Engineering:Chaoyi UAV
Chaoyi UAVs are Chinese micro air vehicles (MAV)s developed by Beijing Chao-Yi (meaning Super Wing) Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (Chaoyi, 北京超翼技术研究所有限公司), some of which has entered service with Chinese law enforcement agencies.
X401 Whirlwind
X401 Whirlwind (Xuan-Feng or Xuanfeng, 旋风) is a quadrotor developed by Chaoyi. X401 is constructed of carbon fiber and can be deployed in less than a minute. Replacement of battery can be done within thirty seconds. Specification:[1]
- Empty weight: 1.75 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 2.6 kg
- Cruise speed: 5 – 50 km/h
- Relative ceiling: 1 km
- Remote control radius: 2 km (can be expanded to 10 km)
- Navigational accuracy: 2.5 m
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Storage temperature: -50 to 70 °C
- Operating temperature: -40 to 60 °C
- Relative humidity allowed for operation: 5 – 95%
- Endurance: 33 min with 200 g payload, 25 min with 500 g payload
X402
X402 is a quadcopter with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is a development of X401. X402 is electrically powered. Specification:[2]
- Size (m): 1.05
- Empty weight (kg): 9
- Max payload (kg): 8
- Endurance (min): 30 @ 5 kg payload, 20 @ 8 kg payload
- Cruise speed (km/hr): 3 – 50
- Typical operating altitude (km): 2
- Ceiling (km): 5
- Remote control radius (km): 5 – 10
- Navigation: GPS or BeiDou or combined GPS/BeiDou
- Navigation accuracy (m): better than 2.5
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Temperature allowed for operation (°C): - 20 to 60
- Temperature for storage (°C): - 50 to 70
- Relative humidity allowed for operation (%): 5 – 95
X601 Photographer
X601 Photographer (She-Ying-Shi or Sheyingshi, 摄影师) is a hexacopter developed by Chaoyi as a larger version of X401 Whirlwind, and this is the model that entered service with Chinese law enforcement as X601J. Specification:[3]
- Empty weight: 3.5 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 7 kg
- Payload: 3.5 kg
- Cruise speed: 5 – 50 km/h
- Relative ceiling: 1 km
- Remote control radius: 2 km (can be expanded to 5 km)
- Navigational accuracy: 2.5 m
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Storage temperature: -50 to 70 °C
- Operating temperature: -20 to 50 °C
- Relative humidity allowed for operation: 5 – 95%
- Endurance: 30 min
See also
- List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China
References
- ↑ X401 Whirlwind
- ↑ "X402". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223084618/http://www.x4uav.com/Product/5974014945.html. Retrieved Dec 3, 2014.
- ↑ X601 Photographer
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