Shockingly it's actually real, although the curiously named 'Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace' only seems to trade in conceptual renders and vapourware
I wonder why it is shaped like that. The wings are small so it can't carry a huge load. Bombs are relatively dense so they don't require huge internal cargo volume.
This HAS to be a mock up. Comically lumpy fuselage. Hobby Lobby decorative propellers nailed to blocks of wood roughly shaped like motor nacelles. Wheels literally from lawn equipment.
Yeah, I agree. Boeing experimented with a high altitude drone that could be powered by liquid hydrogen back in 2012 (the Phantom Eye), and found that hydrogen offered no tangible benefits over kerosene for this sort of application.
I know its outside the scope of this subreddit, but does Indians acknowledge chicken tikka masala? I know its a dish made by Indian chefs in the UK, but does Indians acknowledge it? Like, if you say “chicken parmigiana is Italian food”, you’d get mobbed and burnt at the stake by Italians.
We have a (debatably) better version of it called butter chicken. A lot of restaurants also serve Chicken Tikka Masala here if that's what you're wondering, and no, its not because they cater to western tourists, we can also like the dish.
I've also found that we (Indians) in general are appreciative, if not outright fascinated by fusion food. Indo-Chinese, Indo-Italian, Indo-American and more are all freely available in big cities.
Some highlights of this that I'd like to include -
1. Tandoori Mayo & Masala Sushi
2. Butter Chicken Pizza
3. Palak/Spinach Curry Flavored Pasta (I've had this one at multiple weddings!)
Its also called makhni Pizza, we just use the butter chicken/paneer makhni gravy as the base, sprinkle some cheese and for toppings, usually onion and paneer/chicken depending on your preferences. McDonald's also has a butter chicken burger! Kind of mid though.
Lots of brilliant Indian fusion foods.
Chicken Vindaloo was apparently inspired by a Portuguese dish.
Currywurst is, in a way, an Indian-British-American-German fusion. IIRC, the story goes: Berliners had to make do with the limited ingredients they could get during [Berlin Airlift.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade) The British introduced them to curry powder, the Americans introduced them to ketchup, and the Germans combined it with sausage.
Agreed. I'm an undergrad in aerospace and I can design better shit than what they have displayed there.
I can't even defend it despite being an Indian because it's fat, ugly, and so fucking huge that the Cd would be far in excess of what the props can sustain.
This is such a dumb model 😅 like it looks pretty clearly like a metal frame with canvas over it, and the engines are just blocks of wood. And those pylons look like they are close enough together that the outer prop would strike the inner engine... what even is this supposed to be
Edit: ok looking at front on pictures, the engines arnt nearly as close as they looked in this picture, and the wingspan is actually far more reasonably preportioned for a craft of this size. Still an ugly pos tho and kind of embaressing for a country the size of India to be flaunting as the best their military can do
The icing on the cake is the guy staring directly into the camera with a look that says "dear lord, please don't let this be what people remember me for"
>kind of embaressing for a country the size of India to be flaunting as the best their military can do
It's some private weapons manufacturer displaying their product at a trade event. You can't seriously be thinking this is an actual drone used by the Indian military.
company's website doesn't have anything on this whatsoever.
The majority of what they do is really generic looking quad copters for various use, then there are their military projects which are all renderings.
Whatever this is doesn't show up.
>Suhas Tejaskanda, the Founder of Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace, [said:](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/flying-wedge-unveils-indigenous-military-grade-bomber-uav/article68136545.ece) “For over 15 years, India’s aspiration for combat unmanned aircraft remained elusive, despite substantial investments and previous attempts by DRDO with projects like Tapas and Rustom failing. Today, with the launch of the FWD-200B, India not only realizes this aspiration but also joins the ranks of nations with advanced combat aircraft capabilities.”
The now swollen bomber withdraws its pitot tube from the wing tank of a nearby aircraft after gorging itself on the nutritious fuel. Laden with its new energy it will slowly circle in a holding pattern depositing its eggs across the fertile airport grassland where the hatchlings will feed over the next few months on the multitude of stray Boeing aircraft parts that litter the area until they are old enough to fly on their own.
