I wonder if anyone wondered what are the two small tubes at the bottom. I guess the engines are gas-generation cycle, the tubes are exhausts of pre-burners.One more.
Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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link no longer works but I can see at least the following advantages:
1. it is a tested system overseas. so if there were design flaws or room for optimization, they would have been exposed through operations. especially considering China likely sent technical support along with the merchandise.
2. people say that these UAVs like CH4 is not suitable for high-intensity warfare, i tend to disagree. yes on its own the likes of CH4 cannot survive against a formidable air defense like Taiwan's. but in reality, it belonging to the army would mean that by the time it is to be employed, Taiwan's air defense would have been degraded to such state that it is likely only able to manage to defend some critical targets, and a low-value target like CH-4 is not likely enticing enough for it to engage. note that CH-4 can operate at over 5000m, so it can hardly be engaged with shoulder fired missiles.
3. there were already reports of the PLA using UAVs to guide its attack helicopters, so there is a niche where the CH-4 can fit right in.
The F-500 coaxial unmanned helicopter developed by the Helicopter Research Institute of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It has a maximum take-off weight of 500 kg, with an endurance of five hours when carrying a mission payload of 150kg.
some PS to the F-500
Seems to fill the same niche as CR-500.
the ground force needs to develop a mobile carrier for these rotary UAVs and make it a part of the combined arms brigade.
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