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

[by78]

What type of drone is this? Looks more like a small cruise missile or target drone?

It's apparently classified as a low cost drone and can be launched from multiple platforms. This particular model (not sure it's to scale) on display is the air launched version. I have no further information.

 

[Deino]

It's apparently classified as a low cost drone and can be launched from multiple platforms. This particular model (not sure it's to scale) on display is the air launched version. I have no further information.

Thanks

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A low-flying WZ-7. Posted by @这丫头有点风 on Weibo.

 

[_killuminati_]

It is for unmanned systems. Recoil is very important for a lightweight UAV, especially while firing in full auto. The muzzle climb would throw the UAV off balance from the first shot.

This old Turkish drone with a rifle suspended below the body seems to mitigate the recoil issue,

 

[by78]

WL-10B at Zhuhai Airshow.

 

[supersnoop]

any details on the mechanism that eliminates recoil?

If it is electronically primed ammo, sounds like caseless ammunition. From the description it sounds like there is no need for the gas to reset the bolt and extract the casing, so all the exhaust is vented upward like a compensator.

 

[by78]

More on the FP-985 unmanned transport. The maiden flight was on 9/18/2022, and it has accumulated 10,000km in test flights.

The carbon fiber composite wings of the FP-985 was fabricated by Tianjin iStar, which also produces composite payload fairings and fuselage sections for rockets.

 

[by78]

A bionic bat UAV.

 

[by78]

More high-resolution images from Zhuhai Airshow.

 

[by78]

Cross-posted from the radar development thread, as this is of relevance to the growing capabilities of small drones.

AVIC's compact synthetic aperture radars (SAR) designed for small tactic UAVs to provide real-time, all-weather battlefield intelligence down to the squad level.