March 11, the Yemeni armed group Husi released the "strategic weapons" video. A number of new weapons, including new ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, demining, mortars and infantry carrying firearms, were launched. these include a fuselage very similar to the delta wing (triangular wing) suicide attack drone used in the attack on the Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia on 14 September 2019. This is the first time the plane has been made public from Hu Chi.
The wide screen of the delta wing drone made by Husi Iran is very similar to the shape of the Harpy produced by the Israeli company IAI. However, because the parts are made up of several different parts and have completely different uses, even the same suicide drones are different types of weapons.
Hopy is a stray type that senses radar waves emitted by the enemy and is used to approach anti-radar missiles. Wide-body weapons are INS (Inertial Navigation Devices) and GPS (Satellite Positioning system) flying programs that are close to cruise missiles aimed at fixed targets on the ground while correcting their positions.
Although widescreen is a drone, it does not have the ability to find its own target, and it is a way to fly to a designated position before launch.
In addition, compared with the Happy made by IAI, which has a total length of 2.7m and a width of 2.1m, the wide screen made in Iran is 4m in length and 3m in width, which is quite large. I think you will find that you only refer to the approximate shape rather than copying the weapon.
The foldable large blade antenna (there are also two on the lower surface, so a total of four) is related to the passive circuit breaker, so it is not connected to the wide area, which is visible on the half back. In addition, the rod protruding from the delta wing is the anemometer (pitot tube), which is invisible, but there are also thin rods on the wide screen.
The end plate of the half blade is a vertical tail with a moving wing (step: rudder), which is used as a steering wing to control the yaw direction. In contrast, the wide-wing end plate is only a stable wing, not a moving wing. Please note that neither of these wings is designed to increase fuel consumption. )
This is the difference between the program flying UAV where the radar explodes into the UAV and where the location has been identified. The wide screen of the latter is a subtle maneuverability need, so the control system is simplified. The wing end plate is a simple stable wing.
Even if there is no ladder (rudder), you can rotate as long as you tilt the body through Elrond (auxiliary wing). This is a common form of remote control aircraft and target drones for training. it can be said that the wide screen of program flight is not only a way of guidance, but also close to the existence of target drones in the structure of moving wings.
Harop2 is an evolutionary type of Harlop, and when you identify the wreckage used on the battlefield, you will find that it is a vertical tail with moving wing steps. China's "JWS01 (ASN-301)" and Taiwan's "Jianxiang" can also confirm the moving wing ladder mechanism of the vertical tail in the real aircraft display at the weapons show. All Hopy systems are moving wing steps on a vertical tail.
In addition, in the model (model) used for display, the mechanism of the moving wing is sometimes broken, please note.
The wide screen announced this time can confirm that there are moving wings and servo connecting rods on the main wing, so it can be judged that this is not a model, but a display of the real machine.
It is estimated that the wide-body main wing has two types of moving wings, the inner wing is the elevator (elevator) and the outside is Erlon (auxiliary wing).
By contrast, the moving wing of the Hobbit main wing, known as Elevon, is a way to integrate Elrond with the elevator. Although the servo mechanism can be reduced, if both functions are used at the same time, synthetic motion will occur, thus complicating the control. I'm afraid that even if the number of widescreen components increases, Eliben will not be used for a simple control system.
The width and half look exactly the same, but only the main wing is the delta wing and the propeller part that has something in common. Sensors, sensors, and control are all different. Wide screen cannot be said to be a copy of Chinese herbal medicine.
The wide screen of the open suicide drone is equipped with vertical wingend plates that extend up and down, while the wingends of the UAV wreckage recovered during the Aramak attack in Saudi Arabia in 2019 are only upward and of different shapes.
The blade end plate is the same as the Harpy only up. The blade end plate of the 2019 UAV wreckage does not have a moving wing, while the Harpy blade end plate has a moving wing, so this is also different.
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And the engines are different. Herbie is a rotary engine (Vanker), and the wide screen is an air-cooled horizontal opposite 4-cylinder piston engine, which may be a 2-impulse program. The wreckage recovered in 2019 is likely to be a rotary engine, judging from the shape and installation direction of the radiator. The engine is completely different.
2021: air-cooled horizontal opposite 4-cylinder piston engine (2-stroke program)
2019: Rotary engine (Vanker)
In the past, a horizontal four-cylinder piston engine named "MADO MD550", which is exactly the same as the German "Limbach L550", was exhibited at Iran's National Aerospace Exhibition 2014. The widescreen engine is slightly different from this detail, but very similar in shape and size.
The wide body is 4 metres long and 3 metres wide (declared by Hussis themselves), and the wreckage of the drones at the time of the Aramako attack in Saudi Arabia in 2019 is 190 cm long and 215 cm wide (reported by the United Nations panel). It's the same delta wing drone, but it's a completely different size.
The measured full width of the wreckage has delta wings, so it is almost correct, but the torso hanging from the nose has a lot of shedding parts, so the total length may not be correct. The total length of the wreckage may actually be longer.
The drones of the Aramako attack in 2019 and the widescreen release in 2021 are alternative airplanes of different sizes and engines, and even the same delta wing is not based on the same type of improvement. Has Iran developed drones of similar shapes and sizes at the same time?
The nominal value of a wide-body range of more than 2500 km is comparable to that of a Tomahawk cruise missile. But there may be some exaggeration. It may be to ensure long-distance flight of the fuel tank inside the thick delta wings.
During the September 14, 2019 attack on Saudi Aramko, the state-owned oil company in Abkek and Fries, Saudi Arabia, Iran, which supports the Husi faction, launched cruise missiles and suicide drones. It was a surprise attack from the north, flying around while passing through the interior of Iraq. It depends on where the launch site is, and the estimated flight distance is about 800 kilometers.
Then, on March 7, 2021, an oil loading terminal in Rastanula, eastern Saudi Arabia, was attacked by ballistic missiles and drones. This time there is no news that it was launched from the direction of Iran, so if the attack is from the territory ruled by Husi in Yemen, the straight line distance is about 1200-1300 km. But cruise missiles and drones can easily be captured and shot down if they simply fly straight, so they should make a detour.
The red line in the picture is unfounded to Rastanula's drone attack path. The route flown during the detour is about 1800 kilometers. If widescreen can fly more than 2500 kilometers, you should be able to take a more complicated route than this.
But the delta propeller UAV, with a cruising speed of about 300 to 400 km per hour, takes about seven hours to fly at 2500 km. Where the ground radar is aimed at weak places for circuitous flight, if the flight continues for a long time, it will be easy to find if the enemy remains alert in the air.
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In fact, in the Rastanula attack on March 7, 2021, Saudi Arabian fighter jets showed off, and Husi drone strikes ended in failure. It can be said that it is doubtful whether it is really useful to give a slow propeller drone a long range.