Nah he talks about the small model that was shown here months ago. This doesn't look like a scale model but a prototype
Anka III described features
Anka and Anka II joint avionics architecture
Low Radar Visibility
High Speed Departure
High Payload Capacity
LOS/BLOS (satellite control)
Max takeoff weight 6600 kg
Useful load capacity 1200 kg
Service altitude 40 kft
Flight time 10 hours
Cruising speed 0.42 mach
Max speed 0.7 mach
Could be
You remember the small delta wing tusas showed right? It was like months ago article was about ram painting.
Anka 3 drawings are always wrong. The Şimşek or Jemsah at the bottom should also be deleted.
I don't know that detail, but they are ought to prove their STOL capability on land before attempting it on Anadolu (as Navy demands). However, politics, may fail me here.
Clearer translation would be something like: "We're counting the days until Anka-3 flies. A small scale model of it has already flown and its flight characteristics have been determined".
And still TAI's roadmap is showing a larger version of this. Thus i kept wondering if will come with A-B-C versions like X-47 with different propulsion sets and bigger payload.I guess so that justifies me.
This means a flight endurance in the range of approximately 4000 km. This also implies a longer flight endurance than Northop's technological demonstrator model X-47B and Boeing's similar study X-45 Phantom Ray.
I wish they also talked about its dimensions or which ordinance we can use with it.
Anka III described features
Anka and Anka II joint avionics architecture
Low Radar Visibility
High Speed Departure
High Payload Capacity
LOS/BLOS (satellite control)
Max takeoff weight 6500 kg
Useful load capacity 1200 kg
Service altitude 40 kft
Flight time 10 hours
Cruising speed 0.42 mach
Max speed 0.7 mach
This could get even better with local engine hopefully and I hope they are also working on decreasing IR signature of the engine, all other similar UCAVs trying some sort of solution to solve it.
I don't think we can be sure of this. We don't usually announce demonstrators. When it's showcased to the public, it's either a mockup or a prototype of the actual product.
Either in December or January I remember reading about a scale version of Anka-3 flying, I don't understand why people keep thinking this is not the end product? This was never going to be a B-2, it's dimensions are pretty much on par with other delta wing drones that have been seen so far. Maybe in the future if this is successful TAI might make a bigger version but this is most likely it.
