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RQ-7 Shadow 200 Tactical UAV

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The RQ-7 Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft system is of a high-wing, constant chord pusher configuration with a twin-tailboom empennage and an inverted v-tail. The aircraft is powered by a 38 bhp (28 kW) AR741-1101 Wankel engine designed and manufactured by UAV Engines Ltd in the United Kingdom. Onboard electrical systems are powered by a GEC/Plessey 28 volt, direct current, 2 kW generator.
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PACK CONTENTS

While in the real world it it launched from a catapult and recovered by arrestor wires I haven't had the time to code a decent MP compatible solution. (I'm not a coder by any stretch). I would like to add the launcher and arresting gear in but I've not had the time to figure it all out. This pack contains:

  1. RQ7 Shadow 200 Drone

FEATURES:

  • Unarmed.
  • It does not even have Countermeasures.
  • Supports several ingame skins
  • Has a paint and config Template (Available seprerately.)
  • Several different paint schemes
  • A version for each BI Vanilla side.

CLASSNAMES:

  • rksla3_uav_rq7shadow_base - Hidden common base.
  • rksla3_uav_rq7shadow_01_blufor
  • rksla3_uav_rq7shadow_01_opfor
  • rksla3_uav_rq7shadow_01_insurg
  • rksla3_uav_rq7shadow_wreck

HOW TO:

Change the skins in 3DEN.

  1. Place the UAV in 3DEN, right click on the drone.
  2. click “Edit Vehicle Appearance”
  3. Choose from the available skins and click apply.

RQ7 Edit Vehicle appearance.

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CHANGELOG

  • 15 Nov 25 - Public BETA 01

KNOWN ISSUES

- Damage textures not working properly.

BUGS AND FEEDBACK

We would appreciate hearing about any issues or suggestions you have experienced. Please use the discord link below:
RKSL Studios Discord

CREDITS

This addons and model is 100% unique and does not incorporate any 3rd party content:

Model RKSL Rock
Textures RKSL Rock
Turret Animation Setup RKSL Rock
Config RKSL Rock
Testing Jaime
The DAR-V Team
Research & Information Phil, Julian & Marc of Royal Artillery. (Great info on the use of H450 and WK450 in Afghanistan - Some declassified pics and great banter.)
Ari of Elbit (Forgotten his last name - met at a tradeshow and he was enormously helpful.)

And so many others that provided help solving many many issues.

DOWNLOAD @ Steam

NOT YET PUBLIC

RESOURCES

  • Paint Kit - PENDING

Thanks Rock Nov 2025

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