[🇹🇷] Kaan afterburner test

[LegionnairE]

Date of Event: Dec 6, 2024 Source : https://x.com/TUSAS_TR/status/1865031727498121405

 

[Bilal9]

Here's a writeup,

Turkiye's Gen-5 Fighter Jet "KAAN" Completes Critical Afterburner Engine Test - Defence Security Asia

Turkiye's fifth-generation fighter aircraft, “KAAN,” has successfully completed ground tests assessing the capabilities of its afterburner engine, signaling readiness for its third flight test in the near future.

defencesecurityasia.com

 

[Dogun18]

@Jiangnan @Krishna with Flute @Guru Dutt

 

[Egyptian]

When was this tested?

 

[LegionnairE]

When was this tested?

4 days ago

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Cheers. I do not know much about the aircraft. Let some details come out. I will comment after that.

 

[LegionnairE]

Without the annoying music:

 

[Bilal9]

Without the annoying music:

I know the prototypes are using GE 110 engines, but when is the serial production ETA for TAEC (TRmotor) which is the local engine option?

 

[LegionnairE]

I know the prototypes are using GE 110 engines, but when is the serial production ETA for TAEC (TRmotor) which is the local engine option?

That is going to be a very advanced engine with reduced heat signature and thrust vectoring. Turkey has never built an engine this size let alone complexity so nothing is certain but official statements in this matter lead me to believe that it's expected around 2030. That will make Kaan truly 5th gen.