Teknofest, an aviation, space and technology festival, has been held regularly since 2018. Although it was initially held only in Istanbul, it is now held in different cities every year. He even appeared in Azerbaijan last May. Today is the third day of the event. One of the most appreciated moments so far was the arm-in-arm flight of Hürkuş and Bayraktar Akıncı TİHA.
Selçuk Bayraktar flew in the Hürkuş cockpit and next to Akıncı TİHA!
Teknofest is organized every year by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation, or T3 for short, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology. Its aim is to aim to develop Turkey’s national technologies and to meet people who will tend to this field in the future during their youth. For this reason, participation is open to the public and free of charge.
At the Teknofest Black Sea event held in Samsun this year, Baykar Defense Technical Manager Selçuk Bayraktar flew with Bayraktar Akıncı in the Hürkuş cockpit. Images were recorded from both the ground and the sky with Bayraktar TB2.
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Bayraktar Akıncı features and ammunition
- 45+ thousand feet (13km+) altitude.
- Flight time exceeding 24 hours.
- Speed of 195 knots (361km/h).
- Fully automatic flight control and 3 redundant autopilot system.
- Automatic and precise landing and take-off independent of ground systems.
- Control from anywhere in the world thanks to satellite communication.
- It has no dependency on GPS. Internal Sensor fusion.
- It can use laser-guided smart munitions and our pupil SOM missile.
- AESA radar, Aselsan common aperture targeting system and electronic warfare systems.
- Take-off weight up to 6 tons.
- Payload up to 1.5 tons.
- Akıncı A – 2x 450 HP, total 900 HP engine power
- Ivchenko-Progress, AI-450C, 2 x 336 kW
- Akıncı B – 2x 750 HP, total 1500 HP engine power
- Pratt & Whitney Canada, PT6A-135A, 2 x 559 kW
- Akıncı C – 2x 900 HP, total 1800 HP engine power
- 2 x 222 HP TEI-PD222ST domestic engine can be used instead of 2x 900 HP
- 12.2m long, 20m wingspan, 4.1m high.
- The ammunition that Bayraktar Akıncı can use:
- MAM L/C/T
- Javelin
- Penetrating Bomb
- L-UMTAS
- Bozok
- Gokdogan
- Merlin
- SOM-A cruise missile
- Precision Guidance Kit
- Laser Guidance Kit
- Mark 81/82/83
- Wing Guidance Kit Mark 82
Hürkuş features
- Technicial Specifications
- Length: 11.17m
- Body length: 10.8m
- Height: 3.70 m
- Body height: 2.16m
- Body Width: 1.01 m
- Wingspan: 10.91 m
- Wing area: 16.76 m2
- Motor power
- Engine: 1x PT6A-68T Pratt & Whitney Canadian made turboprop aircraft engine
- Motor power: 1,600 hp
- However, due to the embargoes of the USA and Canada, it is planned to use the TEI TS1400 engine made by TAI, which produces 1,400 hp.
- Performance
- Maximum speed: 310 KCAS (574 km/h)
- Maximum cruising altitude: 34,700 ft (10,577 m)
- Maximum airtime: 4 hours and 15 minutes at an altitude of 15,000 ft.
- Maximum climb speed: 4,370 ft/min (22 m/s)
- Max range: 798 nautical miles (1,478 km)
- Takeoff distance: 1,605 ft (489 m)
- Landing distance: 1,945 ft (593 m)
- Stall speed: 77 KCAS (143 km/h)
- G limits: -3.5/+7g
- Weapon systems
- MK-81 and MK-82 and their derivatives,
- Domestic HGK-3, KGK-82, UMTAS, Cirit
- 12.7 and 20 mm gun systems
- 2.75 inch rockets
- Laser guided munitions
- Training grenades (BDU33 and MK106)
- External fuel tanks
- Other systems
- Night vision,
- digital crypto communication,
- New generation avionics systems,
- Armored structure and protection systems
- Thermal imaging and Sight
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