Fake stealth plane: Iran photoshops super jet, jet still can't fly

UPI ^ | February 14, 2013 | GABRIELLE LEVY

[Pan_Yan]

In what appears to be an attempt to convince the world that it's ready to play with the big boys when it comes to military prowess, Iran unveiled the Qaher-313, a "super jet" with "state-of-the-art" technologies and "radar-evading" capabilities.

The only problem? It's totally, completely, fake. And now it comes with a fake photoshopped background, too.

[Pan_Yan]

[GeronL]

That thing has very short wings, takeoff and landing speed must be very high.

:p

[left that other site]

Plywood is awfully HEAVY. That thing must weigh a TON!!!!!!!

[mountainlion]

Looks like a kiddie ride.

[taildragger]

IMHO...

The Canard doesn't have enought span or chord to be effective.

The thick wing which looks like a Clark Y Airfoil must have more Drag than a barn door, not to mention a Span Loading not worth a darn since their is no Span.

You could teach Boy Scout some basic Aerodynamics and they would come up with a better Planform with a good Mentor helping them...

[txrefugee]

In honor of Mohammed, all the imams ought to be on the maiden flight of this great Islamic achievement.

[Hang'emAll]

All they need is a 3D printer and they could have a stealth plane in no time./s

[Blood of Tyrants]

I KEEL YOU!

[tet68]

Hahahaha, still got the intake and exhaust covers
in place. Must be some amazing powerplant!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The ragheads know their way around the Photoshop...

[Tupelo]

B.F.D.
So Iran has a fake stealth fighter jet.
So what?
WE (The disUnited States) have a fake president.

[Poison Pill]

Iran unveiled the Qaher-313

Queer? They call the plane the Queer?

[MrB]

I’m surprised it doesn’t look like Barak the flying horse.

[Poison Pill]

Iran unveiled the Qaher-313

Are Ace and Gary the pilots?

[paratrooper82]

The light reflects of the (fake) planes surface in the picture, so much for stealth technology, if the light reflects of the surface, so will a radar signal! Stealth BS

What a joke!

Eight Deuce on the Loose!

[RFEngineer]

Fundamentals of stealth:

1. Size
2. Shape
3. Apertures
4. Material/coating
5. Treatments

Can’t do much about #1, but #2, and #3 seem to fail, as does (from other pictures) #5

Cant tell on #4 but highly suspect.

Looks to be at least a 6 or 8 spike design. IR signature probably high just based on observation.

[Dr. Ursus]

What a coincidence-Today’s number is 313-Louis Farrakhan!

[GeronL]

exactly what I was thinking, and what is that downward angle at the end of the wings supposed to accomplish?

[JoeProBono]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Qaher-313 (Persian: قاهر-۳۱۳; also Ghaher-313, Conqueror (Tamer)-313, Q-313, F-313)

Everyone remembers the highly successful Qaher-303? Class? Anyone? Buehler?

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I think this is all part of Obama’s new mission statement for NASA.....we pretend to have a space program, help muslim nations pretend to have stealth planes.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I think this is all part of Obama’s new mission statement for NASA.....we pretend to have a space program, help muslim nations pretend to have stealth planes.

[GeronL]

still got the intake and exhaust covers in place

LOL!!!!

[Howie66]

Looks like the good guys won’t be able to shoot this brick out of the sky, then.

Too bad.

[alancarp]

Now that is an awesome ride! LOL!
(Hey Iran - we invented Photoshop over here!)

[taildragger]

exactly what I was thinking, and what is that downward angle at the end of the wings supposed to accomplish?

Trying to reduce vortices and copy the Boeing "Bird of Prey" which was a kludge if you read up on how it flew. They don't need it for yaw control, since they have vertical fins...

This thing is just a hot mess....

[Sir Napsalot]

I thought it said ‘as a plastic-made aircraft’ not plywood. As a plastic plane, it might be shot from a giant slingshot, and could be ‘stealthy’. [Ha ha sarcasm]

However, they do learn propaganda from the Old Soviets .... it's just that nowadays it is hard to fool the foreigners. But I suspect the ‘news’ is for domestic consumption, nationalism etc.

[Poison Pill]

Qaher-313 (Persian: قاهر-۳۱۳; also Ghaher-313

So, its Queer and Gayer?

[Pan_Yan]

The real question is who is this supposed to fool? The western world knows this thing is a fake, no other military is worried about ever seeing it in combat, I doubt much of the Iranian population believes the propoganda any more than the North Koreans. Does Achmedinnerjacket set up these photo ops (shops) to convince the Mullahs who are really in charge that he is a competent front man?

[Howie66]

From the pictures of the instrument panel, it seems they found a nice 8-Track cassette player to mount at the top.

Talk about advanced technology!

[Pan_Yan]

Now that’s funny.

[taildragger]

Impress the Arab Street? Perhaps, the target audience has to be non-aerodyamically savvy to say the least....

[WSGilcrest]

My ‘76 Ford F-150 is a stealth truck, too. You’ve never seen it flying, HAVE you? Hmmm, thought not.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

The only reason they chose this design is magic carpets are not stealthy and it’s difficult to mount weapons pods.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Depends on how you transcribe it. These people are nuts.

[Casie]

Yeah, but does it shoot skeet?!

[Triple]

it is ok - there is no pilot either.

[RFEngineer]

“My ‘76 Ford F-150 is a stealth truck, too.”

...as long as you keep the “spinner rims” off of it and properly stow the hydraulics.

[Pan_Yan]

From the pictures of the instrument panel, it seems they found a nice 8-Track cassette player to mount at the top.

They got the same designer who made the props for the Iron Eagle movies. Muhammed can rock the skies to bad 80's music. I'm guessing he's listening to Culture Club in Farsi.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Oh well, it’ll probably be easier to hit on the ground anyway.

[super7man]

since their is no Span.

Ah.... but they do have an advantage in grammar.

[MrB]

Are you kidding?
The spinners are like chaff - they confuse the radar.

[count-your-change]

Even as we speak this triumph of the imagination flys at super duper radar evading speed through cyber-space, undetected by the best U.S. radar but revealed as the Starship Photochop.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Wow. How quickly the press exposed this photoshop fake!

I know a another photoshop fake that is fakier than this one, and the press has not exposed it.

[Howie66]

http://youtu.be/0WVTSHeL6Xo

[RFEngineer]

“The spinners are like chaff - they confuse the radar.”

Only if they fall off, like when cornering really sharp to avoid a missile - which tends to stay locked onto the rim rolling down the highway, while the F150 ambles on in a cloud of IR-obscuring blue smoke.

[Pan_Yan]

I can’t wait until next week when Press TV releases footage of this amazing plane bombing Tel Aviv while shooting down F-16s.

[MrB]

I was thinking more along the lines of the F-117’s approach - the radar signals are reflected elsewhere instead of back to the source, thus making it “invisible”.

Speaking of the 117... aerodynamically it was impossible for it to fly, too, without the widgetry that constantly adjusted the wings, etc, while in flight.

[count-your-change]

And taking out satellites all the while spreading photo shopped destruction on back lit screens. Do these guys have a sense of humor or what?

[right way right]

Israel should still bomb it.