Another UAV entrant
02-21-2013, 04:48 AM
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Another UAV entrant
Italian Jet Company Converts Passenger Plane Into the World's Most Stylish UAV
I can't believe they turned the beautiful P.180 II into a UAV!
OH THE HUMANITY OF IT ALL!
I can't believe they turned the beautiful P.180 II into a UAV!
OH THE HUMANITY OF IT ALL!
02-21-2013, 06:35 AM
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Pretty soon they will recall all SR71 and A12 aircraft for conversion to supersonic executive passenger aircraft. Everyone - invest in "airborne tanker" aircraft production companies.
02-28-2013, 10:54 PM
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Ultimate Avantair Union Buster?
03-02-2013, 03:29 PM
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03-02-2013, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
It's a UAV based on a pax aircraft, not an unmanned pax aircraft.
03-03-2013, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
It's a UAV based on a pax aircraft, not an unmanned pax aircraft.
03-03-2013, 10:01 AM
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[QUOTE]It's a UAV based on a pax aircraft, not an unmanned pax aircraft.[/QUOTE
I know. I've got about a thousand hours in the manned version, and it's not much of a stretch to go to the next step of automating the pilot function.
A bigger question will be the noise issue; the Piaggio Avanti makes an unusuall, distinctive, annoying sound, and is not particularly stealthy. While a number of UAS out there sound more like flying chain saws than a hollywood-quiet winged wonder, the Piaggio has the huey-like quality of advertising it's existence to people in surrounding provinces, let alone in the area directly beneath the aircraft (even at idle). Idle vertical profiles, useful with certain other platforms, may not be nearly as effective here. There's a lot of noise ISR out there (I've flown some of it), but the Piaggio's chief virtues are it's large cabin, low passenger noise (much quieter in than out), and ability to go high (FL410) and fast for a turboprop. None of those are germane to the majority of ISR work.
I know. I've got about a thousand hours in the manned version, and it's not much of a stretch to go to the next step of automating the pilot function.
A bigger question will be the noise issue; the Piaggio Avanti makes an unusuall, distinctive, annoying sound, and is not particularly stealthy. While a number of UAS out there sound more like flying chain saws than a hollywood-quiet winged wonder, the Piaggio has the huey-like quality of advertising it's existence to people in surrounding provinces, let alone in the area directly beneath the aircraft (even at idle). Idle vertical profiles, useful with certain other platforms, may not be nearly as effective here. There's a lot of noise ISR out there (I've flown some of it), but the Piaggio's chief virtues are it's large cabin, low passenger noise (much quieter in than out), and ability to go high (FL410) and fast for a turboprop. None of those are germane to the majority of ISR work.
03-03-2013, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MongoPawnInLife
Just wait until that UAV hauling cargo crashes on final in MEM or SDF. A former squid is heading a military UAV cargo project. I saw here on a late night show; she expects airliners to eventually be UAVs. Pax River Could Benefit from Cargo UAV Boom : The Lexington Park Leader
03-03-2013, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
She's well known in navy circles...seems to have a huge axe to grind, hates pilot culture and pilots. Just cuz she wants to put us all out of a job doesn't mean its economically practical right now.
She talked like UAVs are a bulletproof solution, ignoring WELL KNOWN vulnerabilities. And I'm not just talking about the high percentage of UAVs that crash.
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