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Will be so interesting to know the cruising speed of it to see if it's way higher than a turboprop powered UCAV. It look so nimble, like it's all volume and no weight.
Will be so interesting to know the cruising speed of it to see if it's way higher than a turboprop powered UCAV. It look so nimble, like it's all volume and no weight.
Damn look at those specs! And what about the version with 2x AI-322F????
Length: 14.7 meters
Wingspan: 10 meters
Height: 3.3 meters
Cruise/Max Speed: 0.6/0.9 Mach
Operational/Max Altitude: 35,000/45,000 feet
Operational range: 500nm
Useful load: 1,500kg
MTOW: 6,000kg
Propulsion: 1xAI-25TLT, 1xAI-322F or 2xAI-322F (Confirming twin engine supersonic variant on the way)
STOL and Carrier Landing Capability
Fun fact, with a wing area of ~34 m2 (not official, guesstimated by me by adding 16% to the wing area of a Gripen B/D which has the same length as the Kizilelma but smaller wingspan (by 16%)), the Kizilelma will have a wingloading of mere ~180 kg/m2 at MTOW.
I wonder what the take-off/landing speed is...
Probably pretty low given that the wings are basically shaped like a glider at this point. Long and thin = high lift.See:
So 150 kn cruising speed for Akıncı and around 400 knot for Kizilelma. Not bad.See: