The Duffel Bag Airplane is an inflatable flying wing unmanned airborne vehicle
(UAV). The fuselage will house everything but the wings. The wing can be rolled
up around the fuselage into a small package when deflated for easy transportation,
such as by being carried in a duffle bag. Fabric construction, a small internal
combustion engine with cooled exhaust, and wing warping controls combine to make
the airplane inexpensive and extremely stealthy. All the usual signatures have
been suppressed, which allow it to be used to make observations from close range
under combat conditions. Control of this airplane is accomplished by warping the
wings and is supplemented with stability augmentation.
