational prototypes; I believe this to be the case, they made up of Original Parts, Spare Parts and in-house Parts/Components.
If this allows the number of engines in the depot to be stretched (more units), and given that the F-110 Frankenstein Engine ultimately has a service life maybe 700–800 operating hours
(Original F-110 5000 -6000 operating hours), it will still be sufficient to get 20–30 TAI KAANs airborne for 3–4 years from 2029 to 2032/33. At the same time, TEI would have enough time for the TEI TF-35000; I believe that the US and GE had concrete information that Turkey is/was able to extend & stretched the service life of its F-110 Engines as ‘Frankenstein’ Designs using original parts with own parts until its own TEI TF 35000 Engine is ready.
Let’s assume Güçhan is bluff or Hoax – after years of Deadlock, the delivery of F-110 engines is suddenly pushed through, and all of a sudden Trump thinks it’s brilliant to make Turkey happy – sorry, but I don’t buy that. They have hard evidence that Turkey is capable of doing this, and they’re afraid of losing complete control. They want to secure at least a window of opportunity until 2033/34 – by then, according to their logic, a lot could still happen.
, as the MSB Research and Development Centre has neither Factories nor test Center, let alone the technological know-how in Engine Manufacturing or the relevant metallurgical formulas and expertise. I believe that the Air Supply and Maintenance Centre (1. Hava İkmal Bakım Merkezi) in Eskişehir, which is capable of carrying out comprehensive maintenance work and manufacturing spare parts, could, in collaboration with a partner, assemble a F-110 ‘Frankenstein’ engine as Güçhan using its own parts and spare parts from stock – there aren’t that many engine manufacturers in Turkey, if you take TEI out of the equation; that could have helped – perhaps with Kale in an advisory role? According to the Ministry of Defence, there are six operational prototypes; I believe this to be the case, they made up of Original Parts, Spare Parts and in-house Parts/Components.If this allows the number of engines in the depot to be stretched (more units), and given that the F-110 Frankenstein Engine ultimately has a service life maybe 700–800 operating hours
(Original F-110 5000 -6000 operating hours), it will still be sufficient to get 20–30 TAI KAANs airborne for 3–4 years from 2029 to 2032/33. At the same time, TEI would have enough time for the TEI TF-35000; I believe that the US and GE had concrete information that Turkey is/was able to extend & stretched the service life of its F-110 Engines as ‘Frankenstein’ Designs using original parts with own parts until its own TEI TF 35000 Engine is ready.
Let’s assume Güçhan is bluff or Hoax – after years of Deadlock, the delivery of F-110 engines is suddenly pushed through, and all of a sudden Trump thinks it’s brilliant to make Turkey happy – sorry, but I don’t buy that. They have hard evidence that Turkey is capable of doing this, and they’re afraid of losing complete control. They want to secure at least a window of opportunity until 2033/34 – by then, according to their logic, a lot could still happen.
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