Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

[aferguson]

http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB- ... tchbox-_JM

Ignore the goofy wheels and paint job. I have seen this design somewhere....it's too good to be made up. By any chance does anyone recognize what this UAV is?

[dannyc]

Looks like a predator mixed with an ov-10

[c44]

These guys seem to think it comes from Matchbox's Skunk Works...

http://cobratoys.com.au/blog/matchbox-news-2011-part-3/

[aferguson]

hm.....well i guess it's just made up then.

edit: this is what i was thinking of:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/proj ... ruav4.html

[dannyc]

hm.....well i guess it's just made up then.

edit: this is what i was thinking of:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/proj ... ruav4.html

From the rear yeah but from the front it looks like a weird predator

[bluedonkey99]

This is the one, though it doesnt say what it is - so, it could still be a CGI?

http://www.uavconsultinggroup.com/photogallery.php

or, here
http://www.airforce-technology.com/proj ... -uav3.html

or, here (half way down)
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/ ... Heron.html

It seems to come with a different "noses" (or, is that sensor packages )

Google Image search is a wonderful thing

[aferguson]

it's clear to me now that the matchbox design is made up but is based on real uav designs....none are quite right but several sort of look like it.

thanks for the links.

[aferguson]

saw one of these at TRU today and so picked it up. It looks most like an IAI Heron but much too small (to be 1/72).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Heron

Size-wise it's almost exactly right for the IAI Searcher...but differs in many details in appearance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Searcher

But overall it's kinda cool and since there's not much available in 1/72 UAVs i'm going to keep it, mod it a bit and repaint it in Israeli colours and call it a half arsed Searcher.

[aferguson]

In case anyone is interested, I've found two more drones that this matchbox model is much like.

One is an Iranian recce drone the Mohajer 4. At about 17 foot wingspan the matchbox model is more like 1/48 than 1/72. Interestingly, Hezbollah has several of these drones and apparently ISIS has captured one.

http://militaryedge.org/armaments/mohajer-4/


The other is the RQ-21 Blackjack, a USN/Marine drone. The Matchbox is about 1/32 scale for it. Nose is wrong but otherwise tail, canted wingtips etc are pretty good.

http://www.intelligent-aerospace.com/ar ... k-uas.html