Hi Target UAV
The Hi Target UAV is a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Guangzhou Zhong-Hai-Da Satellite Navigation Technology Co., Ltd. (Hi Target, 广州中海达卫星导航技术股份有限公司). Originally a provider of satellite navigation system and other associate systems such as software for various platforms, including UAVs, Hi Target has begun to produce UAVs for survey missions by jointly develop such UAVs with other Chinese UAV manufacturers.
| UAV | |
|---|---|
| Role | UAV |
| National origin | China |
| Manufacturer | Guangzhou Zhong-Hai-Da Satellite Navigation Technology Co., Ltd. (Hi Target) |
| Designer | Hi Target |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | China |
iFly U20
Hi Target iFly U20 is a fixed wing, electrically powered UAV jointly developed by Hi Target and Idea-Fly Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Idea-Fly, 深圳市创意飞科技有限公司) by utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) airframe integrated with indigenously developed flight control system (FCS). Mainly intended for aerial survey mission, iFly U20 has a rather unusual layout in that it resembles a flying wing, with winglets pointing downward instead upward like most aircraft (including both manned or unmanned). Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven pusher engine mounted at empennage, and iFly U20 has won the first place in (Chinese) National Survey Science Advancement Award.[1] Specification:[2]
- Construction: honeycomb structure material
- Length (m): 1
- Wingspan (m): 2.12
- Height (m): 0.3
- Lift area (m2): 0.96
- Empty weight (kg): 2.4
- Payload (kg): 1.5
- Max take-off weight (kg): 8
- Launch: catapult
- Recovery: parachute
- Power plant: electric motor @ 12 Ah
- Rate of climb (m/s): 5
- Ceiling (kg): 4.5
- Cruise speed (km/h): 80
- Max speed (km/h): 140
- Max g overload: 6 g
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Endurance (min): 50
- Range (km): 70
- Normal operating range (km): 40
- Remote control radius (km): 20