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Indigenous Turkish Helicopter -Arikopter- has been introduced

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Designed by ITU, Built by TUSAS funded by DPT. That's the first Prototype...

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The countdown has started for the first flight of Arikopter's prototype which is designed by Istanbul Tech. University and built by TUSAS (TAI), under the support of State Planning Organization.
.... " Since the start, the project has been a subjact for 15 international articles, over a 100 international reports and 40 Master's thesis. A team of 60 people have worked on it since it started in 2002 by ITU.
... It is to be completed next year. The integration of main and infrastructure to the body frame are being carried on in TUSAS at the moment. Transmision ground test are to be started next month in Istanbul. After completing the certification period, the helicopter would be produced for many different utilities, such as education, health, media, business and diplomatic purposes.

Arikopter takes two pilots and six passengers, the rotor has a diagraqm of 11m, and it weighs two tons. National partners are TAI/TUSAS, ASELSAN, 5ABM, DEMETEK and PETEKSAN, Foreign partners are Turbomeca, Triumph, MVEN and AVIA.
 
ARIKOPTER is a technology domesntration program; it is just training of Turkish Engineer for double-engined 5t multipurpose helicopter programme...
 
Way to start its really good news to TURKEY. :tup: But in the second image i was shoked for a sec to see two man taller than heli then saw their stage.
 
Congrats turkey the continious success in defence sector

this is just the beginning

show to the racist europians countries that we are no more less than you
 
Thanks to all... As I said above, Arıcopter is a test-bed program of Turkish helicopter industry to analize the current statues of Turkish institutes for further and more complicated steps. The main aim of this program is to collect all small/medium scale institutes that is able to produce helicopter parts under the ITU and TAI umbrella. The expertise gained with this prototipe, Turkish engineers will fully concantrate on new TAI 5 tonnes medium helicopter development program which UH-1's would be replaced by...

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Aricopter could be a good Plattform for light Attack and Recconaisance Helicopter like AH-6i.


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