Chaoyi UAV

Chaoyi UAVs are Chinese micro air vehicles (MAV)s developed by Beijing Chao-Yi (meaning Super Wing) Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (Chaoyi, 北京超翼技术研究所有限公司), some of which has entered service with Chinese law enforcement agencies.

X401 Whirlwind

X401 Whirlwind (Xuan-Feng or Xuanfeng, 旋风) is a quadrotor developed by Chaoyi. X401 is constructed of carbon fiber and can be deployed in less than a minute. Replacement of battery can be done within thirty seconds. Specification:^[1]

• Empty weight: 1.75 kg
• Max takeoff weight: 2.6 kg
• Cruise speed: 5 – 50 km/hr
• Relative ceiling: 1 km
• Remote control radius: 2 km (can be expanded to 10 km)
• Navigational accuracy: 2.5 m
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
• Storage temperature: -50 to 70°C
• Operating temperature: -40 to 60°C
• Relative humidity allowed for operation: 5 – 95%
• Endurance: 33 min w/ 200 g payload, 25 min with 500 g payload

X402

X402 is a quadcopter with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is a development of X401. X402 is electrically powered. Specification:^[2]

• Size (m): 1.05
• Empty weight (kg): 9
• Max payload (kg): 8
• Endurance (min): 30 @ 5 kg payload, 20 @ 8 kg payload
• Cruise speed (km/hr): 3 – 50
• Typical operating altitude (km): 2
• Ceiling (km): 5
• Remote control radius (km): 5 – 10
• Navigation: GPS or BeiDou or combined GPS/BeiDou
• Navigation accuracy (m): better than 2.5
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
• Temperature allowed for operation (°C): - 20 to 60
• Temperature for storage (°C): - 50 to 70
• Relative humidity allowed for operation (%): 5 – 95

X601 Photographer

X601 Photographer (She-Ying-Shi or Sheyingshi, 摄影师) is a hexacopter developed by Chaoyi as a larger version of X401 Whirlwind, and this is the model that entered serive with Chinese law enforcement as X601J. Specification:^[3]

• Empty weight: 3.5 kg
• Max takeoff weight: 7 kg
• Payload: 3.5 kg
• Cruise speed: 5 – 50 km/hr
• Relative ceiling: 1 km
• Remote control radius: 2 km (can be expanded to 5 km)
• Navigational accuracy: 2.5 m
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
• Storage temperature: -50 to 70°C
• Operating temperature: -20 to 50°C
• Relative humidity allowed for operation: 5 – 95%
• Endurance: 30 min

See also

• List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China

References

1. X401 Whirlwind Archived December 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
2. "X402". Retrieved Dec 3, 2014.
3. X601 Photograher Archived December 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.