Mirach 26
| Mirach 26 | |
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| Role | Reconnaissance UAV |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Galileo Avionica |
| Designer | Meteor CAE, Galileo Avionica |
| First flight | 1992 |
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The Mirach 26 is a reconnaissance UAV developed in Italy during the 1990s, based on the Mirach 20 target drone. The initial work on the design was carried out by Meteor CAE before this company was absorbed by Galileo Avionica, than Selex ES (merged into Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016).
The Mirach 26 is of typical twin-boom pusher-prop battlefield surveillance UAV configuration. It is very similar to the older Mirach 20 in appearance but slightly bigger, the most visible difference being that the Mirach 26 has antenna disks on the top of the tailfins. It is powered by a 20 kW (26 hp) Sachs piston engine.
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: None
- Capacity: 50 kg (110 lg) payload
- Length: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in)
- Height: 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in)
- Gross weight: 200 kg (440 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Sachs SF-350, 20 kW (27 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (138 mph)
- Endurance: >6 hours
- Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
References
This article contains material that originally came from the web article Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.