[quote=FARS]
Iran Unveils Flying Saucer
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran unveiled a home-made unmanned flying saucer as well as a light sports aircraft in an exhibition of strategic technologies.
The unmanned flying saucer, named "Zohal", was unveiled in a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
Zohal, designed and developed jointly by Farnas Aerospace Company and Iranian Aviation and Space Industries Association (IASIA), can be used for various missions, specially for aerial imaging.
The flying machine is equipped with an auto-pilot system, GPS (Global Positioning System) and two separate imaging systems with full HD 10 mega-pixel picture quality and is able to take and send images simultaneously.
Zohal uses a small, portable navigation and monitoring center for transmission of data and images and can fly in both outdoor and indoor spaces.
The second project unveiled in the exhibition was a light sports plane. The plane designed and developed by Dorna Aerospace Company is a full composite sports plane and complies with the Standard Test Method (ASTM).
It is the third ISA-class model introduced to the world and can be used for private flights, aerial patrolling and surveillance.
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Source:
[url]http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8912250816[/url]
[quote=POPSCI]
This photo accompanies an actual news release from an actual Iranian news service, which claims the Islamic Republic has built a flying saucer.
Of course, it’s possible Iran’s news agency chose to illustrate their announcement with a screen shot from a 1950s B movie. But the Fars News Service does not explain the photo’s origin, simply stating that the flying saucer was unveiled in a special ceremony.
The ship is called Zohal — Saturn in Persian — and is designed for aerial imaging. Zohal has a data downlink and can fly in both indoor and outdoor spaces, according to the Fars News Service. The Daily Mail points out that Fars is a hard-line state-run news service. But with this photo, we can’t help but think of the homophone farce instead.
From the news release: “The flying machine is equipped with an auto-pilot system, GPS (Global Positioning System) and two separate imaging systems with full HD 10 mega-pixel picture quality and is able to take and send images simultaneously.”
But a separate news agency says Zohal is actually a little “cuadrotour” drone. Another news release, from the perhaps more reliable Iranian Students’ News Agency, shows a picture of a quadrocopter grasping what looks like an old-school Pentax. The news release says that this, instead, is Zohal.
[img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/738.jpeg[/img]
Iranian Quadrocopter: Oh, you mean a flying copter, not a flying saucer! Iran Students News Agency
But again, this photo's origin is unclear. SUAS News, which covers the UAV community, says this is a DraganFlyer X6. "We doubt very much that the Canadian company has sold airframes to Iran knowingly," reports SUAS' Gary Mortimer.
So which one is it?
IEEE Spectrum’s Automaton blog points out that Iran may indeed have built a Coandâ-effect UAV, which looks like a flying saucer. The plate-shaped UAV has a rotor at the top that thrusts air downward, providing lift and thrust.
No matter Zohal's actual design, it’s not the first time Iran has claimed to have built a ridiculous piece of machinery for defense and surveillance purposes. The Bavar 2 flying boat thing, unveiled last fall, supposedly packs automatic weapons and surveillance equipment.
Iran has announced several achievements in robotics and other technologies during the past year. It launched some turtles into space in 2010, and unveiled a dancing humanoid robot named Surena-2.
But a flying saucer just seems too good — really, just too silly — to be true.
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Source:
[url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/iran-announces-construction-unmanned-flying-saucer-supposedly[/url]
Yeah so did the Nazis.
Nazi-Iran parallels are too easy.
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Seriously though, there have been many disc-shaped aircraft throughout technological history.
I'd like to know how the propulsion system works, etc how it hovers.
They call that a flying saucer?
Shit, I thought we were fucked for a moment
More like Farce News.
This reminds me when they showed their "stealth" flying boats:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTIoezhRS3g[/media]
Also:[url]http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/[/url]
Canada had the Avrocar in the 50's.
[img]http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/AVRO-pict/avrocar11.jpg[/img]
:canada:
Are there actually any pictures of it?
[editline]22nd March 2011[/editline]
[IMG]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/738.jpeg[/IMG]
This picture is not it btw
I, for one, welcome our new Iranian overlords.
Excuse me while I don't shit myself.
[QUOTE=Sheiken;28746783]I, for one, welcome our new Iranian overlords.[/QUOTE]
I know it's a joke, but how could anyone welcome the current Iranian regime?
I built a flying saucer once.
It was a wooden Frisbee.
Iran can say anything...
I say that I have built a hovering saucer. Yeah, fuck you Iran.
[QUOTE=Matix;28746580]Yeah so did the Nazis.
Nazi-Iran parallels are too easy.
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Holocaust denial :v:
[img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/738.jpeg[/img]
Kind of looks like the Homefront UAV.
[img]http://images.wikia.com/homefront/images/5/51/HomeFront_BonusLG.jpg[/img]
Does it have Death-Rays?
[img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/photogallery_bown_image/articles/draganflyer-x6_pg-3_0.jpg[/img]
[url]http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/[/url]
I call [b]bullshit[/b]
That's not it, it was already said, Mr T.
[QUOTE=Mr.T;28748413][img_thumb]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/photogallery_bown_image/articles/draganflyer-x6_pg-3_0.jpg[/img_thumb]
[URL]http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/[/URL]
I call [B]bullshit[/B][/QUOTE]
Read my post above - I already said that was not the photo. It was added by the news who were re-reporting what the Iranian news (FARS) reported.
Guys! They've just released a picture of their prototype!
[media]http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.09/people/sarah/First_Assignment/Frisbee.jpg[/media]
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28751995]Guys! They've just released a picture of their prototype!
[media]http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.09/people/sarah/First_Assignment/Frisbee.jpg[/media][/QUOTE]
we are DOOMED!!!
No, I'm not dumb. I saw something. It reminded me of something similar. I shared it with the thread. I'm not dumb for that.
[QUOTE=cqbcat;28758422]No, I'm not dumb. I saw something. It reminded me of something similar. I shared it with the thread. I'm not dumb for that.[/QUOTE]
They'll still rate you dumb. They don't really have a sense of humor unless its a zinger, atleast in ITN.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28751995]Guys! They've just released a picture of their prototype!
[media]http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.09/people/sarah/First_Assignment/Frisbee.jpg[/media][/QUOTE]
Frisbee the shit out of it.
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