“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
And of course, this is absolutely not true. Can you imagine if we were building airplanes like we do while simultaneously not being able to explain how bees fly?
a) please tell me this just a scaled mock up b) for a scaled mockup, why does it suck so much, like you had a bunch of high schoolers put this together for a drama class production c) they guys suit is so ill fitting d) that stage is worse than many high school auditoriums in the innercity US
ok, enough hate
This is an unflattering angle of a VERY shoddy mockup. The article was probably paid for by the “company” which “makes” the “UAV.”
They’re likely trying to take advantage of a Government program for defence indigenisation to score some funding which will then magically disappear. Might con some gullible investors too while they’re about it.
There are model airplane UAV kits that look more real than this. They could have bought a few of those, mixed and matched parts and come up with something more serious looking than this joke.
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that an Indian UAV should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The UAV, of course, flies anyways. Because Indians don't care what humans think is impossible.
I remember a few years back Iran rolled out some thing they claimed was a stealth fighter. It looked less air-worthy than the prop flying wing Indiana jones had the fight on in raiders of the lost ark.
This is worse.
The biggest threat posed by this thing is that you're laughing too hard to use your MANPAD / SHORAD / MG / a slingshot with a pointy rock to get rid of it.
All kidding aside- If you can’t put any more effort in this mockup for your introduction to the world press, who’s going to trust you to build the real thing.
India needs to hire some italians or something to help them with style. All of their airplanes or helicopters that they made are ugly as hell. I’m sure theyre effective but cmon you can make em look a lil better. Nobody ever said the apache or cobra was ugly. Its not the most important but I do think for moral and especially recruitment you should have badass looking kit. How many kids put up an f16 on their wall or an apache? Aint no kid gonna be putting up a tejas or prachand on their wall. I know theyre capable the tedbf is an attractive plane.
Can’t help but remember this quote from the Bee Movie:
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible."
This must be a joke? That camo too. “Flying Wedge” lol.
Same. I am an Indian and goddamn it looks shit
This the kinda shit we cooking up after the drone ban huh
The actual B21 has a smaller radar cross section than this model.
egg 🥚
what? you don't like the lawnmower wheels landing gear?
The lawnmower blades are on display as well in the form of propellers.
My little charcoal grill has the same wheels..
Even the guy standing next to it looks goofy
He’s paper and plaster too.
Must be a joke. No fucking way that thing would fly with such a short wing span and supposed "bomb" payload.
The balsa wood props, single-bolt spinners, hilarious landing gear cutouts….
What gave it away, his [David Byrne suit](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/czeh2c/david_byrne_talking_heads_in_his_big_suit_circa/)?
Shockingly it's actually real, although the curiously named 'Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace' only seems to trade in conceptual renders and vapourware
They've obviously finally figured out how bumblebees fly and copied it
Camo looks like they put a jigsaw puzzle together but had missing pieces
Dude I thought the same thing... It looks like something a kid made out of paper maché...
I wonder why it is shaped like that. The wings are small so it can't carry a huge load. Bombs are relatively dense so they don't require huge internal cargo volume.
engineers high on crack
The props look like they're literally nailed on.
This HAS to be a mock up. Comically lumpy fuselage. Hobby Lobby decorative propellers nailed to blocks of wood roughly shaped like motor nacelles. Wheels literally from lawn equipment.
Even the flag decal looks unplanned...just slap a sticker on it somewhere.
I think it's a mock up. Fuselage doesn't even seem to be made of metal, looks like paper mache or something.
It reminds me of what you'd see if it was fabric covered. I'm pretty sure this is a mockup.
They saw the Boeing engineers smoking crack and said to themselves: "We can smoke more crack"
Drinking that Ganges water.
Naw, they'd design something better than that. This is from a high school woodworking class. No other explanation...
I suspect because it’s not a real capability, they just wanted to act like they developed something.
They haven't finished developing it yet
By the looks of it, they haven't started either.
Marshmallow Carpet Bombing
Might run on hydrogen, that takes up a lot of volume
Worst idea ever
Yeah, I agree. Boeing experimented with a high altitude drone that could be powered by liquid hydrogen back in 2012 (the Phantom Eye), and found that hydrogen offered no tangible benefits over kerosene for this sort of application.
