X-Plane UAV General Atomics Avenger (Predator C)

First flown 4 April 2009, and 3 have been built so far. It is the heavy lifter of the Predator family.

There are three aircraft in this upload:

1. Predator USA
   low visibility paint
   AIM120/D AMRAAM four >97 nmi range, mach 4
   MK-82 500 lb bombs
   HELLADS 150 kilowatt laser one
2. Predator Digital Noise Camo paint
   AIM120/D AMRAAM qty eighteen >97 nmi range, mach 4
   HELLADS 150 kilowatt laser qty one
3. Predator India Camo paint mixed colors
   50 kiloton Strategic Nuclear qty 4

My first impression of the first Predator was that it had a nice camera, but I did not just want a stack of glossy 8X10's of the enemy.

It is a shame to fly to an area and find the enemy target, and then send a weapon to destroy it, but it will have moved by the time the weapons arrive.

Then 2 Hellfire missiles were added. Absolutely the right direction in development.

Second generation Predators now can have a variety of weapons

Now enter my favorite of all the Predator series.

First aircraft to test an airborne laser for ground attack.

Internal bomb bay like a real bomber!

6,500 lbs of weapons

Pretty good stealth. No radar reflective propeller, and a “S” curved nacelle for the engine to reduce observability ( no turbine as seen from the front or side ).

The stealth is somewhat reduced when these bomb by doors are open!

My Canadian version, the SkySweeper is a hypothetical version.

It would precede any attack on the area and would clean the sky of up to 18 enemy aircraft out to greater than 97nmi. Or clean out any ground based anti-aircraft radars or a combination of both. Hence my name given it is SkySweeper.

The proposed price of 12 Predator Avenger C’s is about that of one F-22 Raptor! The choice is yours for a battle, send an F22 into the area, or a mix of 12 Avengers for the same price. I know what my choice would be!

Credits:

The nice wheels are from the X-Plane engineering library produced, by Barry Michael Wehrli, thanks, Barry.

Author: Billy Bargagliotti