Iran's 'flying boats' go on display

[comiso90]

BBC News - Iran's 'flying boats' go on display at sea



Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have taken delivery of three squadrons of flying craft named Bavar 2', according to the country's state TV.

The craft have a hull which enables them to land on water, and can be used for surveillance.

They were filmed on display at sea in Hormozgan.

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[vikingBerserker]

I guess there goes the master plan of invading them with canoes

 

[verner]

Holy Batman!

 

[Colin1]

It's not a new idea
it's an up-to-date rework on the Soviet Ekranoplan, borne out by the reverse-delta wing config for exploiting ground effect when it's skipping along close to the water.

 

[N4521U]

Didn't the Soviets have one of these things to transport goods? Rather than using ships for faster delivery?

 

[Colin1]

Didn't the Soviets have one of these things to transport goods? Rather than using ships for faster delivery?

Pretty much
but I think it was for ferrying holiday-makers around the Black Sea

Edit: it was nicknamed The Caspian Sea Monster so I guess it wasn't the Black Sea

 

[mudpuppy]

Indeed, they named one the "Caspian Sea-Monster" and it was huge! Ground effect vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That looks to be a pretty small craft, if that's the engine mount on the top then I'd say 1 or 2 crew at the most. Cool post, though.
Derek

 

[Colin1]

Indeed, they named one the "Caspian Sea-Monster" and it was huge! Ground effect vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That looks to be a pretty small craft, if that's the engine mount on the top then I'd say 1 or 2 crew at the most. Cool post, though.
Derek

Sorry Derek
spent too long in Edit mode...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think it is so funny how advanced they think they are.

 

[Matt308]

Its propaganda for the masses. Keep them fed with images of how the theocracy is defending the poor Iranian public from the Great Satan US in hopes that the Iranian people wont rise up and hang them all from the lamp posts for keeping them in the 8th century while the world races away into the future.

Iran and North Korea are becoming more and more the same.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Its propaganda for the masses. Keep them fed with images of how the theocracy is defending the poor Iranian public from the Great Satan US in hopes that the Iranian people wont rise up and hang them all from the lamp posts for keeping them in the 8th century while the world races away into the future.

Iran and North Korea are becoming more and more the same.

I agree. I just hope that someday the people of both Iran and North Korea rise up.

 

[Matt308]

Me too. Would be nice to see somebody else sacrafice for betterment of their society than the men and women of the western world.

 

[timshatz]

Those things look like target drones. Maybe the designer had that in mind.

They also look too slow to run, to underarmed to survive a stand up fight and too small to be a threat to anything other than the pilot of the craft (or some poor SOB out in the gulf fishing or some such).

In any kind of fight against a serious threat, they're just toast.

 

[Thorlifter]

Those things look like target drones. Maybe the designer had that in mind.

If they go up against F-18's or F-35's, they will be.

 

[pbfoot]

It the Straits of Hormuz they might be a very interesting option , low radar and accoustic signature . In that busiest of sea lanes ...its a cheap option

 

[Matt308]

versus a small boat that can actually carry a viable payload? Nah... it's a boondoggle to amuse the masses.

 

[comiso90]

I think its a cool looking patrol aircraft for a nation w/o satellites. I bet it as a poor service radius though.

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[comiso90]

It's not a new idea
it's an up-to-date rework on the Soviet Ekranoplan, borne out by the reverse-delta wing config for exploiting ground effect when it's skipping along close to the water.

I dont believe its a ground effect craft anymore than the Lake. Just a simple seaplane with an attempted stealth airframe. The video clearly shows it flying higher than ground effect height.

 

[Matt308]

Looks like a kit build POS.

 

[Colin1]

I dont believe its a ground effect craft anymore than the Lake. Just a simple seaplane with an attempted stealth airframe. The video clearly shows it flying higher than ground effect height

I still think it is
the reverse-delta wing config is an accepted technique employed in ground effect vehicle design WHEN skipping along close to the water, which implies that WHEN it isn't, it's doing something else - like flying out of ground effect.

I still fail to see the overall bang-for-buck, unless 'being alot of fun' counts