IAI Harop: the stealthy "loitering munition" a.k.a. suicide drone in service with several countries
Posted by pandaclaw_@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 5 comments
DukeOfBattleRifles@reddit
Everything is stealthy if they are small enough
dynamoterrordynastes@reddit
How is this stealthy?
pandaclaw_@reddit (OP)
IAI probably knows some tricks. Supposedly has an RCS of about 0.5sqm
DuckyFreeman@reddit
Yeah but from what angle? Because it probably has an area of 0.5m^2 from the front. I'm just an armchair engineer, so I'm totally talking out of my ass; but I see a ton of non-stealthy things. The propeller is the biggest one, spinning blades are TERRIBLE for stealth (which is why the fan blades of stealth aircraft are hidden behind S-ducts). Exposed servo leads, exposed engine cowling, exposed vents and ducts, exposed antennae and pitot tube. It also looks to lack a feature of every decent stealth aircraft; matching/parallel angles across the design. The stealthiest thing about this drone is the blended wing joints and flush rivets. Unless they covered it in RAM, but even that can only do so much. And I assume it would be a cheap/old version of RAM, because otherwise you're just donating classified stealth technology to the enemy when they collect the debris.
corneliousa@reddit
and at WHAT BAND-FREQUENCY...things don't have a FIXED RCS at ALL BANDS...duh!