GAF Pika – 写真 & ビデオ

ザ GAF Jindivik は、オーストラリア政府航空機工場(GAF)が製造したラジコンターゲットドローンです。名前は「狩られた人」を意味するアボリジニのオーストラリアの言葉から来ています。2つの手動制御プロトタイプは、GAF Pika(空力、エンジン、ラジオコントロールシステムをテストするための概念実証としてのプロジェクト、A92-1/2、 'B-1/2'として製造されました。ラジコンジンディビクは当初プロジェクトBと命名され、A93シリーズで連載された。ピカはアボリジニのオーストラリア人言葉で、チラシを意味します。

ソース： ウィキペディアのGAFピカ

ザ GAF ピカ was a piloted prototype of a radio-controlled target drone that was developed by the Australian Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) in the early 1950s. The Pika was used to test the aerodynamics, engine and radio control systems of the drone, which was later named Jindivik, an Aboriginal word meaning “the hunted one”. The Pika was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Adder turbojet engine, which had a thrust of 500 kgf. The Pika had a wingspan of 5.79 m, a length of 7.49 m and a height of 1.92 m. It had a maximum speed of 756 km/h and a service ceiling of 9,754 m.
Two Pika prototypes were built and flown from Woomera airfield in South Australia. The first one, A93-1, made its maiden flight on 4 November 1950 and was destroyed in an accident in April 1951. The second one, A93-2, flew for the first time in April 1951 and had a longer nose and exhaust cone than the first one. It is currently preserved at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria.