But without enough electrical power production it doesn't help to have a bigger radome. But a passive system with a big sensor area could be a thing, probably less power hungry and would be something new to be developed.
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If they manage to get 240kW power generation from 2x38k lbf engines on Kaan, they can manage to generate 58 kW from 2x9.3k lbf
Murad-100 is at the 4.5kW range. A 2x larger aperture increases radar range by ~68% while 2x power increases range by only ~19%.
Meaning plenty of room to generate power for a twin engine KE.
Downside is low max speed and no supercruising capability.
They could turn it into a fast interceptor in its current size by changing the engine to a medium thrust engine. At 4.5 tons empty weight, it will have a comparable TWR as the P-42 record breaker!
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A barebones record-breaking KE-B fitted with an EJ200 with 1000kg of fuel weighing 5130kg and a wingloading of 137kg/m2 will take-off in I bet less than 70m! I wonder how fast it can reach the various altitudes. Compare that to the P-42 which took off in roughly 100m:
Come on Selcuk, I know you are reading this...
Come on Selcuk, I know you are reading this...
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Just some memories and history
Hypothetical size difference between KE-B and KE-C by enlargement of 40%
Length: 20.58m
Span width: 14m
Wing Area: 76m2
Empty Weight: ~8500kg
Wingload at empty weight: 112kg/m2
Endurance: 2.5 times that of similar sized twin engine heavyweight 5th generation supercruise capable fighters. (4x less thrust+20% better fuel consumption but with half the internal fuel load).
Length: 20.58m
Span width: 14m
Wing Area: 76m2
Empty Weight: ~8500kg
Wingload at empty weight: 112kg/m2
Endurance: 2.5 times that of similar sized twin engine heavyweight 5th generation supercruise capable fighters. (4x less thrust+20% better fuel consumption but with half the internal fuel load).
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Wow, thats a full J-20
How come empty weight is realtively small? A flanker/J-20 with similar dimesion is 13000kg empty weight
Indeed, but slower and lower payload but with more endurance and no risk of human loss.
Composites, and lots of it.
Kizilelma is basically an aluminum skeleton wrapped in fiberglass(-like) material. It has half the weight of similar sized manned fighters.
Kaan's current prototype has 2x120kVA. I wonder of we would see a change (increase) in this when it enters production
Also Kızılelma-B's MTOW should be 8.5t, with 1.5 being munitions
