tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8284113382997153196..comments2024-03-19T07:17:34.656-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A new contender in the unmanned aerial vehicle stakesPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42706702443747636562013-10-03T12:04:46.886-05:002013-10-03T12:04:46.886-05:00Looks like the computer age grandson of the OV 10....Looks like the computer age grandson of the OV 10.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710373077532737470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50199067080288967062011-07-16T09:52:15.518-05:002011-07-16T09:52:15.518-05:00@Roger: Yes, that was noted in the article.@Roger: Yes, that was noted in the article.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44329153634148272282011-07-16T07:39:41.928-05:002011-07-16T07:39:41.928-05:00Hint: Built by Scaled Composites.Hint: Built by Scaled Composites.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57952560226695388922011-05-11T10:46:42.105-05:002011-05-11T10:46:42.105-05:00It looks like a Burt Rutan design---or at least by...It looks like a Burt Rutan design---or at least by a Rutan protege'.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54238337670343026292011-05-08T08:00:07.806-05:002011-05-08T08:00:07.806-05:00Leatherneck, I suspect they're aerial housings...Leatherneck, I suspect they're aerial <i>housings</i> rather than aerials themselves. The shapes are aerodynamically efficient, and fairly large, which would leave a lot of room (relatively speaking) inside each one for a more specialized aerial to be mounted. It'd be shielded from the airstream, so it wouldn't have to be aerodynamically shaped itself, and it wouldn't need a high-strength mounting to the fuselage, to resist air pressure - provided it could fit into the black housing provided.<br /><br />I think a couple of them would be reserved for ground-to-air communication, allowing patrols to interrogate the sensor feed from the aircraft to see what's in front of them. Others might be for communications intelligence, to intercept enemy signals.<br /><br />(These are merely my guesses, of course. We'll have to wait for more information to emerge.)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15633827503106935122011-05-08T07:03:00.344-05:002011-05-08T07:03:00.344-05:00I can't figure out what those eight rearward-h...I can't figure out what those eight rearward-hooked appendages are on the bottom of the aircraft. Probably some kind of antennae, but for what?<br /><br />LeatherneckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31852343575373266912011-05-08T02:44:41.947-05:002011-05-08T02:44:41.947-05:00The Drone Wars, begun they have.The Drone Wars, begun they have.Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.com