NFAT UAVs
NFAT UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Taiyuan Navigation Friend Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. (NFAT, 太原航友航空科技有限公司), most of which are deployed for surveillance and aerial survey missions.
HY-90Z
HY-90Z is a little known developed by NFAT and its existence was revealed during an interview with the general manager of NFAT in 2013. HY-90Z is an electrically powered unmanned helicopter.[1][2]
HY-160
HY-160 is a very little known UAV developed by NFAT and its existence was revealed during the same interview with the general manager of NFAT in 2013, in which HY-90Z electrically powered helicopter was revealed.[1][2]
BY-50
BY-50 is an UAV of conventional layout with tricycle landing gear system. Propulsion is provided by a propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification:[3]
- Power plant: 50 cc
- Fuel: gasoline
- Fuel capacity: 3 L
- Wingspan: 2.5 m
- Length: 1.8 m
- Payload: 3 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 16 kg
- Cruise speed: 80 – 110 km/hr
- Ceiling: 3 km
- Endurance: 1.5 hr
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Take-off and landing: taxi
BY-100
BY-100 is an UAV of conventional layout with tricycle landing gear system. Propulsion is provided by a propeller-driven tractor eninge mounted in the nose. Specification:[4]
- Power plant: 111 cc
- Fuel: gasoline
- Fuel capacity: 5 L
- Wingspan: 3.2 m
- Length: 2.5 m
- Payload: 5 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 19 kg
- Cruise speed: 80 – 120 km/hr
- Ceiling: 3 km
- Endurance: 1.5 hr
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 6
- Take-off and landing: taxi
Sky-09
Sky-09 is an micro air vehicle (MAV) that resembles a scaledown version of Northrop X-4 Bantam without inlets but with winglets, because Sky-09 is powered by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification:[5]
- Fuel: gasoline
- Wingspan:1.92 m
- Length: 1.21 m
- Height: 0.56 m
- Payload: 3 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 12 kg
- Cruise speed: 80 – 100 km/hr
- Deployment and recovery time: < 30 min
- Endurance: 1.5 hr
- Remote control radius: 40 km
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Launch: catapult
- Landing: parachute
Sky-19
Sky-19 is an UAV in delta flying wing layout with twin-tail design. Specification:[6]
- Wingspan:1.85 m
- Length: 2 m
- Height: 0.66 m
- Ceiling: 4 km
- Payload: 5 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 25 kg
- Cruise speed: 80 – 100 km/hr
- Deployment and recovery time: < 30 min
- Endurance: 2 hr
- Remote control radius: 30 km
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Launch: catapult or taxi
- Landing: parachute or taxi
- Avionics MTBF: > 60 hr
Sky-22
Sky-22 is an UAV is the largest NFAT developed UAV that has been publicized. Sky-22 resembles an enlarged Sky-09 with longer fuselage.[7] Specification:[8]
- Wingspan: 2.75 m
- Length: 2.58 m
- Height: 0.7 m
- Ceiling: 4 km
- Payload: 20 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 70 kg
- Cruise speed: 100 km/hr
- Deployment and recovery time: < 30 min
- Endurance: 4 hr
- Remote control radius: 30 km
- Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5
- Launch: catapult
- Landing: parachute
See also
List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China