Aisuo UAV
Aisuo UAV is a Chinese UAV developed by Qingdao Aisuo Aviation Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Aisuo, 青岛爱索航空科技发展有限公司). Originally a competition and recreation remotely controlled model airplanes manufacturer, Aisuo has recently begun to expand its business by venturing into the UAV arena, based on its extensive experience on model airplanes development.
| UAV | |
|---|---|
| Role | UAV |
| National origin | China |
| Manufacturer | Aisuo |
| Designer | Aisuo |
| First flight | 2013 |
| Introduction | 2013 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | China |
Unmanned helicopter
As of the end of 2014, the only UAV developed by Aisuo is an unmanned helicopter in conventional layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. The unmanned helicopter is developed by utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) subsystems such as fuselage and flight control systems that was already used by competition model airplanes developed by Aisuo, with necessary modifications to meet the requirements of application on UAVs. The main rotor of the UAV can be folded to save space needed for storage and transportation, and the UAV is capable of carrying ten to twenty liters of chemicals for crop dusting in Chinese agricultural provinces such as Henan.[1]
Although mainly intended for agricultural application, the unmanned helicopter is also capable of performing other tasks such as aerial photography, cinematography, and survey missions, and these missions were actually carried out before the original intended crop dusting applications, such as being used in the aerial cinematography of the blockbuster Tai Chi Hero.[1] The most significant application of the unmanned helicopter, however, is its deployment by Chinese authorities during the 2013 Lushan earthquake for post disaster assessment missions.[2]
References
- "Aisuo Unmanned helicopter". Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- "Aisuo UAV". Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2013.