Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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I don't know which UAV this is. Note the coaxial rotor.
The image of this drone was taken in Hefei, Anhui province. Do we know what aerospace/drone makers are based there? It could be that BeiHang passed the design to an Anhui-based company to manufacturer.
What kind of engine is that? I hope it's not an old turbojet from a cruise missile or something.
Looks more like TD220 to me.
AssassinsMace
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I thought you would know these things. A cruise missile engine would not be made for multi-time use.
It has to be produced by someone else even if it is developped by BeiHang which is only a University/Research Institute.
Indeed.Looks more like TD220 to me.
One thing to note is that, TD-220 seems to have two types shown
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andLooks more like TD220 to me.
TD220 is from this company
It could be that everything execpt the flight control software are of BeiHang origin. Because
- It is a common practice that China's R&D Institute and Universities sell their outcomes to commercial companies for production or create a company of their own for that purpose.
- The designer's expertise is flight control, he graduated from department of BIT. His knowledge of aircraft is from the club of flight model in BIT (Not trying to under-state him).
- In the product description (link above), it is stated
The highlighted text says "equipped with self developped flight control system". If the whole aircraft is designed and developped by his company, there is no reason for him to emphasize the self develop part. Hence my thought above.
Here is a link about the TD220's designer if you want read about history of him and his business.
Hendrik_2000
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From Henri k blog this is an excellent use of old plane
Chinese logistics giant SF Express's FH-98 cargo drone made its first commercial flight today, between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. Derived from the Y-5B transport aircraft, the #drone can transport up to 1.5t of cargo over a distance of 1200 km
A cheap way to resupply those islet in SCS with medicine, mail,vital spare parts, foods
Chinese logistics giant SF Express's FH-98 cargo drone made its first commercial flight today, between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. Derived from the Y-5B transport aircraft, the #drone can transport up to 1.5t of cargo over a distance of 1200 km
A cheap way to resupply those islet in SCS with medicine, mail,vital spare parts, foods
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