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[Emirzad]

Is Shahed-136B using a turboprop instead of piston? why is it using two inlets

 

[Mehdipersian]

New image of shahed 136 B

 

[GWXP]

Is Shahed-136B using a turboprop instead of piston? why is it using two inlets

The first inlet on the top is an air intake, while those on two sides are for cooling the exhaust of the engine for the purpose of reducing infrared signature of this drone.

Also it seems like this drone has SATCOM communication but there is no visible optical seeker.

This drone can attack Diego Garcia base, Ramstein Air base in Germany and reach military bases in Britain and across Europe.

This drone (if it has optical seeker) can potentially threaten global maritime traffic by attacking ships in the Mediterranean Sea, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Red Sea and Western part of the Indian Ocean -like this:

This drone is part of Iran's A2/AD strategy and it will force the enemy (USA) of the Islamic Republic of Iran to divert significant resources for defense of its far away located bases and protection of global maritime traffic in the event of war.

 

[Flotilla]

Is Shahed-136B using a turboprop instead of piston? why is it using two inlets

Seems it is still piston engine. They split the air intake in three small inlets over the fuselage and shrink in both sides just to make them less detectable. They put the vertical rudders at both sides of the horizontal rudders to hide the propeller also.

Seems to be much more stealth than other Shahed members. But it calls me specially the bulb over the nose. That means that it is probably fitted with satellite node in serial production (remember that Shahed 129 most of them have not satellite node antenna). On the other hand the drone seems to be specially chubby. That means a lot of MTOW. Or has a lot of range or have internal weapons bay. Finally that heavy weight aspect could indicate also a more powerful engine that the universal Rotax 912/914 family. A issue that has been a really bottleneck for iranian drone industry. Anyway this last oppinion it is just purely speculation. Just guessing. It is a complete new drone and seems a mix between Ababil OWA and Shahed 129.

 

[sahureka2]

Is Shahed-136B using a turboprop instead of piston? why is it using two inlets

looking at this photo and how the rear part that covers the engine is made, it would lead me to think of a radial engine.

 

[sahureka2]

or...that with that propeller and that yellow round part they hid the engine which is actually hidden underneath.... small turbofan??