TCG Anadolu is essentially and primarily an
amphibious assault ship.
It can achieve it’s intended potential potential, without UAVs or UCAVs. It just needs navalised helicopters. It will also need,
Unmanned Sea Vessels to improve its combat capabilities, now that we have them available.
If we can ever get our hands on a dozen f35Bs then it will jump to a totally different level. But that is another scenario.
Having TB3 operate from it’s deck will certainly make it even more capable and potent than what it already is today.
Bayraktar as a company and Selcuk Bayraktar as it’s owner, has got too much riding on this TB3 project to let it falter. He has already mentioned that on computer simulations they can land and take off with a TB3. So let the guy prove his words.
As per my previous posts on the matter, TB3 should have no difficulty in taking off from TCG Anadolu. It has a powerful engine. It has long enough wings to provide more lift. How much of the full payload it has to sacrifice, should be known to Baykar before they start the sea trials. But all will be tweaked further once sea trials start when they have to negotiate real life sea state conditions. One thing that TB3 has on it’s side, is the fact that it will have approximately 20+ knots extra take off speed due to Anadolu’ s own speed.
Problem is in the landing; and it is in two folds: First of all it has to stop within a 150m distance. Secondly it has to somehow prevent itself from damaging that big lift at the back of the ship.
There are some “mobile aircraft arresting systems” (MAAS) like the ones Curtis Wright manufacture, that can be of some use, not just for TB3 but for KE too; if their use on a sea platform is even at all possible, especially for stopping a 1.5 ton UCAV.
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At the end of the day, proof of the pudding is in the eating. Sea trials are starting. We will shortly see if Selcuk Bayraktar’s statement was true or not.