Baykar Makina has shown how it is testing the Bayraktar TB3: Turkey's new strike UAV with folding wings and a flight time of up to 50 hours

We have already written more than once that the company Baykar Makina is working on a drone Bayraktar TB3. Now the manufacturer has shown a video with tests of the novelty.

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The video was published in social networks. The video shows how the new Turkish strike drone passed a high-grade roll test. In the near future, flight tests of the novelty will also begin.

#BayraktarTB3 ilk koşu testini başarıyla tamamamladı. ✈️⚓️???? #BayraktarTB3 successfully completed its first high speed roll test. ✈️⚓️???? pic.twitter.com/y6vqffGeMv

- BAYKAR (@BaykarTech) October 13, 2023

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Bayraktar TB3 has got larger dimensions, slightly modified appearance, as well as folding wings. Thanks to them, the drone will be able to be based on ships. For example, on the flagship aircraft carrier of the Turkish Navy TCG Anadolu. The drone will be powered by a new turbo-diesel aircraft engine. Bayraktar TB3 will have a maximum takeoff weight of 1450kg with a payload of 280kg. The drone will be able to stay in the air for up to 50 hours.

Source: @BaykarTech