Engineering:CAUC UAV

Setout
Role	miniature UAV
National origin	China
Manufacturer	Civil Aviation University of China
Introduction	2009
Status	In service
Primary user	China

CAUC UAVs are China UAVs developed by Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC), some of which have entered service with various Chinese governmental establishments.

XC-1 Flying Shuttle

XC-1 Flying Shuttle (Fei-Suo or Feisuo, 飞梭) is a very little known experimental UAV developed by CAUC to study feasibilities of submarine launched UAVs. XC-1 Flying Shuttle made its public debut in October 2012 at the 5th Chinese Innovation Cup future aircraft design competition held in Beijing. Unlike most entries of the competition, most of which are merely proposals or futuristic dreams, XC-1 Flying Shuttle is one of the few entries at the competition that are actually practical enough to be built in the present, and has at least one prototype completed for further testing. XC-1 Flying Shuttle is designed by a team of CAUC including Xi An (袭安), Chen Hao-Ming (陈明浩) and Tang Qi-Dong (唐启东). XC-1 Flying Shuttle is also referred sometimes as Flying Shuttle XC-1.

Scorpius 200

Scorpius (Tian-Xie or Tianxie, 天蝎) 200 is a fixed wing UAV developed by CAUC and it make its public debut in October 2008 in Hangzhou when it entered the competition for Aerospace and Aviation Models used for scientific research, and won a first place award for structural manufacture. Scorpius 200 is intended to explore more efficient method and better techniques that can be applied in the production of UAVs, and the experience gained has been applied to other UAVs developed by CAUC. Scorpius 200 has a conventional layout with high wing configuration and tricycle landing gear.

Inflatable flying wing

Inflatable flying wing is a very little known experimental UAV developed by CAUC to study feasibilities of Inflatable flying wing made its public debut in October 2012 at the 5th Chinese Innovation Cup future aircraft design competition held in Beijing. Unlike most entries of the competition, most of which are merely proposals or futuristic dreams, Inflatable flying wing is one of the few entries at the competition that are actually practical enough to be built in the present, and has at least one prototype completed for further testing. Inflatable flying wing is designed by a team of CAUC including Chen Lei (陈雷), Song Guan-Min (宋冠民), Zhang Hui (张辉), Hu Ji-Heng (胡基恒), Shen Jing-Si (沈静思). Inflatable flying wing UAV is designed to explore the feasibility of an inflatable UAV that can be deployed by a single soldier. An UAV has to be small enough and light enough to enable deployment by a single soldier, but reduction is size and weight often would also often reduce the payload, range and endurance. Inflatable UAV might provide a better compromise in that it is compact and light when deflated, and once inflated, it increases in size without adding any significant weight, and thus providing better performance to smaller micro air vehicles. The complete name of Inflatable flying wing hence is Single Soldier Inflatable Type Flying Wing UAV (Dan-Bing-Shi Chong-Qi-Xing Wu-Ren-Ji, 单兵式充气型飞翼无人机)

Setout

Setout (Qi-Hang or Qihang, 启航) UAV is a Chinese UAV developed by Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC). Setout UAV is in twin-boom configuration and has tricycle landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine installed at the rear end of the fuselage. Setout is designed by using CATIA, and the fuselage is constructed of balsa wood utilizing laser cutting technique for ease of mass production and lowering production cost. Composite material was extensively used in other part of the aircraft, usually by forming the frames and then added layer of epoxy to it. It is worth noting that series production of Setout UAV is not performed by its developer CAUC, but instead, CAUC contracts out to other original equipment manufacturers for production. Specification:

• Length: 1.72 m
• Wingspan: 1.85 m
• Weight: 12 kg
• Endurance: 40 min
• Ceiling: 500 m
• Speed: 60 kt (111 km/hr)
• Data transmission distance > 1 km
• Power plant: 26 cc propeller pusher engine

See also

• List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China