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How about the RAF's new ASTOR a/c? (Read 185 times)

Mar 24^th, 2005 at 3:12pm

alexcolbeck Offline
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Has anyone made a model of the new ASTOR Sentinel aircraft currently bieng tested by Raytheon?
If not, I think such a model would be very popular and I would eagerly await one. If anyone has plans to make this aircraft for fs2004 please let me know.
Thanks, Alex.

These links may be useful...

http://www.airmenaircrew.freeserve.co.uk/aircraft/astor_new.htm
http://www.armedforces.co.uk/raf/listings/l0025.html
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/astor/

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Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2005 at 2:05pm

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Short answer - no.

I haven't seen one - you're best bet would be to find a Bombardier Global Express and ask the designer if he'd care to modify it...

Charlie

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Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 1:36pm

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whats with the hump? I would think its radar or something but the aircraft seems to small to be an AWAC ???

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Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 2:25pm

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whats with the hump? I would think its radar or something but the aircraft seems to small to be an AWAC ???

The aircraft is not an AWACs type aircraft, its has more in common with the US JSTAR aircraft, ie, battlefield recon, hence 5 Sqn have been chosen as the operator, as the were historically an "Army Cooperation" Sqn many years ago...

This link should be more useful...

Airborne Stand Off Radar

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Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 4:58pm

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Yeh its going to be used for battlefield survelliance. The bumps house radars and antenna and there are a few Weapons systems operators (electronic warfare/acoustics) sat in the back. It's another one of the RAF's "cost reducing" schemes as they are reducing the size of the RAF significantly in the near future. And like most non-anglo aircraft designs borrowed by the RAF, they stick good old Rolls-Royce engines on it. Lol, typical. Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 5:07pm

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Check out this link:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/squadrons/h5.html
It may be of some historical help...

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Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 6:21pm

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It's another one of the RAF's "cost reducing" schemes as they are reducing the size of the RAF significantly in the near future.

Can't really call it cost reducing - the cost reducing option would be to continue to use US supplied data. Buying from Raytheon has meant we've got this aircraft very quickly compared to other procurement projects.

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