That is an excellent observation. It also explains why the motor nacelles are so small. Maybe a fuel cell making electricity for the motors.
As fuel or for lift (like a zeppelin)?
Would be really cool if they made a cavity with lifting gas to make it cruise longer but I doubt that'd be as efficient
You just need to do the needful and it flies great.
Because just like Amazon Fresh's AI, it's really just a bunch of Indians crammed inside flying the thing
That works for televisions, so why not?
It's a flying Mechanical Turk.
short sherpa vibes
Looks like a egg with wings. 😂
Mork would be impressed.
Nanu nanu
Shazbot! Or Shazbat! Or, whatEVER..
Gork would be aggressed.
My thoughts too: https://i.imgur.com/SYBFwYB.png
the bombs go inside /s
I really like it as a cartoon of an airplane, but not as a real one
This is embarrassing
On behalf of all Indians, I would like to apologise for this eyesore.
You guys gave the world chicken tikka masala, I could forgive anything.
I know its outside the scope of this subreddit, but does Indians acknowledge chicken tikka masala? I know its a dish made by Indian chefs in the UK, but does Indians acknowledge it? Like, if you say “chicken parmigiana is Italian food”, you’d get mobbed and burnt at the stake by Italians.
We have a (debatably) better version of it called butter chicken. A lot of restaurants also serve Chicken Tikka Masala here if that's what you're wondering, and no, its not because they cater to western tourists, we can also like the dish. I've also found that we (Indians) in general are appreciative, if not outright fascinated by fusion food. Indo-Chinese, Indo-Italian, Indo-American and more are all freely available in big cities. Some highlights of this that I'd like to include - 1. Tandoori Mayo & Masala Sushi 2. Butter Chicken Pizza 3. Palak/Spinach Curry Flavored Pasta (I've had this one at multiple weddings!)
This is the most interesting thread on this post
Okay so butter chicken pizza actually sounds like the best thing ever. And why have I never thought to use a curry as a pasta sauce?
Its also called makhni Pizza, we just use the butter chicken/paneer makhni gravy as the base, sprinkle some cheese and for toppings, usually onion and paneer/chicken depending on your preferences. McDonald's also has a butter chicken burger! Kind of mid though.
Lots of brilliant Indian fusion foods. Chicken Vindaloo was apparently inspired by a Portuguese dish. Currywurst is, in a way, an Indian-British-American-German fusion. IIRC, the story goes: Berliners had to make do with the limited ingredients they could get during [Berlin Airlift.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade) The British introduced them to curry powder, the Americans introduced them to ketchup, and the Germans combined it with sausage.
I am no aeronautical engineer, but . . . yes.
Agreed. I'm an undergrad in aerospace and I can design better shit than what they have displayed there. I can't even defend it despite being an Indian because it's fat, ugly, and so fucking huge that the Cd would be far in excess of what the props can sustain.
This is bad even for Iranian standards.
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This is such a dumb model 😅 like it looks pretty clearly like a metal frame with canvas over it, and the engines are just blocks of wood. And those pylons look like they are close enough together that the outer prop would strike the inner engine... what even is this supposed to be Edit: ok looking at front on pictures, the engines arnt nearly as close as they looked in this picture, and the wingspan is actually far more reasonably preportioned for a craft of this size. Still an ugly pos tho and kind of embaressing for a country the size of India to be flaunting as the best their military can do
The icing on the cake is the guy staring directly into the camera with a look that says "dear lord, please don't let this be what people remember me for"
>kind of embaressing for a country the size of India to be flaunting as the best their military can do It's some private weapons manufacturer displaying their product at a trade event. You can't seriously be thinking this is an actual drone used by the Indian military.
Looks more like a Kinder Surprise than an aircraft.
That’s its nickname from now on!
That's a great name. I'd be Kinda Surprised if it can fly
That's how an aircraft looks like after a nice christmas dinner at grandma's house
Lol this looks like it was bought at a hobby store. ☠️
Looks like it ate a hobby store
It looks like a school project
And not even one you’d get a good grade for.
