Sineva
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Thats weird,despite the size of this drone the landing gear looks to be fixed,ie non retracting.
The other thing thats strange is the small size of the flir sight,it looks like the ones used on the ababil 3[and the kaman 12],I would`ve expected at a minimum the same one used on the mohajer 6 or even the one used on the shahed 129.
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Now this could just be because this is just the prototype,as we saw the exact same thing done with the prototype shahed 129 which also used a fixed gear and a different engine,so its hard to come up with any definite conclusions but it seems likely that the airforce will continue with the arraignment that we saw with the kaman 12,ie it will do the airframe side of it while working in partnership with an established drone manufacturer doing the integration of all of the important stuff like control systems,avionics,weapons etc.
Its essentially what the airforce should`ve done right from the get go.
The other thing thats strange is the small size of the flir sight,it looks like the ones used on the ababil 3[and the kaman 12],I would`ve expected at a minimum the same one used on the mohajer 6 or even the one used on the shahed 129.
--EDIT--
Now this could just be because this is just the prototype,as we saw the exact same thing done with the prototype shahed 129 which also used a fixed gear and a different engine,so its hard to come up with any definite conclusions but it seems likely that the airforce will continue with the arraignment that we saw with the kaman 12,ie it will do the airframe side of it while working in partnership with an established drone manufacturer doing the integration of all of the important stuff like control systems,avionics,weapons etc.
Its essentially what the airforce should`ve done right from the get go.
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