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Why Iran’s New Home-Grown Stealth Fighter Will Never Get Off the Ground
Gizmodo - Credit to The Aviationist ^
| Feb 4, 2013
| David Cenciotti - The Aviationist
Posted on 02/04/2013 7:47:52 PM PST by Corporate Democrat
On Feb. 1, 2013, Iran unveiled its indigenous fighter jet named "Qaher 313″. The prototype of the Q-313 (or F-313 according to the stencils applied to the aircraft), was presented to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and publicly displayed as part of the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies held in Iran to celebrate the 1979′s victory of the Islamic Revolution.
In the previous days, the Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi had said, "The aircraft will be different from the other fighter jets Iran has already made." Iran's new fighter jet doesn't look like any we've ever seen before. Turns out, as The Aviationist explains, that's because it maybe possibly almost definitely can't fly.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aviation; fake; iran; stealthfighter
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Would've linked directly to the Aviationist, but unfortunately their server is down due to heavy traffic.
To: Corporate Democrat
cause it's made of wood??? it's not real...
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posted on
02/04/2013 7:56:21 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: nuconvert; txhurl; Jet Jaguar
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posted on
02/04/2013 7:57:13 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Corporate Democrat
Look at the back of that thing. It’s a boat with a top on it.
“We patrol the skies and then go salmon fishing.”
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:01:53 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Chode
...or the giant burqa on it makes it hard to see.
To: Corporate Democrat
Iran stealth fighter?
modern design, formed of a composite created with a mixture of camel dung and sheep shit, fired over burned blown out auto tires. And encased in a burka.
Can you just smell it? hee hee hee
To: Army Air Corps
To: Chode
It’s the Iranian equivalent of our Amusement Park “Bumper Car”.
Their “Bumper Car” game consists of bumping into “Infidels” and running women drivers off the road. (Happened to my sister-in-law in Saudi Arabia).
Also consists of running over “Joosz” and turning them into “roadkill”.
And to scare car drivers who have rearview mirrors, they have painted Helen Thomas’ face on the hoods of their cars.
Entrance tickets cost 50 Dinars or two sheep.
To: Ouchthatonehurt
burka?
You beat me by 25 seconds.
To: Corporate Democrat
I guess the Iraqi design bureau chief is a fan of Clint Eastwood movies.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:06:01 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
( Exploring the fine line between cynicism and outright depression)
To: Corporate Democrat
The original F-117 model was called the "Hopeless Diamond" because people believed they could never get the design to work. We know how that turned out.
If this plane never gets off the ground, it'll be because Israel takes it out.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:07:54 PM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Ouchthatonehurt
yup, shrink wrap Burka... not a rivet to be seen
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:09:38 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
pretty much...
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:10:50 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Corporate Democrat
Well, if Allah wills then it will fly...
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:13:26 PM PST
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: Corporate Democrat
The Navy had the exact same problem with the A-12 in 1990.
Fortunately for taxpayers Cheney as Defense Secretary canceled it.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:19:12 PM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
To: Corporate Democrat
I’ve never pretended to be an engineeran outright impossibility when you do arithmetic on this many fingersbut that looks to me like an Iranian copy of a Russian copy of an American comic book rendition of a U.S. Air Force jet.
I’ll wait for the bus to get here, thanks all the same.
To: Chode
OMG! Did you watch the video? It’s so.....um....cute.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:20:30 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
If this plane never gets off the ground, it'll be because the Iranians don't have the brains to build this high tech and their pilots the brains to fly it.
A funny thing about Arabs and Persians, they are culturally foolish enough to believe their own bullshite.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:21:45 PM PST
by
X-spurt
(Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
To: Corporate Democrat
Styrofoam or paper mache.
To: Corporate Democrat
Look how big the canopy is - great for visibility, not so great for stealth. Radar energy will come right through it and reflect off pilot, helmet, seat, etc. Even with gold coating...
Look how thick the rear wing leading edge is. What speed is this supposed to fly at, 200 kts?
Look how small the engine inlets are. Any low speed performance? What about at high angles of attack, the pressure wave coming off the fuselage "hull" is going to starve them for airflow, causing a compressor stall.
This doesn't look like a serious design.
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posted on
02/04/2013 8:27:39 PM PST
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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