Engineering:Creaton UAV
Creaton UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Beijing Creaton Technology Co., Ltd. (Creaton, 北京天宇创通科技有限公司), some of which have been deployed by Chinese military and law enforcement establishments.
T5
T5 UAV is a miniature UAV developed by Creaton in conventional layout with high-wing configuration and twin tails. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose, and it has tricycle landing gear.[1] Specification:[2]
- Length (m): 2.104
- Wing span (m): 3.185
- Max take-off weight (kg): 15
- Payload (kg): 3
- Endurance (min): 4
- Power plant: 55 cc two stroke or four stroke gasoline engine
- Fuel (L): 5
T6
T6 is a fixed-wing UAV developed by Chunyi in a twin-boom layout with inverted v-tail and tricycle landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. T6 has almost identical appearance with another Chinese UAV, Chunyi CY-01V Hua Ying because both share the same airframe, and the main difference between the tow UAVs is in their respective flight control systems which are totally different from each other because each company developed its own flight control system for the platform. The performances of both UAVs are also almost identical to each other.[3]
- Length (m): 2.3
- Wing span (m): 2.9
- Height (m): 0.66
- Max take-off weight (kg): 20
- Payload (kg): 5
- Speed (km/h): 18–150
- Endurance (min): 2–4
- Range (km): 150
- Ceiling (km): 4
- Normal operating altitude (m): 300
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Launch: taxiing or catapult
- Recovery: taxiing or parachute
T10 Hornet
T10 Hornet (Da-Huang-Feng or Dahuangfeng, 大黄蜂) is a micro air vehicle (MAV) that resemble a Boeing Insitu ScanEagle, but propulsion of T10 is provided a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor electric motor mounted in the nose, as opposed to the pusher engine at the rear end of the empennage in ScanEagle.[4] Another significant visual cue that distinguish T10 from ScanEagle is that the winglets of T10 point downward instead of upward as in ScanEagle.[5] Specification:[6]
- Length: 2.1 m
- Wingspan: 1 m
- Max take-off weight: 7.5 kg
- Payload: 1.5 kg
- Endurance: 45–90 min
- Max speed: 140 km/h
- Cruise speed: 75 km/h
- Ceiling: 4 km
- Launch: catapult
- Recovery: parachute
- Endurance: 1 h
T10N Nano Hornet
T10N Nano Hornet is the miniature version of T10 Hornet described earlier, and it was first revealed to public during the 9th Zhuhai Airshow.[7] The most obvious visual difference between T10 Hornet and T10N Nano Hornet in addition to size is that there are winglets on T10 Hornet, there is not any winglet on T10N Nano Hornet.[8]
T10S
T10S MAV is the smaller cousin of the larger T10 and shares the same layout and configuration. T10S comes in two versions, one is electrically powered while the other is gasoline-powered.[9] Specification:[10]
- Length (m): 1.05
- Wing span (m): 2
- Height (m): 0.3
- Max take-off weight (kg): 6.4
- Payload (kg): 0.3
- Speed (km/h): 70–170
- Endurance (min): 70–90 for electrically powered, 90 – 120 for gasoline-powered
- Range (km): 15–50
- Ceiling (km): 4.5
- Normal operating altitude (m): 300
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Storage container size (m): 1.1 × 3.5 × 4.5
T15
T15 UAV is a gasoline-powered UAV developed by Creaton in conventional layout with high wing configuration and tricycle landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose.[11] Specification:[12]
- Length (m): 1.6
- Wing span (m): 2.5
- Height (m): 0.8
- Max take-off weight (kg): 15
- Payload (kg): 1.5
- Speed (km/h): 70–140
- Endurance (min): 4 – 6
- Range (km): 50
- Ceiling (km): 4.5
- Normal operating altitude (m): 300
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
T15F
T15F UAV is the hybrid version of T15 UAV with endurance of six hours. The electrical power system of the hybrid power system is designed to be also as backup of the gasoline power system when the piston engine is out of action in the mid air.[13]
T16
T16 UAV is a hand held MAV developed by Creaton. Externally, T16 UAV visually resembles a miniature version of another Chinese UAV, CASIC Sky Hawk 1 (SH-1), because the layout and configuration of both UAVs are almost identical to each other. The only difference between the two UAVs in addition to size is the winglets. The winglets of T16 is pointing upward instead of downward as in SH-1.[14] Specification[15]
- Length (m): 0.7
- Wing span (m): 1
- Height (m): 0.13
- Max take-off weight (kg): 2
- Payload (kg): 0.19
- Speed (km/h): 72–90
- Endurance (min): 30–45
- Range (km): 30
- Ceiling (km): 3
- Normal operating altitude (m): 300
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 4
T20
T20 UAV is a development of T10 and it is the larger cousin of T10 with the identical layout and configuration. T20 adopts four stroke engine that only consumes half of the fuel needed for two stroke engine.[16] T20 MAV comes in two versions, one is electrically powered while the other is gasoline-powered.[17] Specification:[18]
- Length (m): 1.2
- Wing span (m): 2.5
- Max take-off weight (kg): 10
- Payload (kg): 1.5
- Max speed (km/h): 170
- Cruise speed (km/h): 70
- Endurance (min): 1–1.5 for electrically powered, 2–4 for gasoline-powered
- Range (km): 50–100
- Remote control radius (km): 15–50
- Power plant: batteries or four stroke gasoline engine
- Launch: catapult
- Recovery: parachute
T21
T21 UAV is a quadcopter developed by Creaton, and it is an electrically powered MAV. Specification:[19]
- Length (m): 0.7
- Width (m): 0.7
- Height (m): 0.25
- Max take-off weight (kg): 1.6
- Empty weight: 1.3
- Payload (kg): 0.3
- Speed (m/s): 12
- Endurance (min): 23
- Remote control range (km): 3
- Ceiling (km): 3
- Max wind speed allowed for operation (m/s): 6
T26
T26 is a hexacopter developed by Creaton and the landing gear system consists of a pair of skids.[20]
See also
List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China
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