Bizarre looking spy-plane

[Neil]

Saw this on the Fightercontrol forum and thought it was quite ridiculous...

It's called Argus One; the Pentagon's newest unmanned spy plane. But cheeky observers are already calling it the 'Flying Sperm'.
It has the capacity to carry 30 pounds of high tech sensors and cameras and the ability to hover over remote locations between 10,000 and 20,000 feet, even in rough weather.
The suspect design has been attributed to improved 'flight stability and aerodynamic control' as well as giving the aircraft a longer flight time.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1kmTFiBtA

[Boom]

Where's the powerplant?

[Eric]

This should totally be in YS.

[Crazypilot]

They better not fly it over the Pak-Afghan border.

[iqmal_97]

It's about 5 minutes since I've opened my laptop, and this post made my day already.

[Dragon029]

Where's the powerplant?

Small prop up the front of the gondola thing under the front section.

[Gennaro]

lol i so want this in YS

[Crazypilot]

I want one 10x the size of this with gunners in YS

[SvenPhantom]

I don't know how this is supposed to be a spy plane. Maybe the enemy will be laughing so hard that they don't realize that they are being spied on?The crazy things people come up with these days.

[Honey Badger]

That's so weird. If it's a balloon, which it appears to be, one lucky shot and the thing is going down. On the bright side, the materials look like it will be cheap and possible to mass produce.

[Dragon029]

You two need to realise though that this thing will be at high altitude - the reason it's been shaped like that is specifically so that it's extra stable in fast air currents up high.

[Crazypilot]

If the enemy can get this thing on radar it's dead.

[Dragon029]

Good thing it's radar transparent then, although I'm not sure how an Afghani would be using a radar-guided missile, or on a low-cost recon drone.

[Crazypilot]

Well obviously it can't run from fighter jets but from this picture I'm guessing they put all the high-tech sensors and cameras hidden.

[Hawkstar]

One lucky shot on the head, no babies for you

[Dragon029]

Well obviously it can't run from fighter jets but from this picture I'm guessing they put all the high-tech sensors and cameras hidden.

The sensors and everything are just in that little box under the head of the blimp - it's seriously just an innovative unmanned blimp spy drone, like a Predator, except with a longer flight time.

[Gunny]

Looks like a trolling bait.

[Crazypilot]

The designers also didn't notice what the shape looked like lmao

[Shiny Rice]

My mother says it looks like shit. I agree.

[Seagull]

My mother says it looks like shit. I agree.

Yep when it would be brown it would look more like shit.