At 04:00 PM 16/06/2009, you wrote:
I don't know, but there are certainly similarities - including the use
of a Rotax 914 Turbo as the engine in the platform.
But I'm no expert on them. Are you?
Regards,
Simon
Only what I've read in Flight International, Aviation Week, on the
net, also what I've learned from the guy building UAV's in Perth and
a little bit of consulting once.
They come in all sizes and using a glider/motorglider as the basis
for a low speed UAV is a no brainer. Hph showed a model of the Shark
at Friedrichshaven in camo with two jet engines done up as a UAV.
Saw a few at Avalon. They are big in the death and destruction
business. Unfortunately a lot of effort is being expended on better
ways to kill each other.
Amusing note: what looks like the cockpit has a sign "No human
occupant". Visions of one crashing in the backblocks - "must be
aliens then, Billy-Bob", before opening fire.
Mike
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