Engineering:HET UAV

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UAV
Role Fixed and rotary wing UAVs
National origin China
Manufacturer HET
Designer HET
First flight 2014
Introduction 2014
Status In service
Primary user China

HET UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Chengde Hawk Eye Technology Co, Ltd. (HET, 承德鹰眼电子科技有限公司), all of which have entered service with various Chinese law enforcement establishments. HET is a government-owned corporation of local Chengde Public security bureau, formed to carry out research and development work of public security and public safety technologies. Members of UAV development team of HET have previously serviced in the local police bureau, and developed Hawk Eye I and Hawk Eye II fixed-wing UAVs for police use, and the name Hawk Eye (Ying-Yan or Yingyan, 鹰眼) is adopted for the new company formed, as well as the new UAVs developed by the company with the same development team.

Hawk Eye I

Hawk Eye I is a fixed-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) developed by HET for rapid deployment. It is intended as a successor of earlier Hawk Eye I designed by the same team when the team was still part of the local police department, so the names of both UAV are duplicated, and both are still currently in service. Hawk Eye 1 is in conventional layout with V-tail and high wing configuration. Propulsion is provided by German electric motor mounted at the empennage in pusher configuration, and the two-blade propeller is American APC propeller with low noise level: only 10 dB at 200 meter altitude. Specification:[1]

  • Wingspan (m): 2.1
  • Length (m): 1.23
  • Take-off weight (kg): 7.1
  • Payload (kg): 3.5
  • Max speed (km/hr): 110
  • Cruise speed (km/hr): 60
  • Endurance (min): 135
  • Launch: by hand or catapult
  • Recovery: parachute or glide
  • Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
  • Data transmission range (km): 30
  • Positional accuracy (m): ± 5

Multicopters

HET has also developed two multicopters, both of which have entered service with various local Chinese law enforcement establishments.

Model Hawk Eye II[2] Hawk Eye III[3]
Type: Multirotor Multirotor
Layout: Quadcopter Octocopter
Landing gear: 2 pairs of legs 2 pairs of skids
Wingspan (m): 1.8 1.3
Wheelbase (m): 1.1 1.0
Take-off weight (kg) 12 3.5
Payload (kg): 1.5 1.5
Cruise speed (km/hr): 30 40
Max speed (km/hr): 50 70
Endurance (min): 55 25
Positional accuracy (m) ± 1 ± 0.5
Data transmission range (km): 12 12
Max wind scale allowed for operation: 4 5

See also

List of unmanned aerial vehicles of China

References