This is the best photo of the bird we have had till now. The internal volume seems huge. Now the question is, does it have side by side weapon bays like the F-22 or tandem bays like the Su-57. I think there is enough space there for it to have both. what!!
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This is the best photo of the bird we have had till now. The internal volume seems huge. Now the question is, does it have side by side weapon bays like the F-22 or tandem bays like the Su-57. I think there is enough space there for it to have both. what!!
This is the best angle of this bird.
2 tandem bays like Su-57 with 2 side bays for WVR missiles.
That is not yet confirmed though, yes that was the shown config in Anatolian Eagle '21 but that was a while ago. The one that flew is a Block 0 aircraft and it is actually a ground test prototype, essentially a technology demonstrator made airworthy. Hence it doesn't have weapon bays, instead there are access panels in place. @Deino
Give it both F-22 and Su-57 bays. That's they only way to make everyone happy.
non-AB takeoff
As you have stated GTU doesn't have the weapon bays but it still has that usable volume empty inside with access panels covering them. Should see them functional in the B-10 prototype
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President Görgün: Our work is just beginning. Today is a milestone, the beginning of our new goals! We will work day and night until we deliver our aircraft to our Air Force.
KAAN's first flight Test Pilot Barbaros Demirbaş: If we have lifted the plane, we will fly it, if we have flown it, we will land it, if we have landed it, we will stop it. We did our duty safely. This is a start. The road is even tougher now. It took about 13 minutes. Over 10,000 pieces of data were collected. The horizontal stabilizer movement seen during takeoff is normal behavior of the aircraft. It was a perfect flight.
TAI Engineer: There is great engineering behind it. We are now ending the feeling of backwardness that we cannot digest. We will strive to be the best in the world. They will try to buy it, but it will be a product that cannot be purchased even with this money. If we want, we will give it.
KAAN's first flight Test Pilot Barbaros Demirbaş: If we have lifted the plane, we will fly it, if we have flown it, we will land it, if we have landed it, we will stop it. We did our duty safely. This is a start. The road is even tougher now. It took about 13 minutes. Over 10,000 pieces of data were collected. The horizontal stabilizer movement seen during takeoff is normal behavior of the aircraft. It was a perfect flight.
TAI Engineer: There is great engineering behind it. We are now ending the feeling of backwardness that we cannot digest. We will strive to be the best in the world. They will try to buy it, but it will be a product that cannot be purchased even with this money. If we want, we will give it.