Showing posts with label Bavar 4. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

HESA Bavar 4 GEV 'Flying Boat'

Amateur photography of HESA Bavar 4 ("Belief 4") ground effect vehicle (previously misidentified at UOI as "Bavar 2") taken at last month's Kish International Air Show. Above: open cockpit detail, with view of variant's frontal engine fairing with inlet for radiator.

Detail of Subaru EJ-type 4-cylinder. liquid-cooled DOHC motor, with 3-blade pusher propellor. Note variant's extended 4-2 plated exhaust system utilizing canister-type mufflers.

Flight deck detail for HESA Bavar 4 features "glass" instrument display; possibly new to this variant

Port section of HESA Bavar 4 GEV "flying boat," with "Persian Gulf" markings

Stern section of Bavar 4 GEV "flying boat," showing HESA emblem on horizontal stabilizer

Starboard section of HESA Bavar 4 GEV "flying boat;" variant appears to include flush-mounted, fitted windshield