Engineering:FYFT E-series unmanned blimp

FYFT E-series unmanned blimps are Chinese UAVs developed by Qingdao Co., Ltd. Fei-Yu (meaning Flying Universe) Aviation Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (FYFT, 青岛飞宇有限公司), and these unmanned blimps are often named after their respective length. For example: if an E6 series blimp is 7 meter long, then it is named E6-700, because 7 meter is equal to 700 millimeter.

E-series unmanned blimp

E-series unmanned blimps are specifically developed by FYFT for engineering and industrial applications, such as setting up power line. The letter E stands for Engineering. The E-series unmanned blimp consists of two sub-series, the E6 and E7 sub-series.

Model #	E6M-600	E6-700	E7-600	E7-700	E7-800
Length (m)	6.8	7.5	6.5	7	8
Width (m)	1.5	1.88	2.8	3	3.3
Heigh (m)	2.1	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.8
Volume (m3)	10	13	9	12	14
Power plant	twin engine	twin engine	single engine	single engine	single engine
Fuel	Methanol	Gasoline	Gasoline	Gasoline	Gasoline
Max speed (km/hr)	40	50	40	50	50
Cruise speed (km/hr)	2 – 30	2 – 30	2 – 30	2 – 30	2 – 40
Max wind scale allowed for operation	4 – 5	4 – 5	4 – 5	4 – 5	5 – 6
Payload (kg)	8	17	3	5	7
Endurance	50 min	3 hr	50 min	50 min	50 min
Tailplane	Cruciform tail or X-tail	Cruciform tail or X-tail	Cruciform tail or X-tail	Cruciform tail or X-tail	Cruciform tail or X-tail
Remote control radius (km)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Remote control station	Futaba 6 – 9 channel	Futaba 6 – 9 channel	Futaba 6 channel	Futaba 6 – 9 channel	Futaba 6 – 9 channel

i-series unmanned blimps

In addition to E-series unmanned blimps, FYFT also developed i-series unmanned blimps, which are primarily used as indoor advertise platforms but they can be used as temporary surveillance platform in velodromes. The letter “i” stands for “indoor”. In contrary to most FYFT unmanned blimps, all of the i-series unmanned blimps are electrically powered.

See also

• List of unmanned aerial vehicles of China