Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G)
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CH-7 planform but added vertical stabilisers which suggest either this is an old footage or another aircraft despite having basically the identical planform to the latest CH-7.
CH-7 has many peers made by various state and private players and many of them have flown as pure flying wings. I don't see how they would be willing to take a step backwards unless this is another aircraft/test platform.
CH-7 has many peers made by various state and private players and many of them have flown as pure flying wings. I don't see how they would be willing to take a step backwards unless this is another aircraft/test platform.
Could potentially be a refueled variant where they can sacrifice stealth for greater stability.
Looks like I got it wrong. Might be temporary solution while they work through the kinks with flight control. The vertical slabs are fixed attachments and don’t have actuators for movement, which leads me to think that they are only there for stability reasons.
Then again it is also possible that they allow the rapid attachment and removal of vertical slabs based on mission profile. That would be a pretty novel approach.
What an impressive "bird" or should I better say "dragon"? ... by the way, can anyone see a serial number?
Dark Dragon is my pick. But damn... what a pretty bird.
What an impressive "bird" or should I better say "dragon"? ... by the way, can anyone see a serial number?
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Those are usually on the vertical slabs…
AFAIR it is fake and was posted already some months ago!
I will check my harddrive … give me a few minutes
There's more accurate translations and there's more meaningful translations. "Mysterious Dragon" is probably more accurate, but its just a bit odd in English, same with "Mighty Dragon" (or its even worse translation, "Powerful Dragon") to be honest.
It might just be better to stick to the pinyin, since that is the only real yet readable (in English) translation of their official names. I don't think any official PLA sources have specified the English name of these platforms anyway.
And in my personal opinion, "Weilong" and "Xuanlong" hit a lot harder in English than "Mighty Dragon" and "Mysterious Dragon" even if you don't have a clue what it means.
In a similar vein, "ferocious dragon" is a far better translation of 猛龙 than "vigorous dragon", but oh well, what can you do.