A Saudi made fighter jet in the works??

[Mosamania]

There has been pictures circulating the Internet recently released by king abdulaziz air science technologies which shows these two pictures I would like your opinion on them please:

And this one

I realize this may not be a promise for an aircraft but I just found it interesting.

 

[Awesome]

Let's try this again. Be civil.

 

[farhan_9909]

Very good if true

KSA Military budget is big they ened to invest half of it in R&D.

 

[nomi007]

what is source ?

 

[Mosamania]

http://ssaas.kau.edu.sa/Default.aspx?Site_ID=8800&lng=AR

it was released on this site about a year ago but it is not there anymore.

 

[somebozo]

This is usual educational model in a wind tunnel for Aviation engineering students and it is something like 30 years old already. Made in Soviet Union.

 

[longbrained]

The first picture is of a clay plastic model put up on a stand under gallery lights ( not a wind tunnel, look closely and it is not a wind tunnel at all, just a gallery room). Not an engineering model. The second picture is just an artistic drawing.

Both pictures are very similar to Iranian Saeqeh fighter plane which is itself a YF-17 based on F-5 with some ideas from F-20.

Iranian Saeqeh:

PS- By the way, this thread which has been started using just two dubious pictures with no sources whatsoever and then draws gigantic conclusions from it, should be deleted as whole not just the comments not liked. That should be more fair.

 

[untitled]

If true appears to be an attempt to reverse engineer the Hornet

This is usual educational model in a wind tunnel for Aviation engineering students and it is something like 30 years old already. Made in Soviet Union.

A Soviet model of an American aircraft used for educational purposes in KSA ?

 

[Mosamania]

This is usual educational model in a wind tunnel for Aviation engineering students and it is something like 30 years old already. Made in Soviet Union.

Aha. Thank you.

 

[GHOST RIDER]

Looks very similar to the F/A-18 Hornet

This is usual educational model in a wind tunnel for Aviation engineering students and it is something like 30 years old already. Made in Soviet Union.

And why is it made in soviet union

 

[Saifullah Sani]

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China must work together

 

[Jango]

i agree, looks a bit dubious, more like an F/A 18.

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

It looks alot like iranian fighter jet called saeqeh..

 

[Mosamania]

It looks alot like iranian fighter jet called saeqeh..

Apparently this is a 30 year old research.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Doubt it. Looks like a lot like the Hornet to me.