SYIA UAV
SYIA UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Shenyang Institute of Automation (SYIA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences that include both the fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs, and most of its rotary-wing UAVs are marketed under the brand name ServoHeli.
ServoHeli-40
ServoHeli-40 UAV is an unmanned helicopter developed by SYIA in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear system. ServoHeli-40 utilizes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) airframe and integrates it with flight control system indigenously developed by SYIA.[1]
- Length: 2.68 m
- Width: 0.77 m
- Height: 0.72 m
- Main rotor diameter: 2.15 m
- Max speed: 100 km/hr
- Cruise speed: 70 km/hr
- Ceiling: 1 km
- Payload: 15 kg
- Max take-off weight: 40 kg
- Endurance: 1 hr @ 10 kg payload @ 36 km/hr
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Power plant: 8 hp engine
ServoHeli-120
ServoHeli-120 UAV is an unmanned helicopter jointly developed by SYIA and Tianjin University in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear system. ServoHeli-120 is the electrically powered cousin of ServoHeli-40.[2] Specification:[3]
- Length: 3.84 m
- Width: 0.96 m
- Height: 1.26 m
- Main rotor diameter: 3.29 m
- Max speed: 120 km/hr
- Cruise speed: 95 km/hr
- Ceiling: 3 km
- Payload: 40 kg
- Max take-off weight: 120 kg
- Endurance: 1.5 hr @ 20 kg payload @ 36 km/hr
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Power plant: electric/battery
ServoHeli-260
ServoHeli-260 UAV is an unmanned helicopter jointly developed by SYIA and Tianjin University. ServoHeli-260 adopts a unique configuration that combines coaxial and NOTAR to improve performance, and it can be recovered by parachute. Specification:[4]
- Length: 1.8 m
- Width: 0.3 m
- Height: 0.6 m
- Main rotor diameter: 1.6 m
- Max speed: 80 km/hr
- Cruise speed: 50 – 60 km/hr
- Ceiling: 1.8 km
- Empty weight: 16 kg
- Payload: 5 kg
- Max take-off weight: 25 kg
- Endurance: 1 hr
- Max wind speed allowed for operation: 40 km/hr in flight, 26 km/hr during take-off and landing.
- Power plant: gasoline engine
ServoHeli-520
ServoHeli-520 UAV is an unmanned helicopter jointly developed by SYIA and Tianjin University. ServoHeli-520 adopts a unique configuration that combines coaxial and tail rotor to improve performance, and it can be recovered by parachute. Specification:[5]
- Length: 1.89 m
- Width: 0.45 m
- Height: 0.65 m
- Main rotor diameter: 1.66 m
- Tail rotor diameter: 0.24 m
- Max speed: 80 km/hr
- Cruise speed: 50 – 60 km/hr
- Ceiling: 3.5 km
- Empty weight: 16 kg
- Max payload: 10 kg
- Max take-off weight: 25 kg
- Endurance: 1 hr
- Range: 60 km
- Max wind speed allowed for operation: 40 km/hr in flight, 26 km/hr during take-off and landing
- Power plant: lithium battery
Extensive Soar 3
Extensive Soar 3 (Bo-Xiang or Boxiang 博翔) UAV is an unmanned helicopter developed by SYIA specifically for aerial inspection of power lines. Extensive Soar 3 has conventional helicopter layout and a pair of skids as landing gear. The fuselage of Extensive Soar 3 is slender than most other unmanned helicopters developed by SYIA, and program first begun in 2009 and was completed in 2011 after approximately two years of development.[6] Specification:[7]
- Length: 3.8 m
- Remote control radius: 20 km
- Payload: 30 kg
- Max take-off weight: 120 kg
- Endurance: 1 hr
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
Reconnaissance UAV
Reconnaissance UAV developed SYIA is an unmanned helicopter with conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear.[8] The complete name is Low Altitude Reconnaissance Flying Robot (Di-Kong Zhe-Cha Fei-Xing Ji-Qi-Ren, 低空侦察飞行机器人).[9] Reconnaissance UAV has entered service with Chinese law enforcmet and armed with non-lethal weapons such as tear gas dischargers.[10]