Talk:TAI Aksungur

Characteristics
I did a little copy edit, but had trouble with this sentence: The wings with slight dihedral and terminating in vertical stabilizers are joined by a tailplane. At first it's talking about the wings but then it seems to be talking about the tail of the aircraft. The source (Jane's) uses the same construction so it isn't any clearer. (It seems as if Jane's accidentally deleted something which joined two unrelated sentences together.)

I can see from the picture in Jane's (which is very nice) that the wings end in little vertical pieces. I don't know what the proper name for them is, but I understand they reduce wingtip vortices and result in more efficient flight (which you'd want for a drone). The tailplane, to my understanding, is the horizontal piece between the two tail booms. I want to be sure I understand the meaning before I rephrase it, and maybe get away from the close paraphrasing. Let me know. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:54, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you verty much indeed for your copy editing efforts. Yes, due to my limited knowlodge of aircraft design, I must have taken over ununderstandable features from the source. Sorry about the confusion I've caused. With "tailplane", the prizpntal stabilizer is meant. I appreciate your further fixing. CeeGee 08:18, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I expanded the article a bit and did a little more copy editing. One point I find a bit misleading is the external payload for the hard points.  Aksungur is capable of carrying three rockets or missiles of 150, 300 and 500 kg (per wing) I know that's in the manufacturer's technical specs.  But it sounds as if the aircraft can carry 1900 kg of munitions when elsewhere it says it can carry a total of 750 kg.  I expect that for the munitions, that's the load the hard points can safely handle, and not the true in-flight capacity.  Either that, or the manufacturer is anticipating what the aircraft can handle after they sort out the new engine with (projected) 50% greater horsepower. What do you think? – Reidgreg (talk) 19:41, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with your assessment. It escaped my attention. Thank you for your critique and copy editing. Great. CeeGee 10:39, 28 June 2019 (UTC)