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Turkish Aerospace is building the region’s largest subsonic wind tunnel facility. The work is already underway and it will allow the company to carry out wind tunnel tests on the proposed new Turkish Fighter Aircraft as well as for the development of indigenous, rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft.
The new center is also the second largest facility of its kind across the whole of Europe. The tunnel will have three different test sections: large, small and open. The test specimens will be positioned in the aforementioned sections and will be equipped with state of the art technology measurement and sensing devices for advanced testing.
Landing and take-off tests for aircraft with the integrated moving ground belt system, will be carried out only in this tunnel in Turkey. In addition to these test capabilities; the production, integration and instrumentation of the models to be tested will also be carried out in this facility, and significant contributions will be made to the product development process.
Turkish Aerospace President and CEO, Prof. Temel Kotil said, “We are building the second largest subsonic wind tunnel facility in Europe. We keep working in order to achieve our biggest project Turkish Fighter. Our facility will be the only facility in Turkey in this field with the capability to allow aeroacoustics testing.”
Turkish Aerospace is the center of technology in design, development, manufacturing, integration of aerospace systems, modernization and after sales support in Turkey. Located in Ankara, Turkish Aerospace production plant covers an area of 5 million square meters with an industrial facility of 150,000 square meters under its roof. The company has a modern aircraft facility furnished with high technology machinery and equipment that provide extensive manufacturing capabilities ranging from parts manufacturing to aircraft assembly, flight tests and delivery.
Article originally posted on: www.tusas.com
