Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

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Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by aferguson » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:52 pm

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?
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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by dannyc » Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:56 pm

Looks like a predator mixed with an ov-10

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Flight of fancy?

Post by c44 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:59 pm

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

http://cobratoys.com.au/blog/matchbox-news-2011-part-3/
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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by aferguson » Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:31 pm

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
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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by dannyc » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:42 am

aferguson wrote: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

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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by bluedonkey99 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:20 pm

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 )

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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by aferguson » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:02 pm

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.
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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by aferguson » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:01 pm

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.
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Re: Long Shot..anyone recognize this Drone?

Post by aferguson » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:31 pm

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
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