Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

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[skytrain10]

Mmm, a UAV David?

[Lightning Mate]

....mmm....yes.

[skytrain10]

Not getting very far Only found 1 drone/UAV that comes close but other than it being homebuilt I have no idea what it's called! Even then the wings are not quite right, nor is the landing gear. Time for a fresh cup of coffee and a closer look

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Clues are available......

[skytrain10]

Got my coffee, got a biscuit...need a clue!

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Please standby - IT needs my machine.

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Right, I'm back.

Empty weight 22kgs, 8kgs payload.

Last year.

Go a long way East.

Had your coffee? - should have had tea.

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Wanna really BIG clue?

[Ridge Runner]

yes please .......................

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Hybrid power - a green machine.

Fuel cell and Lithium Ion battery.

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...type...type - it comes up on the first page.

[skytrain10]

Blimey....the Grey-Faced Buzzard UAV?

I say blimey as it is very similar to this one, which was the homebuilt UAV I found earlier which was exhibited in Taiwan!

[Lightning Mate]

Bingo mate.

All yours again.

The similarity is astonishing!

Going home now - hope to see a new one up.

[skytrain10]

Thanks David...as you say they are extremely similar, just the angle of the foreplanes are different, and of course the twin bogey on the homebuilt job. I do however suspect that either the Buzzard was the production version of the homebuild job, or that the homebuild job was a copy of the Buzzard....they are just too alike.

Next one...nice and easy.

[Ridge Runner]

Mystere (falcon) 3000?

[skytrain10]

Mystere (falcon) 3000?

Not the 3000!

[Ridge Runner]

Wrong name i think, Ken, but was the prototype displayed years at Farnborough.... An enlarged Mystere 20?

[skytrain10]

but was the prototype displayed years at Farnborough.... An enlarged Mystere 20?

That's the one.....designed as a feederliner (to use the term that was used in those days!)

[Ridge Runner]

Mystere 30... OH