Iranians at it again: This time Stealth UAV!!
 

It seems the Iranian Air Force Arts Research & Crafts Establishment (IAFARCE)
are at it again.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/th...311-177024.jpg

Iran rolls out "stealth' unmanned aircraft - The DEW Line

The artillery shell 'missiles' and shopping trolley undercarriage are very clever design features!! :ugh:

Nice to see it is wearing the Burka too!

the dialectric properties of that radome look similar to my washing up bowl.

Stealthy? It must be the amazing stealth paint they've invented.

Ahh, yes, but have you actually 'seen' one flying around? I haven't either so i think they're onto something...

Blimey, I never saw that coming...

I actually did a double take and checked the article wasn't dated
April 1st.

Someone must have a very good sense of humour.

That radome has come straight from the roof of a leisure boat. Why do they do this? I can understand the internal propaganda value but why invite international ridicule?

It's difficult to tell from the angle that the picture is taken but that seems to be a straight-wing design which makes the wing fence a bit unnecessary.

Perhaps it's some form of strengthening a bit like the tubigrip holding the wing box on?

I wonder who is wasting their time building mock-ups like this and why whoever is paying for it thinks the money is well spent?

Its just like producing full-size Captain Scarlett toys and pretending they're real.
Its an expensive way to gather international ridicule.

Lets hope though that their nuclear industry is run on similar lines.

Utterly bizarre.

they're angling for jobs in Hollywood..........

Rumour has it this is the new mount for the Red Arr...............Oh, sorry, not the Caption Competition thread.......

I'll get my coat

The voices in my head are saying, "Courtney, stay home today and polish your guns."

"It's a puppet" :hmm:

Wow that Antenna on the bottom looks like some Tupperware suck to the bottom of the fuselage. I have done a degree in Avionics, all the research onto EM shielding and protection have been solved by Tupperware..

Any bets that this is just a dummy, and its not close to flying, like the claim that they reversed engineered that UAV that crashed last year oh sorry "hacked"

Also Rudder?

Rudders are just for QFIs! But why no wiring from the 'hard point' to the fake 60 mm round that doesn't really fit into the canister. The fabric tapes that hold the wings on look solid enough, but they won't get their £1 back from the Morrisons shopping trolley. But, hey, if it does the job, why complain. Have they claimed that it has enough range to hit mainland USA yet?

ofc it's stealthy, it's all plastic...

It appears that the technology used for affixing the wings is well proven :E

http://www.icn.com.br/tasmod/new_fusca40_1.JPG

Radar-transarent plastic that completely hides the metal components inside. Like the engine. F-35 is plastic, but you can still see it.

Of course, Coff's plane is plastic but has no engine, so probably is a stealth ac.:ok:

Technical update ... Mrs Coff reliably informs me that ray domes of that design can be purchased from Lakeland and have a secondary use as a suitable container to microwave rice :E