Iran military parade

i am no expert at this, but how can you tell if it is made of composite.

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First of all compare shiny surface of the wing with it's beside fuselage with lot of screws!
And also saeqeh is under development in Owj industries which has a good experience with composite materials by developing "Tazarv" fully composite advanced training jet.

Look at the nose on the trainer plane - it looks like an enlargened version of the F-4 Phantom's nose, with a smaller and stockier body. I expect most of Iran's indigenous aircraft are derived from U.S. hardware - thats why they look so modern.

Looking at the nose of the Tazarv doesn't cry out F-4 to me at all. The Tazarv is all-new design with a completely unique look about it.

hellboy said:

Here is the saeqeh (dual fin F-5) picture. Noticeable changes include dual fin, new air intake shape and modified nose.

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Iran never ceases to impress with its resilience and innovation by putting 2 and 2 together to make a new aircraft.

hellboy said:

First of all compare shiny surface of the wing with it's beside fuselage with lot of screws!
And also saeqeh is under development in Owj industries which has a good experience with composite materials by developing "Tazarv" fully composite advanced training jet.

[qimg]http://mitglied.lycos.de/tomc1970/Iran/IRIAF%20Tazarv%20in%20color.jpg[/qimg]

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I question your wording. No aircraft is 100% composite, and the basic airframe is usally aluminum, titanium or another metal. Even the latest fighters using composites only use a single digit percentage of composites.

MIGleader said:

I question your wording. No aircraft is 100% composite, and the basic airframe is usally aluminum, titanium or another metal. Even the latest fighters using composites only use a single digit percentage of composites.

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probably he doesn't mean 100%, but maybe say to the modern standard

Scaled composites in USA have flown a number of "all-composite" aircraft and the wings of the X-29 were all-composite(?).

probably he doesn't mean 100%, but maybe say to the modern standard

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Exactly what I mean!

Golly is back so cut out the oneliners...:nono:

I woudnt brush off Iran's ingenuity either.. They have a lot of resources, have a relatively high literacy rate (above 80%) and many trained personnel. They're also sitting on the 2nd or 3rd largest reserves of oil/gas in the world. Now they have recovered from the long Iran-Iraq war which was fought while being under tough sanctions and they have money to invest. Also, they have linked up with other countries willing to work(Russia, China, France+rest of EU) with them or suffering similar sanctions(Pakistan). I think we'll be seeing more surprising designs coming out of Iran in the near future!