Viga Tech UAVs

Observer and Developer UAVs are Chinese micro air vehicles (MAV) developed by Beijing Co., Ltd. Viga Hangtong Technology Co., Ltd. (Viga Tech, 北京韦加航通科技有限公司), and has been deployed by various local Chinese law and governmental agencies/establishments.

Developer I

Developer (Kai-Tuo-Zhe or Kaituozhe, 开拓者) I MAV is a twin-boom design with inverted v-tail, and powered by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine. Specification:[1]

  • Length: 2.3 m
  • Wingspan: 2.9 m
  • Height: 0.66 m
  • Max takeoff weight: 10 kg
  • Payload: > 5 kg
  • Ceiling: 4 km
  • Max speed: > 150 km/h
  • Cruise speed: 80 – 110 km/h
  • Endurance: up to 3 h
  • Propulsion: 4 kW gasoline-powered piston engine
  • Launch: runway or catapult
  • Recovery: runway or parachute
  • Max wind scale allowed for safe operation: 6

Explorer I

Explorer (Tan-Suo-Zhe or Tansuozhe, 探索者) is a fixed wing UAV in conventional layout with high wing configuration and tricycle landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification:[2]

  • Length (m): 2.2
  • Wingspan (m): 2.6
  • Ceiling (km): 4
  • Payload (kg): 2.5
  • Cruise speed (km/hr): 110
  • Endurance (hr): 2
  • Propulsion: gasoline engine

Observer III

Observer (Liao-Wang-Zhe, or Liaowangzhe, 瞭望者) III MAV adopts a delta wing design with winglets, and propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller in tractor configuration. GPS provide accurate navigation up to ±10 m. Specifications:[3]

  • Length: 1.3 m
  • Wingspan: 1.2 m
  • Height: 0.45 m
  • Max takeoff weight: 5.2 kg
  • Payload: 1 kg
  • Ceiling: 3 km
  • Max speed: > 140 km/h
  • Cruise speed: 70 – 110 km/h
  • Endurance: > 100 min
  • Range: 150 km
  • Launch: hand or catapult
  • Recovery: parachute
  • Remote control radius: 15 – 30 km
  • Max wind scale allowed for safe operation: 5
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gollark: If I had dale, I could use dale to compile dale, but I would need dale, and I don't have dale.
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Do I need something under LIBS in config.mk?
gollark: ```osmarks@fenrir /t/home [2]> make --versionGNU Make 4.3Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnuCopyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.```

See also

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

References
  1. Developer I MAV Archived July 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Explorer I". Retrieved 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Oberver III MAV
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