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Zarvan the only problem with those photos shows wing angle at 180 degrees
the real PAC UAV are angled
the tail however does look similar
however my guess its the Turkish Anka and defiantly not Chinese
Turkish ANKA is having high wing whereas drone parked in a PAC hanger is having mid wing.It looks similar to ANKA!
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Pakistan builds parts for TAI ANKA Drone
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actually size is similar, you have to compare it with mushaqThis is NOT the Wing Loong II 'cause its too small.
However...
THIS is the Wing Loong II@Imran Khan @Eagle_Nest @SD 10
Damn, they're deliberately tantalizing us with an image of unclear sight of MALE UAV. We're left with mere speculations.
Was it intentional, or an oversight ????!!!?!?
It looks similar to ANKA!
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Pakistan builds parts for TAI ANKA Drone
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As of now no specification is available therefore It is difficult to speculate but on the basis of previously available information we can ESTIMATE/SPECULATE the following
- It will supposedly carry 4 smart air to ground missiles like Burq missile as shown in poster during previous Dubai Air Show
- Current pic does not show the nose and head section of this drone therefore it is difficult to say that it has or not the satellite link capability, therefore IF the current prototype OR the whatever version it is most probably it might have DATA link capability of limited range up to 200-250 KM from Ground control Station
- Length of its fuselage should be in between 8-9 meters as it appear lengthier then Mushak Trainer and previously wing span was estimated by @JamD around 15-16 meters [I don't remember the exact figure currently, I hope JamD will post his estimate here again]
- As in the pic fuselage of this UAV appear short in height then the Fuselage of Mushak trainer but the Slanted tails are clearly higher then the Mushak Trainer therefore its total height [from ground to the tip of Slanted tail] should be approximately +3.5 meters
- With these estimated dimensions it engine should be 150-200 HP which should give it capability to lift around 250-300 KG of payload including EO Targeting turret
So all in it will be something in b/w CH-4A and CH-4B drones from Chinese side as later is capable of carrying 6 air to ground missiles
14 m wingspan. I think we should look at the Wing Loong I as the reference here. It's the right size, and will likely share performance specs.View attachment 694942
Some rough pixel counting shows that AZM MALE's wing is 6.5 m long. So it roughly has a 13.5-14 m wingspan.
For reference:
Falco wingspan: 7.3 m
Burraq wingspan: 8 m (Pakistan's largest public UAV)
Shahpar wingspan: 6.6 m
This 13.5-14 m wingspan puts it in the class of Wing Loong I. Maybe Azm's MALE is just a license production/modification of the Wing Loong I, Who knows?
This is most likely what we call an SDM (scaled-down model). I'm aware of this design methodology being adopted in a similar project for the armed forces.
If you remember, the PAC tendered the requirement for FPGAs, communication hardware and other equipment which was to be used for the development of flight computers,data links, etc.
@Bilal Khan (Quwa) even did an article on it.
What we are seeing is most likely the result of that. It is not a mockup or a full-scale flight model. It is an SDM aimed at validation the aerodynamic and stability parameters of the design as well as the basic communications and flight controls setup.
The PAC and the AvDI are still a couple of years away from completing the development of the Azm MALE UCAV.
Weapon-carrying trials are still a while away. If the PAC is going for a full scale UCAV along the lines of the Anka or Predator, this is not it.
I agree with this assessment. This was the first thing I did when I saw the pictures: check to see if it's an existing design that's out there. As far as I can tell no current UAV matches this exactly (which is not something you could say about CH-3 and Burraq).This isn't ANKA nor Winglong II. This is a Pakistani drone with a back tail mix off ANKA + Wing Long II style. I have downloaded more than 200 + images of ANKA and Wing Long II/I. After done thoroughly cross-comparison, overlapping with many images, my conclusion is this is different from both. Perhaps, very close to ANKA.
Damn, they're deliberately tantalizing us with an image of unclear sight of MALE UAV. We're left with mere speculations.
To me it kinda looked like Anka S. Only a slight difference tho.It looks similar to ANKA!
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Pakistan builds parts for TAI ANKA Drone
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Dont listen to these snake American Pakistanis. R&D for propulsion is not any countries can do it. Chinese has prove to be very reliable weapon supplier for Pakistan. Let me ask, when has Chinese ever sanction Pakistan becos they dont like your government or whatever foreign policy they choose unlike the American.We should not make the mistake of getting the engine from goras or Chinese.