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March 18, 2024: The first flight of 10 ton utility helicopter
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When the Atak-2 helicopter matures, the development of the T629 helicopter will continue.
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Atak-2 first flight: March 18, 2023
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March 18, 2024: The first flight of 10 ton utility helicopter
Is the 10 tons the empty weight or max take-off weight?
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10 is the class name for the maximum take off weight, and actually and specifically it is 11 tons. However Temel Kotil had mentioned 11.5 tons in the past.
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These are MTOWs. When one speaks of a 10ton class, it is the total weight with which the helicopter can fly. That includes, carcass, payload, fuel and avionics et al.
t-129 is 5 ton class. T-629 is 6 ton class and so on.
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As per @Zafer ‘s addition, these helicopters can manage more than their stated class tonnage, as they are built with a very good margin of tolerance.
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Delivery of 3 T929s to the Land Forces is expected in 2025.
I'm glad the project is still on. We have the rights to Atak until 2027 so it makes sense to delay the project.When the Atak-2 helicopter matures, the development of the T629 helicopter will continue.
"the rights to Atak until 2027"
I had no idea. What happens after that?
Correction: The license expires in 2028
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The reason why instead of waiting for a domestic engine, foreign engines were chosen for the T-929 is because apparently the Land Aviation Command wants deliveries ASAP starting with 3 helis to be delivered in 2025. That's 2 years between first flight and first delivery BTW.
Those engines are for the testing and (probably) initial production phase. At the final phase, they'll be replaced by the TS-3000 that's currently under development (?) by TEI. But yeah if Ukraine gets invaded or somehow the engine deliveries are distrupted, the development of T-929 will be severely delayed.
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It wasn't hard to see Atak-II (AKA T-929) was going to be navalized since the announcement of the project, it could have been initiated by efforts of the Turkish Navy to begin with. Now officially confirmed by Temel Kotil.
(My post from 2020 Dec is quoted above. Turkish Navy is a partner of the project since the beginning and they are going the receive prototypes, maybe even before than the land forces)
So first two was built under Turkish license, then was planned to be transferred Philippines, when the export license was cleared.
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why is the T70 project is taking too long?
