Take a good look
http://www.stengg.com/defence/transformation.aspx#preciseWat a cool MAV--Multirole Autonomous Vehicle by Spore!
JDW reported this is a down scale prototype.It will be 4 to 5 times bigger in
full productions.
see more photo fr
http://www.staero.aero/news_image_key.htmlmany other not so common photo to see
Sure u want to read more!
Another closer look from front.
http://www.staero.aero/images-gallery2/STAeroMAV1pix2.jpgSummary 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.
see MAV and UAV in
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=134307How we compare with the world?
see this and other sites
http://www.unmannedaircraft.com/Spore own MAV
NASA X45A
http://www.nasa.gov/lb/centers/dryden/research/X45A/index.html