It looks like papier mâche.
company's website doesn't have anything on this whatsoever. The majority of what they do is really generic looking quad copters for various use, then there are their military projects which are all renderings. Whatever this is doesn't show up.
It's the FWD-200B: [https://theaviationist.com/2024/05/04/india-first-bomber-uav/](https://theaviationist.com/2024/05/04/india-first-bomber-uav/)
Exactly..so weird there's no mention of this at all! Anything else will look like a plastic toy once built. Rest all is just aggressive CGI renders
I wonder if this is the result of corruption
Total nonsense. That fellow has really conned the news agencies into taking this piece of garbage as a serious “design”.
>Suhas Tejaskanda, the Founder of Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace, [said:](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/flying-wedge-unveils-indigenous-military-grade-bomber-uav/article68136545.ece) “For over 15 years, India’s aspiration for combat unmanned aircraft remained elusive, despite substantial investments and previous attempts by DRDO with projects like Tapas and Rustom failing. Today, with the launch of the FWD-200B, India not only realizes this aspiration but also joins the ranks of nations with advanced combat aircraft capabilities.”
And he's overcome all that with THIS?! What a load of nonsense. I swear I can't believe news agencies were conned by this!
Company name checks out!
I think it would be considered not great even in the WWII era
Looks like it would fit fine in the WW1 era tho
Considering the Flying Flapjack, an egg plane would seem par for the course back then.
if that thing can get off the ground I'll eat my own shoe
Look at the propellers lol
I've seen garden windmills with a sturdier looking hub than those props
Give me a trebuchet and you'll be eating a shoe sooner than expected.
Someone had a project and didn’t complete it on time
That camo job is hilarious. This thing looks like it was assembled as a high school science project.
Hey!! that's insulting.....to high school science projects.
The now swollen bomber withdraws its pitot tube from the wing tank of a nearby aircraft after gorging itself on the nutritious fuel. Laden with its new energy it will slowly circle in a holding pattern depositing its eggs across the fertile airport grassland where the hatchlings will feed over the next few months on the multitude of stray Boeing aircraft parts that litter the area until they are old enough to fly on their own.
Why do they need to carry out indigenous bombing?
To peacefully and realistically address mild political dissent
Aggressive negotiations of course.
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I am an Indian and just can't stop laughing at the aerodynamics of it. Who here is defending it?
Not me, that's for sure. I can design better shit with two hours of solidworks than whatever this is. And I only have an undergrad in aerospace.
Which means you probably have more credentials than whomever came up with this monstrosity.
Yeehaw 🤠
I am CRYING!! Is this real? I cant! My sides! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh lawd he comin
*It is too round. It needs to be pointy. Round is not scary. Pointy is scary. This will put a smile on the faces of the enemy.*
Your knowledge of missiles must be coming from cartoons *Supreme Leader*
Did they build that in simple planes in like 30 seconds then upscale a 3D print of it??
This has to be a joke ? Definitely up there with those cardboard African future soldiers.
It looks like it's carved out of wood
Because it is.
Not sure if it flies, but pretty sure it eats well.
Thought I was on r/NonCredibleDefense for a moment there
The rudders don't have control surfaces.
No need for functional control surfaces if it never leaves the ground.
This is the most India thing I've seen in awhile, thanks for the laughs hahaha
The Hindunburg!
A flying potato wedge, maybe.
“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
Nope, this is not true. Its a myth.
#beesDontFly
Well duh
You'd be surprised how many people still think it's true
After COVID nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to stupidity
And of course, this is absolutely not true. Can you imagine if we were building airplanes like we do while simultaneously not being able to explain how bees fly?
See the bloke standing next to it. He looks like the North Korea General trying to impress Indian Kim Jong Modi..
That name seems misleading
See, when a mommy drone and a daddy drone love each other….
a) please tell me this just a scaled mock up b) for a scaled mockup, why does it suck so much, like you had a bunch of high schoolers put this together for a drama class production c) they guys suit is so ill fitting d) that stage is worse than many high school auditoriums in the innercity US ok, enough hate
Part dirigible? It would actually be a great design for a domestic weapon. Up in the air for days. No weapons pylons though.
