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What do these people smoke?

And after all that? The UK and EU still hold veto power over exports once the indigenous engine is integrated.


I presume that 1,000+ hours of prototype testing will be programmed. Testing will take until near 2030, won't it? If (IF,IF,IF..) TF35000 could enter production from 2032 could there be less than a 5 year delay between F110-powered prototypes finishing testing and TF35000 KAAN production starting?

Anyway, the KAAN schedule is not as critical as it was with Typhoon coming, is it?
 
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I presume that 1,000+ hours of prototype testing will be programmed. Testing will take until near 2030, won't it? If (IF,IF,IF..) TF35000 could enter production from 2032 could there be less than a 5 year delay between F110-powered prototypes finishing testing and TF35000 KAAN production starting?

Anyway, the KAAN schedule is not so critical with Typhoon coming, is it?
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And after all that? The UK and EU still hold veto power over exports once the indigenous engine is integrated.
 

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Bot account using Chatgtp to get impressions from other bots so he can get his 50 dollar payout from his daddy Elon. 50 bucks in some parts of this world a comparable to a monthly salary.
Exactly this; noone intelligent follows mario nawfal of all people. there are not "real" people.
 

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That is usually the case if foreign components are included, isn't it? I'm not sure that Martin Baker, for example, can agree to supply ejection seats with no export restriction. I think the UK government decides which countries can receive aircraft with MB ejection seats fitted.
 

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That is usually the case if foreign components are included, isn't it? I'm not sure that Martin Baker, for example, can agree to supply ejection seats with no export restriction. I think the UK government decides which countries can receive aircraft with MB ejection seats fitted.
Its true but they would then just make their own seat so not really worth it. The only critical component is the engine and even if its not delivered they would just continue developing it so the airframes that would come with domestic engines would not lack anything.
 

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Its true but they would then just make their own seat so not really worth it. The only critical component is the engine and even if its not delivered they would just continue developing it so the airframes that would come with domestic engines would not lack anything.
I would think that Turkiye could develop an ejection seat. One that performed as well as an MB seat and failed as seldom as an MB seat? Not for a very long time.

But sure, it can be argued that if ejection survivability is 80% or 90% as probable with a Turkish seat compared with an MB seat, that is good enough.
 

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I presume that 1,000+ hours of prototype testing will be programmed. Testing will take until near 2030, won't it? If (IF,IF,IF..) TF35000 could enter production from 2032 could there be less than a 5 year delay between F110-powered prototypes finishing testing and TF35000 KAAN production starting?

Anyway, the KAAN schedule is not as critical as it was with Typhoon coming, is it?
If production F110 engines do not get delivered in time the TF35k engines can be employed on a fast track and there would not be any delay in Kaan production. If the F110 engines get delivered then TF35k engine can wait until 2029-2030 to be used in flight tests and 2031 in production of later block Kaan batches.

A lower performing ejection seat is still good at 80-90 % survival rate. Kaan is a twin engine after all and has autopilot to enhance safety on top of it which includes ground collision detection and all. The plane's survival capacity can compensate for the seat's 10-20% lack of ability compared to competition.
 
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