"chipsoars" wrote in message
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Alistair Wright wrote:
"BT" wrote in message
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Have you ever been in the battle field and get shot at..?
this is not a "glider", but a test design of a powered Unmanned Arial
Vehicle (UAV) based on a glider design with an engine attached.. the
"test
pilot" was there as a safety pilot..

There are dozen's of UAV designs and sizes, each with their own "combat
mission" and used every day to collect information on the battle
field..
and to keep the ground based operator with remote controlled sensors
out
of harms way.

I doubt very much the utility of this UAV. As a former designer of weapon
systems and surveillance gear using UAVs I have to say a glider with its
very low speed would not last long over most battlefields. UAVs are
mostly
used for low level surveillance AFAIK and the ones I have been involved
with
(two UK types) all flew at quite a high speed to avoid being shot down.

Alistair Wright
ex BAE Systems
Scotland

The 'glider' looks a lot like a Sparrow Hawk to me.

Chip F

It is.. a Sparrow Hawk with an engine added, and when he got the contract to
build lot's or "Owls" the commercial customers for his "Sparrow Hawk" were
pushed aside.

BT