Engineering:Peeper UAV

Peeper II
Role	UAV
National origin	China
First flight	2010
Introduction	2010
Status	In service
Primary user	China

Peeper (Kui-Shi-Zhe or Kuishizhe, 窥视者)-II UAV is a Chinese UAV developed in China for the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Peeper II is a fixed wing UAV without any tailplane or vertical stabilizer, but with a pair of canards and winglets. In addition to being unusual in lacking tailplanes and vertical stabilizer, another unusual feature of Peeper II UAV is that the winglets are pointing downward instead of upward in most aircraft design. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade wooden propeller driven engine mounted at the empennage. A total of three Peeper II systems have entered service with PLA in northeast China, with a price tag of a million (¥ for each, including ground control system. The UAV is primarily designed for disaster assessment purposes, and it is usually catapult-launched. Specification:

• Max speed (km/hr): 120
• Cruise speed (km/hr): 70 – 90
• Normal operating altitude 9M): 20 – 2000
• Range (km): 50
• Endurance (min): 30
• Unit price (¥): 1 million including ground control system
• Launch: catapult
• Recovery: parachute
• Status: In active service

See also

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