m109a3uk Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Just bought this off good old ebay anyone know what this would have been used for it says its for a bedford MK/J but I guess it would have been for a Leyland daf. Nice but seems a heavy body took two forklifts to lift it off:wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Looks like a workshop with a folding crane on the side? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Pheonix rings a bell.... It was either mortar locating radar or a drone and I think it was the latter. Used by the RA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Pheonix rings a bell.... It was either mortar locating radar or a drone and I think it was the latter. Used by the RA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Aha Definitely the drone. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/phoenix_says_goodbye/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 Yep looks like its a Drone repair vehicle. What a well built body finally got inside it last night (didnt get the code for the padlock from the seller:blush:) Just got to start planning the inside layout for a camper now. Wish it still had the genny in it!! lots of lovely drawers all packed out with foam nice tough worktops etc. Still has 2 tank batteries in side as well sat in a nice frame. I cant find any pics of them in service looks to have had some form of awning on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Garrison Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 A little research has come up with this. The BAE Systems Phoenix (originally GEC-Marconi Phoenix) was an all-weather, day or night, real-time surveillance Unmanned Air Vehicle. It had a twin-boom UAV with a surveillance pod, from which the imagery was data linked to a ground control station (GCS) that also controlled the aircraft in flight. It was the third generation of UAV in British Army service with the Royal Artillery after SD/1 and Canadair Midge. The Phoenix was a fairly typical combat surveillance UAV, powered by a 20 kW (26 hp) piston engine, but is distinctive in that it is a "tractor" aircraft, with the propeller in the front. This tends to obstruct a sensor turret, and so the sensor payload, built around an infrared imager, was carried in a pod slung well under the fuselage. Phoenix was mostly made of Kevlar and other plastics. Phoenix was 'zero-length' launch being projected into the air from a launch-rail mounted on the back of a truck. The launch rail having been originally developed for the US Army Aquilla UAV that failed to enter service. The Phoenix was recovered by parachute, landing on its back, with a crushable "hump" on the back taking up the impact. The zero-length take-off and landing was an essential requirement for operating in NATO's Central Region and deployment in a forward divisional area. Maximum flight time was around 4 hours. The FMP Installation is a bit interesting tho and leads to other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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