GÖKBEY made a 7-minute demonstration flight yesterday. GÖKBEY will continue its demonstration flights until July 26.
TAI so far 26 pieces GÖKBEY received the order. The certification process of the helicopter continues. The first delivery is planned to be made to the Gendarmerie General Command in August. Last year, former TAI General Manager Temel Kotil said that a country had a contract for 32 GÖKBEY units. 1 billion dollars He announced that he would propose. New TAI General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu stated that they have not received such an official offer yet, but they are sure that they will receive it. Demiroğlu said that the anticipated number of needs for Gökbey in Turkey is around 150 units, and that there is at least as much or more demand abroad. Demiroğlu said that they plan to produce at least 500 Gökbey helicopters.
“Currently, we are participating in the aviation world with a new prototype aircraft. This is our GÖKBEY helicopter. It is a 6-ton helicopter and the flights we perform here with this helicopter make us extremely proud. We have previously participated in this fair with the ATAK helicopter. We have also started international sales of ATAK “We performed our demonstration in the international aviation community with the GÖKBEY helicopter for the first time and our helicopter is now ready for delivery.”
He flew for over a thousand hours
Stating that more than 1000 hours of test flights have been carried out with a total of four prototype helicopters so far, Ateş continued his words as follows:
“We have now completed over a thousand hours of test flights with our four prototype helicopters. We did this at sea level, at medium altitude in Ankara, and at high altitude in Eastern Anatolia. One of our helicopters is still performing test activities in Erzurum. We opened the entire envelope of the helicopter. The helicopter has a flight envelope of up to 20 thousand feet and an airtime of nearly 4 hours. It has a range of up to 750 kilometers. So, we have made it a very competitive product if we compare it to other competitors.
Developing a domestic engine for GÖKBEY
TUSAŞ Engine Industries (TEI) for GÖKBEY TEI-TS1400 It develops a local and national engine named. Producing 1400 horsepower at takeoff, TEI-TS1400 managed to produce 1740 horsepower in power limit tests.
GÖKBEY helicopter will serve for civil and military purposes. Stating that the segment that GÖKBEY addresses is used very intensively, Ateş said that the helicopter will be used in personnel transportation, search and rescue and ambulance activities, offshore flights to reach oil exploration platforms in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, fire extinguishing activities and also in many areas in the civil sector.
Gökbey Helicopter Technical Specifications
- Length (with rotors rotating): 15.87 m
- MTOW: 6050 kg
- Maximum Cruising Speed: 306 km/h
- Service Ceiling: 6069 m
- Range: 740 km (948 km with external fuel)
- Airborne: 3.8+ Hours (5+ hours with external fuel)
- Main Rotor Diameter: 13.20 m
- Standard Fuel Tank: 1020 kg
- External Fuel Tank: 280 kg
- Luggage Volume: 1.1 m3
- Crew: 2
- Passenger: 12
TEI-TS1400 Helicopter Engine Features
- Takeoff Power (Sea Level Static): 1,400 shp
- 30 sec. Single Engine Power (Sea Level Static): 1,660 shp
- Takeoff Power/Weight: 8.54 (shp)/(kg)
- Service Altitude: 20,000 ft
- Output Shaft Speed: 23,000 rpm
- Engine Control: Redundant Digital Engine Control System (SMKS)
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