In Turkish we have saying:
Çok konuşan çok yanılır.
Best explanation of it would be:
The half is better than the whole
or
A moderate approach often yields the best results
Having read Dr Temel Kotil’s latest interview about KAAN, it somehow brought this saying in to my mind.
Although it is nice to have someone like him in the driving seat that keeps the media and public aware of what is going on almost on a day to day basis, it is sometimes more prudent to say less.
It was unnecessary to bring other countries in to the discussion and comparing their capabilities with ours. It was illogically silly to say Turkey is ahead of Germany in aerospace and aircraft manufacturing.
Germany comes from nearly a century of aircraft and air engine manufacturing expertise background. Even though it was Sir Frank Whittle who commercially produced a jet engine first, it was the Germans who invented first Jet engine.
Due to restrictions brought by the allies their military and jet engine industry growth has been on slow step. But they have in Germany access to the eco system and expertise to manufacture fighter jets much more readily than we ever will be.
They currently manufacture Airbus planes in Germany. Their contribution to EF2000 can not be brushed aside. It was the Eurojet engineers who first utilised Blisk tech in EJ200. They have partnership of a 4.5 generation fighter jet that they help produce which has sold 680 units. And it is probably the most potent 4.5 generation fighter out there. MTU aeroengines is a very competent engine manufacturer definitely a notch or two ahead of TEI.
We have a shell in the form of KAAN, that managed to fly with US power plants. It won’t be a fighter plane until post 2028. What it actually will be, is predominantly still in digital domain or being produced.
It is a fantastic feat of engineering for a country like ours to have achieved what we have. We mustn’t belittle what our engineers have achieved. But we also need to learn to be more modest.
Yes, when it has twin TF35K engines and Burfis Radar system with our electronics and avionics, it will be ahead of anything that is presently being produced in Europe. It will be comparable to the likes of F22. But allow others to say that instead of boasting about it before it is realised.
Çok konuşan çok yanılır.
Best explanation of it would be:
The half is better than the whole
or
A moderate approach often yields the best results
Having read Dr Temel Kotil’s latest interview about KAAN, it somehow brought this saying in to my mind.
Although it is nice to have someone like him in the driving seat that keeps the media and public aware of what is going on almost on a day to day basis, it is sometimes more prudent to say less.
It was unnecessary to bring other countries in to the discussion and comparing their capabilities with ours. It was illogically silly to say Turkey is ahead of Germany in aerospace and aircraft manufacturing.
Germany comes from nearly a century of aircraft and air engine manufacturing expertise background. Even though it was Sir Frank Whittle who commercially produced a jet engine first, it was the Germans who invented first Jet engine.
Due to restrictions brought by the allies their military and jet engine industry growth has been on slow step. But they have in Germany access to the eco system and expertise to manufacture fighter jets much more readily than we ever will be.
They currently manufacture Airbus planes in Germany. Their contribution to EF2000 can not be brushed aside. It was the Eurojet engineers who first utilised Blisk tech in EJ200. They have partnership of a 4.5 generation fighter jet that they help produce which has sold 680 units. And it is probably the most potent 4.5 generation fighter out there. MTU aeroengines is a very competent engine manufacturer definitely a notch or two ahead of TEI.
We have a shell in the form of KAAN, that managed to fly with US power plants. It won’t be a fighter plane until post 2028. What it actually will be, is predominantly still in digital domain or being produced.
It is a fantastic feat of engineering for a country like ours to have achieved what we have. We mustn’t belittle what our engineers have achieved. But we also need to learn to be more modest.
Yes, when it has twin TF35K engines and Burfis Radar system with our electronics and avionics, it will be ahead of anything that is presently being produced in Europe. It will be comparable to the likes of F22. But allow others to say that instead of boasting about it before it is realised.
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