Superb workmanship on the skin of the aircraft.
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Superb workmanship on the skin of the aircraft.
Yeah it's amazing...
Lol at AMCA. They're still fixing LCA, been 40 years.
I cannot say I am terribly surprised at this since Turkey used to assemble F-16s and the GE F110 engines for them.
But it remains to be seen if they can put this into production.
Why do people think Sweden, a country with 10 million people, can do a project like this and Turkey, a country with 84 million cannot?
Turkey has about the same population as Germany and more industry than a lot of people give it credit for.
But without a native engine this project might be stillborn. Just like other historic projects like the Helwan HA-300. Or feature an older generation engine like IAe 33 Pulqui II and not be competitive.
I do think they are biting on quite a lot though. Not just the airframe but the radar and avionics as well. I doubt they can do this project without buying a lot of components abroad, which they can do because they are in NATO, but I doubt the US military industrial complex will want the extra competition. If this is successful they would lose a lot of sales to Muslim countries.
The tail of it looks an awful lot like a Russian aircraft's such as Su-57. The front looks like a Japanese X-2 Shinshin. Not bad.
But it remains to be seen if they can put this into production.
Why do people think Sweden, a country with 10 million people, can do a project like this and Turkey, a country with 84 million cannot?
Turkey has about the same population as Germany and more industry than a lot of people give it credit for.
But without a native engine this project might be stillborn. Just like other historic projects like the Helwan HA-300. Or feature an older generation engine like IAe 33 Pulqui II and not be competitive.
I do think they are biting on quite a lot though. Not just the airframe but the radar and avionics as well. I doubt they can do this project without buying a lot of components abroad, which they can do because they are in NATO, but I doubt the US military industrial complex will want the extra competition. If this is successful they would lose a lot of sales to Muslim countries.
The tail of it looks an awful lot like a Russian aircraft's such as Su-57. The front looks like a Japanese X-2 Shinshin. Not bad.
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I'm still speechless!
Congrats to TAI and all others involved and indeed one of the biggest surprises for me. Even more, I have to admit all the more that I was wrong in my assessment of the program,
I did not expect this progress and even more not now already!
Good for you to be so honest and admit you were (somewhat) wrong. But all the arguments I've been making about this project on this forum were not unfounded and based on the statements and information of true professionals. I kept being validated about it as the project progressed. Many times my claims have been substantiated by the people involved in the project about how TAI could advance to fast without the historical development other aerospace companies underwent.I'm still speechless!
Congrats to TAI and all others involved and indeed one of the biggest surprises for me. Even more, I have to admit all the more that I was wrong in my assessment of the program,
I'm not going to repeat myself and prove again that I was right all along. The facts speak for themselves.
I'm eagerly looking forward to other milestones in the Turkish MIC!