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27 Dec 17: Report stating the "aviation industry Changfei" UAV is being used to develop a helicopter air-to-air refuelling system.
 

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From Henri Kenhmann
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In the meantime, an identification attempt based on the only satellite image has been made (see image above), but given the resolution, it should be taken with caution.

I had previously thought the rotary wing UAV labelled T333 was larger than that type, which is 5.4 m long. The Sky Hawk (Tian Ying) wing span is about 10 m, and the rotary wing UAV is about the same length (10 m). The rotary wing wing UAV onboard the Type-075 was estimated to be 9.5 m long. But as HenriK says: ".... given the resolution, it should be taken with caution."

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But from my understanding this is not the same unreliable (aka DayDayNews) - IMO fan-made - site Errys constantly posted?!

Oh, got the two confused. Daydaynews, KKnews, they look so similar, with similarly low-quality content, worse than a free tabloid on aliens and bigfoot.

In my opinion, both are untrustworthy.
 

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Oh, got the two confused. Daydaynews, KKnews, they look so similar, with similarly low-quality content, worse than a free tabloid on aliens and bigfoot.

In my opinion, both are untrustworthy.
I wasn’t promoting the source as 100% accurate - rather it was one of only two I found that mentioned the long probe in the UAV graphic. As always, research as widely as possible and apply scepticism. Nothing is absolute.
 
Beside Z-8 and Z-20 it does look rather small. But, I'd say it's actually not that much smaller than Z-9.

Pretty sure this UAV is smaller than even the SA342. I don't think it can handle any offensive payload heavier than something against small boats.
 

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According to the latest issue in the magazine "Ship Knowledge" the PLAN’s next generation of carrier-based unmanned helicopters is shown. Its estimated dimensions are a rotor diameter of 10m, a rotor and fuselage length of about 11m, and a fuselage height of 3m. (via 舰船知识)

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