CQUT UAV
CQUT UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Chongqing University of Technology (CQUT), and has entered service in China for aerial cinematography, photography, and agricultural missions with local business.
| UAV | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fixed and rotary wing UAVs |
| National origin | China |
| Manufacturer | CQUT |
| Designer | Han Zhuo-Wei |
| First flight | 2013 |
| Introduction | 2013 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | China |
Fixed-wing UAV
Fixed-wing UAV is a micro air vehicle (MAV) designed by an undergraduate Mr. Han Zhuo-Wei (韩卓伟) majoring machinery automation. The fixed-wing UAV is developed mainly for agricultural applications and the development took around a year to complete. Since the unit price is around ¥ 100,000, the designer performed over a thousand times of trials on safety systems alone to guard against potential crushes. The fixed-wing UAV is a miniature version of Cessna 172, and after the successful development of the fixed-wing UAV, Mr. Han Zhuo-Wei was hired by a local company in Chongqing as an UAV designer and the fixed-wing UAV entered series production. Specification:[1]
- Ceiling (m): 550
- Weight (kg): 3
- Length (m): 1.2
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Temperature range for operation (°C): -10 to 50
- Unit price (¥): 100,000
Quadcopter
After working for the company as a designer of UAVs, Mr. Han Zhuo-Wei discovered that there is gap that cannot be bridged between the customers’ need and company's objective: one of the most efficient way to maximize profit is mass production, but mass production does not always necessarily meet every customer's need a hundred percent, because different customer usually have different requirements. For example, payload requirements and design for UAVs intended for aerial photography and cinematography must concentrate on the seamless integration of camera carried and providing stable platform at high altitude, which is totally different than that of UAVs intended for agricultural applications, because such applications must consider fluid payload and low altitude. As a result, Mr. Han left the company and begun to develop UAV according to his own principle, which is custom built UAVs based on unique customer requirements. Quadcopter is the first UAV designed based on this principle, with assistance from two of his classmates as design team member. The quadcopter has a pair of skids as land gear and is mainly intended for crop dusting applications. The quadcopter is specially designed to operate in mountainous region and is equipped with specially designed ultrasonic obstacle detection and avoidance system for low level flight, which could be as low as two to three meters above the ground.[2]