Dunt under estimate Singapore defense ability!!
1.Have u seen it flying in South China Sea?
Multirole Autonomous Vehicle---Really autonomous?
AWESOME ,TOP SECRET MUST SEE. MAV closer look.
Summary of MAV fr JDW 10.03.2004:Jane's Defence weekly. Available in public library:
Due for first flight after Asean Aerospace which held in Feb 2004.
---Subscale,all composite air-frame and twin-wheel tricycle landing gears.
( Poster's Note: In full scale production,it will be 4 to 5 times bigger.)
----powered to subsonic speed by a 0.4 kN (45 kg thrust) by a turbo fan and
SERRATED DORSAL intake(wat is it?)
---wt empty 60 kg plus 20 kg pay load. [/quote]
Prototype is real!!Not appear on drawing board anymore.
This is Singapore's local produced MAV lah!STimes 2004-03-07.
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UAV & MAV---are we alone?,sorry commercial time again.
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This is not model---its Singapore MAV prototypeDunt under estimate SG power.
can carry a load of 20kg of equipment like cameras and sensors. It has a wingspan of 1.8m.
The 'batwing' is powered by a single turbofan engine producing 100lbs of thrust
the above images come from tripwire.Thanks buddy.
Originally posted by tripwire:
http://www.stengg.com/media/aerospacecorp.wmvdownload the video link above.. at 2:08, there is a very very short display of the MAV-1 testing its engine and doing a takeoff run on a "runway".
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READY FIR TAKEOFF[quote]The Asian Aerospace has just ended but Singapore's homemade Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will soar this month in a series of test flights. PATRICK CHIA reports
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has been working on the project for two years.
04 March 2004
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has been working on the project for two years.
It's a black, wedge-shaped MAV-1 or Multirole Autonomous Vehicle (right) will take to the skies this month.
Dr Tan Jiak Kwang, ST Aero's chief engineer, said the MAV-1, which looks like the
F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, is built entirely out of composites.
The 'batwing' is powered by a single turbofan engine producing 100lbs of thrust.Over the next six months, a series of tests will be conducted on the flight systems.
Right now, the demonstrator, as they call it, can carry
a load of 20kg of equipment like cameras and sensors. It has a wingspan of 1.8m.If the tests prove successful, a scaled-up version can be built. It will have a wingspan of 8m and should be able to carry 800kg. The range is expected to be comparable to that of a jet fighter.
Another device from the same manufacturer, shown recently at Asian Aerospace, is the Fan Tail UAV.
It is slightly more than twice the height of this page, and can take off and land vertically and fly horizontally.
Built to withstand strong winds, it can hover for up to 30 minutes.
This little UAV, which can also be scaled-up, can be used militarily for looking over hills at enemy positions.
It can see around corners and between trees and buildings, providing an ideal observation platform for law enforcers fighting urban crime.
Other potential uses include border patrols, inspection of industrial facilities, spotting forest fires, chemical cloud detection and aerial surveys.---http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,53359,00.html