1 Hour endurance? WTF? Why is it so low? Especially for something this big I expected around 4-5 hours, then again it has 6KG payload and a jet engine which guzzles fuel.Kemankes loitering munition
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Are you blind or sarcastic?
It clearly shows on the first picture Endurance: 1 hour.
I simply expected a much longer endurance given that it is supposed to be a loiter munition
No, I'm not being sarcastic.
Feel free to present your opinions.
I mean it is just 30kg with 6 of it being the warhead
It's made to be launched from a UCAV so loitering and range of the UCAV can be added more or less... it's not ground launched like a ZALA.
You are staring yourself blind on the word 'loitering'. It's more of a mini cruise-missile with loitering capability. And for its size and weight, it has very good capabilities.
And 8L of fuel!
Kizilelma is going to get a 30mm gun
When it comes to aircraft, 30x113 mm guns are actively used in the AIRBUS production TIGER and BOEING production APACHE attack helicopters, and the French DASSAULT production 4/4+ new generation warplanes. Integration negotiations have also started for TAI's heavy class Attack Helicopter ATAK 2 and Baykar's Kızılelma Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. As in aircraft, concept studies have started for the integration of 30x113mm weapon systems with manned and unmanned surface platform manufacturers.”
When it comes to aircraft, 30x113 mm guns are actively used in the AIRBUS production TIGER and BOEING production APACHE attack helicopters, and the French DASSAULT production 4/4+ new generation warplanes. Integration negotiations have also started for TAI's heavy class Attack Helicopter ATAK 2 and Baykar's Kızılelma Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. As in aircraft, concept studies have started for the integration of 30x113mm weapon systems with manned and unmanned surface platform manufacturers.”
In the near future, our plan is to fly our first prototype aircraft within the year. Then we will design 7 prototypes on the way to mass production. Then there will be tests of aircraft and systems, flight and ground tests. Besides, we will have some flight test platforms. We will also perform our tests on some platforms. We plan to deliver our aircraft to our Air Force by 2028.
You see examples of this all over the world. The first prototype we produced will be in this geometry, and the second will be in the same way. We aim to reach a solution by going step by step in the face of the problems we have seen and encountered in ground tests and flight tests. These 7 tests are already planned to support these activities on our aircraft. We have a very short calendar. A plane to be delivered to the Air Force in 2028 means a very short timetable in terms of delivery, if you look at the examples all over the world. In this calendar, we need to do a lot of prototypes and experiments. These trials do not only need to be in flight, the aircraft will also be prepared with wind tunnels, ground tests, 'Iron Bird' tests and static tests. Maybe we'll have one static test too. We will produce another one of the same aircraft and perform our tests that will statically tire and force it. Besides, maybe we will have a fatigue test. We will produce it from the same plane and subject it to fatigue tests for a certain hour. We will perform these tests by constantly loading under revolutionary loads. We will try to clear a certain flight time and plan to hand it over to our forces as such.
There is a design team of 1500 people, and a total of nearly 3,000 people are working on the aircraft.
We are trying to establish a master-apprentice relationship. We are enlarging our team by recruiting new journeymen and apprentices, by using our experienced friends from HÜRKUŞ, HÜRJET, GÖKBEY and ATAK as masters and new graduates as apprentices. This growth took place at a really fast pace. At the moment, we have come across a certain plateau and we are planning to produce prototypes of these aircraft within 3-5 years and take the prototypes to flight, while maintaining our team on that plateau.
We will have a surprise about MMU on May 1st. I won't explain now, let's just say wait for our surprise.
You see examples of this all over the world. The first prototype we produced will be in this geometry, and the second will be in the same way. We aim to reach a solution by going step by step in the face of the problems we have seen and encountered in ground tests and flight tests. These 7 tests are already planned to support these activities on our aircraft. We have a very short calendar. A plane to be delivered to the Air Force in 2028 means a very short timetable in terms of delivery, if you look at the examples all over the world. In this calendar, we need to do a lot of prototypes and experiments. These trials do not only need to be in flight, the aircraft will also be prepared with wind tunnels, ground tests, 'Iron Bird' tests and static tests. Maybe we'll have one static test too. We will produce another one of the same aircraft and perform our tests that will statically tire and force it. Besides, maybe we will have a fatigue test. We will produce it from the same plane and subject it to fatigue tests for a certain hour. We will perform these tests by constantly loading under revolutionary loads. We will try to clear a certain flight time and plan to hand it over to our forces as such.
There is a design team of 1500 people, and a total of nearly 3,000 people are working on the aircraft.
We are trying to establish a master-apprentice relationship. We are enlarging our team by recruiting new journeymen and apprentices, by using our experienced friends from HÜRKUŞ, HÜRJET, GÖKBEY and ATAK as masters and new graduates as apprentices. This growth took place at a really fast pace. At the moment, we have come across a certain plateau and we are planning to produce prototypes of these aircraft within 3-5 years and take the prototypes to flight, while maintaining our team on that plateau.
We will have a surprise about MMU on May 1st. I won't explain now, let's just say wait for our surprise.
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