China Eagle GY-SMZ

China Eagle GY-SMZ UAVs are Chinese unmanned helicopters developed by Beijing China Eagle Aviation Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (China Eagle, 北京国鹰航空科技有限公司), some of which have been deployed by Chinese military, local law enforcement and other governmental establishments. As of early 2014, all unmanned helicopter developed by China Eagle utilize commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) airframe, integrated with domestic Chinese flight control system (FCS) indigenously developed by China Eagle.

GY-SMZ-260

GY-SMZ-260 is an unmanned helicopter with COTS airframe in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Navigation is provided by Neuron navigational system indigenously developed China Eagle, as with FCS software.^[1] Specification:^[2]

• Length (m): 1.57
• Width (m): 0.3
• Height (m): 0.52
• Main rotor diameter (m): 1.77
• Tail rotor diameter (m): 0.27
• Empty weight (kg): 6
• Payload (kg): 5
• Max take-off weight (kg): 11
• Cruise speed (km/hr): 50
• Max speed (km/hr): 80
• Endurane (min): 50 – 100
• Ceiling (m): 1
• Fuel (L): 3
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 4 – 5
• Power plant: 26 cc air-cooled gasoline engine

GY-SMZ-520

GY-SMZ-520 is an unmanned helicopter with COTS airframe in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Navigation is provided by Neuron navigational system indigenously developed China Eagle, as with FCS software.^[3] Specification:^[4]

• Length (m): 1.7
• Width (m): 0.3
• Height (m): 0.65
• Main rotor diameter (m): 2
• Tail rotor diameter (m): 0.35
• Empty weight (kg): 13.6
• Payload (kg): 8
• Max take-off weight (kg): 21.6
• Max speed (km/hr): 120
• Endurane (min): 50 – 100
• Ceiling (m): 1
• Fuel (L): 3.5
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5 – 6
• Power plant: 52 cc air-cooled twin cylinder gasoline engine

GY-SMZ-800

GY-SMZ-800 is an unmanned helicopter with COTS airframe in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Navigation is provided by Neuron navigational system indigenously developed China Eagle, as with FCS software.^[5] Specification:^[6]

• Length (m): 1.778
• Wingspan (m): 0.508
• Height (m): 0.711
• Main rotor diameter (m): 2.146
• Tail rotor diameter (m): 0.403
• Payload (kg): 15
• Max take-off weight (kg): 32
• Max speed (km/hr): 120
• Endurane (min): 100
• Ceiling (m): 1
• Fuel (L): 6
• Max wind scale allowed for operation: 5 – 6
• Power plant: 7 hp 80 cc Komatsu air-cooled twin cylinder gasoline engine

See also

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

References