Recent taxi prototype proves you wrong. The project is basically at the same point as Kowsar-88 (maybe a little further behind). F-313 and Kowsar-88 have both taxi’d and both have likely flown by now.
The issue is will anyone be interested in F-313 to continue to provide funding.
IRGC is already working on their own CAS fighter and Iran Airforce is ultra conservative and skeptical of new platforms
When F-313 was announced, one of the lead people said they asked the SL what he would like them to reverse engineer F-14 or MiG. SL ordered a new aircraft.
F-14 goes directly against IRAN’s philosophy. It is a high maintenance aircraft. Iran can not afford an aircraft like F-14 and F-22. For example, an F-22 need heavy maintenance for every hour of flight. Depending on what you read nearly 1/3 of F-22 is grounded! They already canabalizing some F-22’s to keep others airworthy!
A country like the US or china can afford to keep such a fighter, but not Iran!
Iran hasn’t reverse engineered C-130’s because it’s not a priority and you are basically saying for Iran to reverse engineer a passenger plane! Not many countries in the world can do that!
But you are right about one thing: mentality.
Iran’s military has the worst mentality among major world powers when it comes to innovation.
Iran needs an advanced fighter that is versatile and easy to maintain during war conditions. Typically Russian planes follow this philosophy.
1st off he was NOT referring to the 2nd one, he was referring to the 1st one and my response was about that Aircraft! Not the 2nd one that is a working prototype so I really don't know what your ranting about.
The F-313 hasn't had years of flight tests for the Airforce to approve or disapprove but as for a CAS fighter clearly Iran's Airforce would logically chose the Kowsar.
Now if the Q-313 ends up being as cheap and as capable as some claim it to be when the finished product is built then there is no reason why the Airforce wouldn't want it but for now the current working prototype shown is simply not worth the cost but that is only a working prototype so we'll see! But if the finished product is what they showed then I and most likely any Air Force in the world would no doubt choose the Kowsar for a CAS fighter over it!
As for the Tu-22 you think the Tu-22 is easier to produce than the C-130 and requires less maintenance than an F-14??? LOL! Also C-130's are probably THE MOST vital Military Transport Iran has and if they haven't reverse engineered that yet the idea that we would be reverse engineering Tu-22's is absurd!
If Iran had reverse engineered the F-14 then building a fixed winged version would have been easier!
If Iran had reverse engineered the TF-30's the ability to improve on it to simplify it and make it more maintenance friendly would have been there.....
Iran's has had Al-21's, RD-33, J-79,.... that they could have worked to reverse engineer and improve upon so the idea that if we had a single Tu-22 we would be building bombers today is nothing but an illusion.
I totally agree that Iran needs bombers like the Tu-22 BUT such a bomber would ONLY be useful to Iran if they were domestically built
And don't confuse the Air Force lacking the proper mentality with Iran's military!
Most of all IRGC has had the right mentality, Iran's Navy has had the right mentality, Iran's Air Defense units have had the right mentality, MOD and many MOD companies when it comes to some equipment have had the right mentality, PANHA for Iran's Army Aviation have done OK for the budget available to them when it comes to Helo's....