HLKX Dragon
HLKX Dragon is a family of Chinese UAVs developed by Guilin Hanglong (meaning Aviation Dragon) Kexun (meaning Scientific Message) Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. (HLKX, 桂林航龙科讯电子技术有限公司), some of which have entered service with Chinese military, paramilitary, law enforcement and governmental agencies.
Dragon Goose
Dragon Goose (Long-Yan or Longyan, 龙雁) is a fixed-wing UAV developed by HLKX in conventional layouts with high-wing configuration and tricycle landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Dragon Goose is mainly intended for aerial survey and photography. Specification:[1]
- Wingspan (m): 3.16
- Length (m): 2.15
- Weight (kg): 26.5
- Payload (kg): 5
- Max speed (km/hr): 150
- Cruise speed (km): 100
- Endurance (hr): 4
- Normal operating radius (km): 100
- Normal operating altitude (km): 0.2 – 1.1
- Ceiling (km): 5
- Navigation: GPS/INS
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 7 – 9
- Launch: taxi or catapult
- Recovery: taxi or parachute
Dragon Bee I
Dragon Bee I (Long-Feng I or Longfeng I, 龙蜂I) is an electrically powered micro air vehicle developed by HLKX in blended wing body layout without any vertical rudder, but with winglets. Dragon Bee is intended easy and rapid deployment in the field, so the entire system including the control module is less than 10 kg, and the system can be deployed in less than ten minutes (from storage to airborne). Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine. Specification:[2]
- Power plant: brushless electric motor
- Thrust (kgf): 1.8
- Wingspan (m): 1.28
- Length (m): 0.82
- Weight (kg): < 3
- Cruise speed (km/hr): 65
- Normal operating altitude (m): 10 – 3000
- Endurance (hr): 1
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 4
- Launch: by hand or rubberband catapult
- Recovery: glide or parachute
Dragon Swallow II
Dragon Swallow II (Long-Yan II or Long-Yan II, 龙燕II) is a fixed-wing UAV mainly intended for maritime surveillance missions, and hence adopted special measures to ensure the functional performance in high humidity, salinity, and temperature environments. Dragon Swallow II is in twin-boom layout with inverted v-tail and tricycle landing gear, and shares the identical layout with another Chinese UAV that is also developed by the same company, HLKX Hawk Eye 1, except Dragon Swallow II has inverted V-tail instead of the twin tail of Hawk Eye 1. Propulsion of Dragon Swallow II is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. Specification:[3]
- Wingspan (m): 3.07
- Wing area (sq m): 1
- Length (m): 2.165
- Height (m): 0.747
- Empty weight (kg): 15
- Fuel (kg): 3.2 – 4.8
- Payload (kg): 7 – 8.5
- Max take-off weight (kg): 32
- Max speed (km/hr): 160
- Cruise speed (km): 100
- Endurance (hr): 4
- Remote control radius (km): > 120
- Ceiling (km): 3.5
- Navigation: GPS
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Power plant: 5.75 hp gasoline-powered engine
- Launch: taxi or catapult
- Recovery: taxi or parachute
See also
List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China