IDEAS UAV

UAV
Role Twin engine UAV
National origin China
Manufacturer IDEAS
Designer IDEAS
First flight 2013
Introduction 2013
Status In service
Primary user China



IDEAS UAV is a Chinese UAV developed by Beijing Ideas Design Co. Ltd. (IDEAS, 北京华新意创工业设计有限公司) and has entered service in China for aerial cinematography, photography, and survey missions with local business.

Twin engine UAV

Twin engine UAV is the first UAV developed by IDEAS, a Chinese company that specializes in industrial design. This UAV utilizes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) subystems, which are integrated together by IDEAS. The existence of IDEAS twin engine UAV was first revealed to the public in November 2013 in Chongqing when it won a silver medal in Yangtze Cup International Industrial Design competition, and it has since been deployed for aerial survey missions in disaster evaluation.[1] IDEAS twin engine UAV is a fixed wing UAV in twin boom layout with high wing configuration and tricycle landing gear. A most obvious feature of this UAV is that it is one of the few Chinese UAVs utilizes two engines, both of which are driven by a two-blade propeller. One of the engine is a pusher engine mounted are the rearend of the fuselage, and the other is a tractor engine mounted in the nose of the fuselage.[2]

See also

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

References

  1. ↑ "IDEAS UAV". Retrieved Nov 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "IDEAS unmanned aerial vehicle". Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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