Chinese UAV/UCAV development

Deino

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• Aug 14, 2018

• #3,031

Deino said:

This one??

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Hmmm???

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anzha

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• Aug 14, 2018

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Deino said:

Hmmm???

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That seems a bit big. The aircraft next to the unknown one is a soaring dragon, tandem or joint wing uav. That's only 14.33 long. The triangular aircraft next to is shorter. I'd guess only 9 to 10.5 m tops for the one in the picture. It might be a scale demonstrator though.

 

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Skywatcher

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• Aug 14, 2018

• #3,033

Deino said:

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Is that supposed to be a combined cycle platform with two Turbofan engines?

 

Blitzo

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• Aug 14, 2018

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it would look nice if it resembled this

 

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anzha

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• Aug 14, 2018

• #3,035

Iron Eagle? What is that, if I may? Is it something of record or a rumored aircraft?

 

Blitzo

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• Aug 14, 2018

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anzha said:

Iron Eagle? What is that, if I may? Is it something of record or a rumored aircraft?

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It is the username of the person who makes these drawings...

Higher quality:

 

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H2O

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• Aug 14, 2018

• #3,037

Shouldn't it be this?

 

Blitzo

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• Aug 14, 2018

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H2O said:

Shouldn't it be this?

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No reason to think that.

Just because it is a dark, delta wing drone doesn't mean it is the same thing as Dark Sword.

 

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anzha

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• Aug 14, 2018

• #3,039

The problem is the Dark Sword has wings coming off the sides that are not evident in the image Deino shared with us.

 

Hyperwarp

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• Aug 15, 2018

• #3,040

Plus you can see the canards in the full-scale "Dark Sword" mock-up.

But maybe it an evolution of the "Dark Sword"?