AeroVironment - Puma

[MrFerretlover]

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[UnkleSi]

Is it water proof? Is that the recovery method?  Just land in water and pick it up? Cool plane

[sangmini]

That must be designed for one time use. The effort to have the plane back in war time can be extremely consuming.

[froggy7764]

@sangmini Nope. It is designed for multiple uses. Water and land. It is deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan now too. Although the terrain in Afghanistan is so rocky, it has a high damage rate for fuselage repairs.

[froggy7764]

@UnkleSi It is not water proof, but it floats and the payload compartment is water-tight. For water, that is the recovery method. For land, it simply lands on the ground. It has two large "bumpers" on the bottom/front of the fuselage. No wheels. Depending on the terrain, it can last multiple missions.