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

[by78]

A United Aircraft TC9 unmanned helicopter was recently used to locate the landing site of China's first reusable satellite (Shijian-19). TC9 is modified from a manned helicopter. Specs and dimensions are listed in the last image.

 

[by78]

Yet another anti-drone system. It appears to pack both jammers and a laser weapon.

 

[Jaym]

The first Lanying (镧影) R6000 has just rolled off the assembly line. R6000 is a 6-ton tilt-rotor, specs are found in the second image below.

I think they got the length width height numbers screwed up

 

[by78]

Another bionic drone.

 

[by78]

The proliferation of small suicide drones continues.

 

[tankphobia]

The proliferation of small suicide drones continues.

Most PLA FPV appears to be made using COTS parts. There really should be a OEM that standardise the designs and streamline field usage. In the second image the battery is mounted 3 different ways, DJI esq plug in battery and universal payload mounting would be a good start.

 

[vincent]

Most PLA FPV appears to be made using COTS parts. There really should be a OEM that standardise the designs and streamline field usage. In the second image the battery is mounted 3 different ways, DJI esq plug in battery and universal payload mounting would be a good start.

FPVs are one-time-use items. No need to make them fancy like the Americans.

 

[Wrought]

Most PLA FPV appears to be made using COTS parts. There really should be a OEM that standardise the designs and streamline field usage. In the second image the battery is mounted 3 different ways, DJI esq plug in battery and universal payload mounting would be a good start.

The technology is still immature and evolving fast. At this point they are probably more focused on experimenting with many possible designs. Once they've settled on a few proven cases, then they can standardize and streamline.

 

[totenchan]

Most PLA FPV appears to be made using COTS parts. There really should be a OEM that standardise the designs and streamline field usage. In the second image the battery is mounted 3 different ways, DJI esq plug in battery and universal payload mounting would be a good start.

If this is training, learning how to put together your own FPV drone is not overly difficult and goes a long way to helping you understand how the drone works.

 

[enroger]

FPVs are one-time-use items. No need to make them fancy like the Americans.

Still, I think there should be a mil version of DJI, those drones don't need to be fancy but still they'll benefit from standardization and economy of scale, milspec jam resistance, R&D on next gen full automatous drone and so on, everything civilian drone industry cannot provide