Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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This is interesting. Apparently this is a combination of a stratospheric aerostat and a UAV. I assume the UAV dangling from the aerostat provides the propulsion, while the solar panels on the aerostat provides power to the UAV. According to from 2018, they have already completed the development of a prototype aerostat.
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A 1kW laser will be enough to power a small drone, assuming energy conversion rate is say, 20%. That is 200W power. Most consumer quad drones are like 100-200W
Yes the prototype already flew:
The way I heard it, the disk shaped thing isn't actually filled with lighter than air gas but rather regular air. Lift is generated by the drone underneath tugging on the disk which act as an airfoil, it can then float around in stratosphere for month at a time.
From the japanese...
That's the advantage with operating F-15. F-18E/F's operational ceiling is too low to catching WZ-7 at the height it is flying.
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