Chinese UAV News & Discussions (Strictly)

[ozranger]

A wide variety of Chinese UAVs, need some of them.
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This is an old photo on a drone display event at Malan airbase in August 2018.

@Deino had an excellent tweet in 2019 about this event.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1203589781009129474

There was also some effort trying to identify the model numbers

 

[JSCh]

航空工业​

7-20 10:55​

来自 TRS微博管理平台​

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【刚刚，我国最大通用无人机成功首飞

】7月20日，内蒙古莫旗机场，由航空工业研制的运5通用无人机轻盈飞上蓝天，顺利完成飞行计划，平稳落地滑回。我国最大通用无人机成功实现首次“自由飞翔”！​

AVIC
7-20 10:55
From the TRS Weibo management platform

[Just now, my country’s largest general-purpose UAV successfully flew for the first time [aircraft]]

On July 20, the Yun-5 general-purpose UAV developed by the AVIC industry flew into the blue sky at Moqi Airport in Inner Mongolia, successfully completing the flight plan and landing smoothly. my country's largest universal drone successfully achieved its first "free flight"!

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China's largest general-purpose drone makes successful maiden flight - CnTechPost

China's largest general-purpose drone made a successful maiden flight, CAAC News reported Tuesday.

cntechpost.com

 

[LKJ86]

Via @航空工业 from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Via @彩虹无人机科技有限公司 from Weixin

 

[qwerrty]

Chinese EV maker XPeng unveils the X2, its prototype autonomous flying car - Gizmochina

Autonomous flying cars are not widespread, so it is bound to draw huge attention wherever it is mentioned. While we may still not be too close to having the concept of autonomous flying cars being operational, it seems tremendous progress is being made along this line. Chinese electric vehicle...

www.gizmochina.com

 

[siegecrossbow]

Chinese EV maker XPeng unveils the X2, its prototype autonomous flying car - Gizmochina

Autonomous flying cars are not widespread, so it is bound to draw huge attention wherever it is mentioned. While we may still not be too close to having the concept of autonomous flying cars being operational, it seems tremendous progress is being made along this line. Chinese electric vehicle...

www.gizmochina.com

It literally uses the same configuration as Ehang. Are they suing?

 

[chinasun]

Https://images.app.goo.gl/ANngKZV8Apz53HmL7
The fl-2 Chinese unmanned stealth transport aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight of 22000 km, a practical lift limit of 15 km, a cruising altitude of 10-12 km, a flight speed of 600-780km per hour, a maximum flight speed of close to 900km / h, a maximum range of 7000 km, and can fly for 10 hours. Judging from the data, the plane is relatively close to the Xmuri 47B, which was dismounted by the US military.

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

Ganlin UAV succesful flight on July the 22nd.

 

[JSCh]

看航空​

7-27 16:56 来自 微博 weibo.com​

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#航空心声# 7月22日傍晚，AR500无人机旋翼切割空气的声音，驱走了阿荣旗通用机场周围的静谧，飞机安全着陆，森林浮空中继平台成功完成100公里飞行验证，顺利通过初步验收，标志着该系统已具备实战能力。本次演示飞行中，AR500无人机连续飞行了220千米，飞行时间达160分钟，飞行高度为2950米，离测控车最远距离达101千米，再次展现了AR500无人机优越的飞行性能。​

Watch aviation
7-27 16:56 from weibo.com

On the evening of July 22, the sound of AR500 drone rotors cutting the air, drove away the silence around Arongqi General Airport. The aircraft landed safely. The forest firefighting hovering relay platform successfully completed the 100-kilometer flight verification and successfully passed preliminary acceptance. It marks that the system has actual operating capabilities. In this demonstration flight, the AR500 drone flew continuously for 220 kilometers, with a flight time of 160 minutes, a flying altitude of 2950 meters, and a maximum distance of 101 kilometers from the TT&C vehicle, once again demonstrated the superior flight performance of the AR500 UAV.

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[Technology World]

China recently unveiled Wing Loong-10 Ground Attack Drone. It is capable of conducting long-range ground attack missions. It uses 1Ton thrust ZF850 Engine.

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It can carry 440 pounds combined of both weapons and reconnaissance gear, has a range of 2,500 miles and can remain aloft for 20 hours.

The drone is capable of being fitted with a variety of sensors, including a forward looking infrared turret and synthetic aperture radar. Intended for use as a surveillance and aerial reconnaissance platform, the drone is capable of being fitted with air-to-surface weapons for use in an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) role.

It can carry the BA-7 air-to-ground missile, YZ-212 laser-guided bomb, YZ-102A anti-personnel bomb and 50kg LS-6 miniature guided bomb.

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[Itachi]

China recently unveiled Wing Loong-10 Ground Attack Drone. It is capable of conducting long-range ground attack missions. It uses 1Ton thrust ZF850 Engine.

Please subscribe to our Youtube Channel.

It can carry 440 pounds combined of both weapons and reconnaissance gear, has a range of 2,500 miles and can remain aloft for 20 hours.

The drone is capable of being fitted with a variety of sensors, including a forward looking infrared turret and synthetic aperture radar. Intended for use as a surveillance and aerial reconnaissance platform, the drone is capable of being fitted with air-to-surface weapons for use in an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) role.

It can carry the BA-7 air-to-ground missile, YZ-212 laser-guided bomb, YZ-102A anti-personnel bomb and 50kg LS-6 miniature guided bomb.

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Looks like the General Atomics Avenger, which can carry 3,500 lbs (1,600 kg) of armament. More than 7 times Wing Long 10.

 

[IblinI]

Looks like the General Atomics Avenger, which can carry 3,500 lbs (1,600 kg) of armament. More than 7 times Wing Long 10.



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Wing long 10 is just the export variant, PLA's version is the double engine wind shadow..

On topic, it was not "recently" unveiled, but at least 4-5 years ago.

 

[casual]

China recently unveiled Wing Loong-10 Ground Attack Drone. It is capable of conducting long-range ground attack missions. It uses 1Ton thrust ZF850 Engine.

Please subscribe to our Youtube Channel.

It can carry 440 pounds combined of both weapons and reconnaissance gear, has a range of 2,500 miles and can remain aloft for 20 hours.

The drone is capable of being fitted with a variety of sensors, including a forward looking infrared turret and synthetic aperture radar. Intended for use as a surveillance and aerial reconnaissance platform, the drone is capable of being fitted with air-to-surface weapons for use in an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) role.

It can carry the BA-7 air-to-ground missile, YZ-212 laser-guided bomb, YZ-102A anti-personnel bomb and 50kg LS-6 miniature guided bomb.

Gallery
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dude, this drone has been in service since 2016... and it has payload of more then 400kg. your numbers are way off.

 

[Deino]

dude, this drone has been in service since 2016... and it has payload of more then 400kg. your numbers are way off.

But not in service with the PLAAF AFAIK?!

 

[casual]

But not in service with the PLAAF AFAIK?!

I thought it was in service as Wind Shadow