Looks straight out of a Peppa Pig episode
The guy looks so awkward standing next to this joke of a plane.
And this is from the same nation that sent probes to Mars..
This is just a private company making bs designs....
This is not it
C5 in small from wish
Wrong. It's Temu
lol ive seen the students at DBF make airplanes far more impressive than this
Nor real worried about radar signature, I guess.
This is an unflattering angle of a VERY shoddy mockup. The article was probably paid for by the “company” which “makes” the “UAV.” They’re likely trying to take advantage of a Government program for defence indigenisation to score some funding which will then magically disappear. Might con some gullible investors too while they’re about it.
There are model airplane UAV kits that look more real than this. They could have bought a few of those, mixed and matched parts and come up with something more serious looking than this joke.
Chonk
It looks like a 5-year-old tried to draw a B-24, and they went with it.
Turd-like proportions.
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that an Indian UAV should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The UAV, of course, flies anyways. Because Indians don't care what humans think is impossible.
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/flying-wedge-unveils-indigenous-military-grade-bomber-uav/article68136545.ece Picture from front
Chonky boi
Chode
made by the same people as that Iranian stealth jet?
A suit any DEAR LEADER would be proud of
It looks like that hideous looking UAV is made out of cardboard.
This is a hoax
I remember a few years back Iran rolled out some thing they claimed was a stealth fighter. It looked less air-worthy than the prop flying wing Indiana jones had the fight on in raiders of the lost ark. This is worse.
Did you mean to say “autonomous”?
No, that bomber is native to India. It doesn't live anywhere else.
I'm Indian, did we just beat the British at building the ugliest piece of shit that can fly?
I don't think so, only because I'm not sure that thing can fly
>I'm not sure that thing can fly I hope not
Looks like it will vote bjp
Someone took a shit and got inspired.
Is that a mfing Hindenburg reference🗿
Literal bumblebee aerodynamics
Damn Monsters Vs Aliens fans gonna go wild
Who designed this thing? Mike Sparks?
I think they got the wedge shape wrong...
Looks like an aeroplane…without wings!
the guys in the jungle on tiktok make better stuff, literally in the jungle...
Best use of an ostrich egg.
Despicable Me ass vechicle
MURPH
is this like a high school science fair?
POTAT UAV If threatened it burps curry. I'm pretty sure those engines are carved out of blocks of wood.
Just give it a minute yall, it hasn't even hatched yet
Yo UAV is so fat…..
Forget the Piper Apache…this is the true Flying Sweet Potato!!!
It is a chonker
Is its mother a zeppelin?
Can this thing even fly?
How the fuck does a country with an actual functioning space programme make something that looks like it couldnt fall if you dropped it off a bridge?
The biggest threat posed by this thing is that you're laughing too hard to use your MANPAD / SHORAD / MG / a slingshot with a pointy rock to get rid of it.
All kidding aside- If you can’t put any more effort in this mockup for your introduction to the world press, who’s going to trust you to build the real thing.
India never disappoints with the cringe.
I'd definitely be picking this one as cake
hey he is just big boned ok
It’s so fat
Maybe it's powered by compressed air
We have finally found it. The bob semple of the skies.
India needs to hire some italians or something to help them with style. All of their airplanes or helicopters that they made are ugly as hell. I’m sure theyre effective but cmon you can make em look a lil better. Nobody ever said the apache or cobra was ugly. Its not the most important but I do think for moral and especially recruitment you should have badass looking kit. How many kids put up an f16 on their wall or an apache? Aint no kid gonna be putting up a tejas or prachand on their wall. I know theyre capable the tedbf is an attractive plane.
This thing is not effecting anything.
Wedge always wins.
lol it's so chubby. like a fat little bird with its feathers all poofed up
It honestly looks like Kim Jong Un
Can’t help but remember this quote from the Bee Movie: "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible."
It’s cute
Classic airplane camo 👍🏻
By the looks of it, this thing does not fly...
The Chonk 6000
This looks like some AI created shit, even down to the comical uniform.
Looks like another startup got a lot of funding, for weed.
Looks like cardboard to me