A Joke, some commentary from The Aviationist:

The canopy material is at least odd (based on its transparency, it looks like plexiglass or something like that).

The cockpit seems to be basic (a bit too much for a modern plane – note the lack of wiring behind the front panel and the presence of few instruments, some of those similar to those equipping small private planes…).

The nose section is so small almost no radar could fit in it.

The air intakes are extremely small (they remind those of current drones/unmanned combat aerial vehicles) whereas the engine section lacks any kind of nozzle: engine afterburners could melt the entire jet.

And, above all, the aircraft is way to small.

Look at the following image showing an Iranian officer sitting on the ejection seat in the cockpit. It looks like this pilot is in a miniature plane.

Summing up: the shape is interesting with some innovative features but the Q-313 displayed on Feb. 1, 2013, seems to be nothing more than a large mock up model (not properly sized to accommodate a real pilot….).

Update

There is a video allegedly showing the Q-313 in the air. Here it is.

Even if it is not the first flight of the aircraft as some of The Aviationist readers say, the way the depicted plane flies is suspect. It seems a radio-controlled scale model more than a modern fighter jet.

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I have to share the many comments on the above found at LiveLeak:

• A lot of people have been taken in by this. The large plane is a fiberglass model, which is very clear in closeup photos. The news footage of it “flying” actually shows a small RC version with jet sounds overdubbed. The Iranians have even admitted it’s a model in the news footage. I just can’t imagine living in a country where the government and air force fly an RC model on the main news, in the hope it’ll trick people into believing it’s real. Bizarre doesn’t begin to describe it. ~ FishandChips
• I used to ride in one of those when I was a kid. They had them at the supermarket, you put a quarter in and they would buzz and shake around a bit. Fun! ~ Frogfish ////////// @Frogfish lucky bastard, my supermarket only had a helicopter : ) ~ TheFusser
• that`s for real a stealth fighter jet, i can confirm…in fact, it`s so stealthy you wont see it in any fight ever ~ vly
• manufactured in the lego factory ~ NZKiwi
• a spitfire or P-51 mustang would knock the shit out of this thing ~ seanofthedead
• 313… same number as Donald’s Ducks car that kept breaking down. ~ DewMe
• does it have a 72 virgins button? ~ mohawkwarrior27
• Barely large enough to be an unmanned drone, but a fighter? Who flies this? Hobbits? ~ Delta Epsilon
• If one of these ever crashes DON’T GO NEAR IT. You’ll get splinters. ~ JohnA
• Unveiled ha? even planes have more rights than women. ~ gurzang
• why does it look like a toy!? ~ Ginny ////////// @Ginny because it is a toy… ~ oso1983
• Undetectable to air radar, because it will never leave the ground. ~ Nothingisfree
• Runs on Windows 95. ~ KPD
• its a replica, used to be a toyota mr2. ~ synthien
• The monkey showed up to fly it ~ Megadeth
• The Yugo’s of stealth fighters. ~ Jarrod38
• The planes name is SNACKBARA when it was UNVEILED it was stoned to death due to Islamic law ~ critterchops
• The primary weapon system on the Snackbara Queer-313 is a spring loaded ejection seat, where the radio control operator tries to fly over the opposition, then using vr eyeglasses, the radio control pilot rolls the plane inverted, ejects the canopy, then a servo pulls a lever and the spring loaded ejection seat shoots a goat downwards, hoping to hit the target. ~ RealityChecker
• Unveiled!!!… a tiny wooden mock up model (not even properly sized to accommodate a real pilot!)….its nothing short of ridiculous to publish these pictures in the vain hope of some serious recognition or credibility….Iran couldn’t design a stealth fighter if it wanted to…..i doubt any real or serious prototype will ever be built…these videos are hilarious! ~ DaveB123
• Dam….the prizes in Cracker Jack boxes are getting good ~ CritterChops
• I hope the chimp flying it survives when it’s shot down. ~ Die Humans
• Not very Stealth when you can Smell it coming a mile away! ~ Roastbeefwithcheese
• Look! A stealth Cessna 152! ~ aki009 /////////////// @aki009 How dare you insult the beloved C152! ~ WotWot
• Looks like something from the model shop. The Japs made better special effect warplanes and ships in Godzilla movies. ~ Fred Garvin
• This is such a joke. Second video at 0:22 you can see how the whole “Jet” bounces, while the pilot is moving slightly around. O’rly??? Hahahaha ~ Zeitgeist28
• well, its obviously a fake, the pilot wiggled and the plan wiggled. Plus they forgot to stuff an engine in there to fill the obvious hole behind the pilot’s seat. ~ Assbite
• it looks scary…. to fly ~ oso1983