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Can some one explain the front part (nose) of the plane which makes the UAV damn un-aerodynamic.
Can some one explain the front part (nose) of the plane
which makes the UAV damn un-aerodynamic
You dont need a calculation for that, as a circle is more aerodynamic than an rectangle.Intake (also inlet) of the engine
Please show us your calculations. Or why did you claim that?
Subsonic case : round/circular nose is more aerodynamicYou dont need a calculation for that, as a circle is more aerodynamic than an rectangle.
But why place the inlet on the nose?
damn un-aerodynamic
a circle is more aerodynamic than an rectangle
Can't we develop something closer to Stingray UAV with a small budget?
Well for a tanker drone you want to maximize payload and have it stable as the fuel amount drops while it is refueling and matching other jets pace and movement. So a flying wing may not be suitableIs using a flying wing for the role of tanker UAV optimal? Can't we develop something closer to Stingray UAV with a small budget?
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That is US procurement culture, not Turkish. Look how fast Turkish UAV projects are advancing and with very affordable budgets. Tanker UAV doesn't need to be technologically advanced unlike Anka-3 or Kızılelma.Very tiny small budget indeed.
“The MQ‑25 program is an acquisition category 1B Major Defense Acquisition Program with an estimated cost of $16.5 billion, including $3.1 billion for research, development, test, and evaluation, $12.6 billion for procurement, and $747.5 million for military construction,” according to DODIG’s review. Navy budget documents estimate that the average unit cost for each MQ-25 will be just under $150 million, not counting various ancillary items.
MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Delays, Risks Come Into View
A new report warns about the risks of the Navy's aggressive plans for the MQ-25 as Boeing gets millions in new funding for its development.www.twz.com
We could develop a buddy pod with a refueling boom, just like the Americans.another major problem with a future ANKA 3 variant as a fuel tanker drone is that drones use refueling basket
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which requires a refueling probe at the reciving end
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and non of our planes have it I mean refueling probe
what we have is maned refueling boom with an operator
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For KAAN and for Hürjet we can come up with retractable refueling probe For Hürjet may be but may be it can be fixed one as well....
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However, for KAAN as we know we will have side looking AESA radar panels and side weapon bays so I belive KAAN will continue using refueling boom sure this is speculation ........
in short ANKA refueling drone may refuel only other drons like KE, ANKA3 which doesnt have e refueling capability yet and never done befor by anyone as far as I know….. a drone refueling another drone and may be but may be HÜRJET and preferably NAVAL HÜRJET
-or eurofighter typhoon if we ever have it
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another major problem with a future ANKA 3 variant as a fuel tanker drone is that drones use refueling basket
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which requires a refueling probe at the reciving end
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and non of our planes have it I mean refueling probe
what we have is maned refueling boom with an operator
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For KAAN and for Hürjet we can come up with retractable refueling probe For Hürjet may be but may be it can be fixed one as well....
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However, for KAAN as we know we will have side looking AESA radar panels and side weapon bays so I belive KAAN will continue using refueling boom sure this is speculation ........
in short ANKA refueling drone may refuel only other drons like KE, ANKA3 which doesnt have e refueling capability yet and never done befor by anyone as far as I know….. a drone refueling another drone and may be but may be HÜRJET and preferably NAVAL HÜRJET
-or eurofighter typhoon if we ever have it
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Yes.Were additional CFTs in the the Turkish F-16 B70 procurement plan ?
As mentioned above, CARTS is not a regular CFT.If TurAF gets A330 MRTT they would also offer drogue refueling capabilities