Cal Fire RQ-7B UAV (1/35)

[frank2056]

For what is a large RC plane, this UAV requires a surprising amount of ground support - 20-25 personnel, specialized trucks, launch ramp, etc. Granted, it's the military but I was still surprised at the number.

The Russian drones/UAVs suffer from he pilfering and graft that (thankfully) plagues the Russian military. If they could tie a conscript to a UAV for "guidance" they probably would.

[Wardukw]

Oh i fully believe about the low tech way the russians do things..when i saw footage of their most advanced figther with a off the shelf GPS unit taped to the planes instrument panel that more than convinced me ..ive seen the inside of few russian tanks and yeah stoneage covers it quite nicely so it dont surprise me about their drones..i would love to take a took inside one of their drones and see how RC plane parts i can recognize 
If i found Futaba 3003 servos in one id crap myself laughing so hard .

[PR19_Kit]

If i found Futaba 3003 servos in one id crap myself laughing so hard .

Or reverse engineered copies of them maybe. 

[jcf]

Nice Frank. 

Cal Fire operated several O-2A/337 Skymaster from 1976 until they were replaced by OV-10s.

[Wardukw]

If i found Futaba 3003 servos in one id crap myself laughing so hard .

Or reverse engineered copies of them maybe. 

yup with made in china stamped on the bottom with the wiring being from old russian radios..

[Tophe]

Congratulations for this civilian twin-boomer (the part of aviation that I prefer)

[frank2056]

Thanks, Tophe!

Jon - the Cal Fire color scheme is pretty appealing. It's too bad my Cal Fire badge decal was unusable.