RADI RiverMap

RiverMap
Role	UAV
National origin	China
Manufacturer	RADI
Designer	RADI
Status	In service
Primary user	China

RADI RiverMap UAV is a series UAVs that includes both the fixed-wing and rotary-wing UAVs, all of which are developed by Zhejiang Chinese Academy of Science Space Information Technology Application Center (浙江中科空间信息技术应用研发中心), a joint venture setup in December 2010 by Jiashan County government and the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI, 中国科学院遥感与数字地球研究所) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).^[1] As its name implies, RADI is specialized in remote sensing and digitization of maps, and UAV development is something brand new to it,^[2] so RiverMap developer chose a safe and quicker route by utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) system wherever possible, and modify them to specifically tailor these UAVs for remote sensing and aerial survey missions by incorporating its own remote sensing and aerial survey subsystems, which are its expertise. As a result, RiverMaps series UAVs look visually identical to other Chinese UAVs externally, and in terms of hardware, there are only minor dimensional and performance difference among the UAVs sharing the same COTS airframe. Specification:^[3]

Model	AF1000[3]	AF2000[3]	Single Soldier I (单兵一号)[3]	Sky Eye 2000 (天目2000)[3]	Dragonfly I (蜻蜓一号)[3]
Type	Fixed-wing	Fixed-wing	Fixed-wing	Fixed-wing	Rotary-wing
Layout	Coventional	twin-boom	Conventional	twin-boom	Conventional
Wingspan/Rotor size (m)	2.2	2.4	2.3	3.4	3.4
Take-off weight (kg)	12	25	4	40	10
Endurance (hr)	2	4	1.5	6 – 8	0.5
Control radius (km)	20	100	10	120	1
Landing gear	Skids	Tricycle	N/A	Tricycle	Skids
Take-off	Taxiing or catapult	Taxiing or catapult	Hand or catapult	Taxiing or catapult	Taxiing or catapult
Recovery	Parachute	Parachute	Parachute	Parachute	Parachute

See also

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

References

1. RiverMap manufacturer
2. RADI expertise
3. "RiverMap series UAVs". Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)