CATS did not have the technical performance expected of it. It is expected that many problems'll be solved with Aselsan's MEROPS(Aselflir600)Question: why Turkiye engineers is using hensoldt argos-II on this Anka ?
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From what is written in Turkish press and what Baykar is insinuating, they intend to land this UAV under it’s own power.
MQ9B STOL seems to be relying only on good braking capability and some optimized slowing procedure before touch down. If Baykar pulls this off nicely they can bring a fantastic throughput capability to carrier operations of the Turkish Navy.
Nice Infograph and video. But do we know the length of runway needed to stop a 1.2 ton UAV and the stall speed at which the TB3 has to be over while landing? And how long a runway is needed to achieve this?
We do not have to know, therefor we have our national Einstein Selçuk.
I am afraid I don’t agree with this statement.
Neither they have presented it to Turkish Navy apart from this; it is "planned" to land without any assistance. Even with this option the Navy demands a net (similar to ones used in ACs to catch Jets as last resort in case of malfunction etc) to be installed at each landing.
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TB3 has an MTOW of 1450kg and will probably need to land with around 1400kg loads on occasion. For take off it can either take off without assist or it can use a cable tug to get up to speed. For landing a solid wheel braking system coupled with a full lenght of the landing strip can be utilized. The slowing capability of the plane in the air can be augmented with larger ailerons. These precautions may or may not be sufficient for smooth operations. Ideally you don't want a landing plane to prevent another plane from taking off. When landing and take off are totally independent a high throughput can be achieved. Otherwise some planes will have to loiter to get a landing slot. This is not a whole lot of a big deal but would be good if avoided.I really hope that the TB3 can land on TCG Anadolu without assistance. It would be a fantastic first for us and for this ship as well.
MQ9B is a 12500lb (5670kg) weight UAV. And needs at least 1000m long runway.
MQ9B-STOL version is a streamlined one with 7000lb (3170kg) weight and needing just under 305m runway to land and take off with full load and take off with much reduced weight from as short as 122metres. Even though the original STOL version design has a 950HP turboprop engine that propels it so that it can take off from flat surfaced ships without the need for a ski lift, the MoJave version is to use a 450HP light weight RR engine with twin turbine sections to assist in weight and immediate power. Up to this date there isn’t one that is even flown or landed yet. But it is in design form and being offered to prospective MQ9B buyers as a kit to convert them to STOL version.
New MQ-9B STOL Expands on Mojave Program
At the Indo-Pacific Exhibition in Sydney, Australia, General Atomics has presented a new variant of the MQ-9B Guardian platform: the MQ-9B STOL
Taking off from TCG Anadolu shouldn’t be a problem for a 1200kg TB3 with a 220HP engine. It is the landing that is a problem. The plane has to clear that large lift at the back. And has a very short run before it reaches the ski lift.
But as @Anmdt has pointed out it needs to be tried and tested on the ground first before it can be landed on a wobbly and on the move TCG Anadolu. (mind you; on the move against the wind, will even help with the braking in landing)
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