Chinese MALE, HALE (and rotary, small, suicide) UAV/UCAV thread

[tphuang]

I find it funny that they are trying to list all these civilian usage cases, when something like W5000 will be able to do those same things so much more efficiently. This is clearly optimized for military purposes.

I wonder if this could also work out to be a better MPA or ASW aircraft. It can carry all sort of sonobuoys, dipping sonar, torpedoes, depth charge. You can try to stick a MAD sting (or something like that) at the back. It can also carry Anti-ship missiles and all sort of pods on the hardpoints.

If it can have 12 hour endurance (or even less than that), they can fly these things all around 1IC.

 

[ismellcopium]

Brochure on the 'Jetank' UAV. Specs are as follows:

Length x Width x Height in meters: 16.35 x 25 x 4.99
Max take-off weight: 16,000 kg
Ceiling: 15,000 m
Max speed: 700km/h
Min speed: 200km/h
Endurance: >12h
Range: 7000km
Take-off distance when fully loaded: 800m
Max payload: 6,000kg
Main mission module dimensions in meters: 6 x 1.5 x 1.1
Payload capacity of main mission module: 4000kg

Interesting that the ferry range is supposedly only 7000km, implying the combat loaded range is significantly shorter still. I would've expected it to have longer than that. I suppose they could be understating it.

 

[Maikeru]

I find it funny that they are trying to list all these civilian usage cases, when something like W5000 will be able to do those same things so much more efficiently. This is clearly optimized for military purposes.

I wonder if this could also work out to be a better MPA or ASW aircraft. It can carry all sort of sonobuoys, dipping sonar, torpedoes, depth charge. You can try to stick a MAD sting (or something like that) at the back. It can also carry Anti-ship missiles and all sort of pods on the hardpoints.

If it can have 12 hour endurance (or even less than that), they can fly these things all around 1IC.

Heh! Just like that completely civilian yesirree Bob tilt-rotor that completely coincidentally automatically swivels its wing and folds its rotors so it can fit jsnugly into a Y20 or a ship's hangar.

Not sure how Jetank would use a dipping sonar though...

 

[tphuang]

Heh! Just like that completely civilian yesirree Bob tilt-rotor that completely coincidentally automatically swivels its wing and folds its rotors so it can fit jsnugly into a Y20 or a ship's hangar.

Not sure how Jetank would use a dipping sonar though...

well, I was hoping for too much with that. Now that I think about it, 200 km/h is way too fast.