With the 076 amphibious assault ship related construction information began to flow out gradually, the carrier-based models carried on it began to become a topic of many military fans, someone's "J-35" and UAVs have become a consensus, at least they can be carried on 076, and the most talked about at the UAV level is naturally Attack-11, but there is another model that was almost ignored, if it weren't for netizens turning out an old picture, it would have been forgotten directly, this is the previous "Hainan ship" The attacking unmanned *** that appeared on the edge of the dock before the sea trial
After checking the relevant information, in fact, as early as the end of November last year, at the "2023-Dubai" air show held in the United Arab Emirates, China Aviation Technology Import and Export Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "China Aviation Technology") exhibited the AR2000 model of the carrier-based large UAV.
The first thing that comes to mind is that the United States has long been dismounted "Comanche" stealth armament, especially the body details are very close, including the folded line design at the top of the model, recall carefully, these are the stealth design ideas that effectively control and reduce the target characteristics of the aircraft are consistent, so that the angular lines are conducive to deflecting the scattering direction of radar waves, so that the RCS value is significantly reduced.
There is another detail, pay attention to the rotor part, using a foldable design, not that it must be the best design on the ship, but such a design must be prepared for the ship, including the front three-point landing gear structure, all the details point to the ship-based, the AR500 on the side is the usual design whether it is physique or sled landing gear, including the rotor part.
It was learned through the ** transmitted from the scene in Dubai that the AR-2000 unmanned *** can be mounted with "YJ-9" anti-ship missiles, and can also be equipped with "Tianyan-90" infrared-guided air-to-air missiles, and an AR-2000 can achieve six "YJ-9" or 8 "Tianyan-90" The number of mounts is not much different from that of the Z-9D carrier-based ***, and it has been unmanned.
When you see the AR-2000 UAV, you can immediately think of the 075 type amphibious assault ship just launched a few years ago, and there were three models placed on the dock, that is, the three scale-scale models in the picture above, the first two are known to everyone, namely the carrier-based Z-20 and Z-8 (note that the model is the bottom of the ship, the author is too familiar with it, and has taken care of it for two years) and the latest unmanned *** in the back
After magnification, it is quite clear, a comparison, it is exactly the same, nothing more than the shape of the fuselage part is different, but the tail is completely consistent with AR-2000, in fact, the front part is also completely consistent, the photoelectric infrared turret installed under the nose, the large search and surveillance radar in the belly, and equipped with a built-in satellite communication antenna, to be exact, except for the difference in the shape of the model, the configuration is exactly the same.
Considering that this model was designed many years ago, except for the appearance of the "Hainan Ship" during the sea trial, there was no sound, and it was obviously rebuilt, and the result of the repair is likely to be the AR-2000 modeling, of course, this is just a speculation.
The picture above is when the "Hainan Ship" was on trial, sharp-eyed military fans found that the original stealth unmanned *** in the distance was the original stealth unmanned *** Compared with the Attack-11, the adaptability of the unmanned armed *** of vertical take-off and landing is more extensive, and it can achieve vertical take-off and landing on frigates, destroyers, Type 071 dock landing ships, Type 075 076 amphibious assault ships and even aircraft carriers, with wide range of uses, a small footprint and many other advantages, which is why the US Marine Corps would rather use the narrow fuselage AH-1W Z type" The main reason why the "Super Cobra" and "Viper" attack *** are reluctant to arm *** with the more powerful "Apache", after all, the hangar area can be described as an inch of land.
Of course, there is also a possibility, the aircraft has been excluded, only to consider the international market, the reason is the slender tail and tail rotor, although the size can be reduced by folding, but the coaxial twin-rotor version in addition to the height (the height of the UAV version is not too big a problem), the size is controlled more compactly, the same is the T333 large coaxial twin-rotor that appeared at the Tianjin International Expo last year, twin-rotor tandem unmanned ***, etc.
In addition, the rainbow-10 tiltrotor model, with a faster speed, higher use ceiling height and longer cruising time, although the size is not large now, the load is average, but in the case of technical thoroughness, it is not too difficult to increase the size, the key is unmanned, to avoid the United States "Osprey" like a plane crash is full reimbursement of the situation, it can be seen that the entire UAV research and development system has made sufficient technical reserves, and the final choice of which configuration depends entirely on demand.