V750 Unmanned Helicopter
Being able to carry a load of up to 120 kilos, the V750 was modified from an manned aircraft. The V750 is re-adapted from the B2B double-seated manned helicopter. It has a 757-kilogram take-off weight, a task load of more than 80 kilograms, a maximum range of 500 kilometers and is capable of cruising for four hours. It can be controlled manually or by stored programs, and it can shift between the two modes during flight. The control radius of the V750 is more than 150 kilometers, and it can reach a maximum altitude of 3,000 meters.
In the past, when people talked about China's UAV products, most of them mentioned systems such as pterosaurs and rainbows. Few people paid attention to another type of UAV: ??unmanned helicopter. In fact, there are few reports in this area. In fact, China also attaches great importance to unmanned helicopters. Not only has it developed many models, but in recent years it has turned its attention to unmanned armed helicopters, which is an emerging technology.
As early as 1995, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics flew the M22 Seagull unmanned helicopter for the first time. This is a multi-purpose small unmanned helicopter with an empty weight of 35 kilograms. It was the first unmanned helicopter to appear in China at that time, filling the Chinese helicopter. A gap in the field. At the 9th Zhuhai Air Show in 2012, China’s largest UAV V-750 was also exhibited as a model. This UAV is a medium-sized multi-purpose unmanned helicopter that can be used for both civilian and police use, and even military use. . The UAV weighs 750 kilograms, which is currently the unmanned helicopter with the largest take-off weight and mission load capacity in my country, and it also fills the gap that my country has no medium-sized unmanned helicopter. The aircraft can be used for both military and civilian use. It can carry two 50 kg air-to-surface missiles with a maximum range of 500 kilometers.
The V750, China's largest homemade unmanned helicopter to date, took its first test flight on 07 May 2011 successfully in Wei Fang City, Shan Dong Province. This unmanned helicopter was developed by Tianxiang Aerospace Industry LTD, Self-Control Institute of AVIC Aerospace Life-Support Industries LTD, etc. At the test-flight site, the V750 unmanned helicopter made some test fly, such as automatic take-off, hovering, landing, etc. The whole flight operation is stable and accurate. The follow-up technological test flight was comprehensively launched thereafter.
The V750 was developed by Weifang Tianxiang Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. and four other companies, and Weifang is capable of producing 150 new planes annually. It is a multi-functional unmanned helicopter that can take off at airstrip, flight strip or ship’s deck while carrying many devices. The helicopter is capable of aerial photography, scouting, monitoring and damage effect evaluation against specific targets as well as supervision for forest fire prevention, high voltage line patrol, coastal ship monitoring and marine, mountain rescue missions. Mass production of the aircraft is underway. China's unmanned helicopter, the V750, received an airworthiness certificate from Civil Aviation Administration in November 2020. It was the first such certificate issued by the country to a drone. "It symbolizes that the drone has entered the market, and become part of the authorities' management system," Prof.Gao Yuanyang with Beijing Univ. of Aeronautics said. "For this prototype, we changed its head to the shape of a water drop, over 40 tests were made of the design," V750 R&D staff Cheng Shenzong said. Thousands of experiments and flight tests have been made over the past 7 years. Aviation authorities plan to formulate a national standard on drone management, basing on the performance of the V750.
China's largest drone helicopter, the V750, successfully fired anti-tank missiles at ground targets for the first time in June 2016. In its military guise, the V750 is being outfitted mainly as an anti-tank weapon armed with two missiles, either the HJ-9 or HJ-10. It can also mount rocket pods to attack troops and soft vehicles.
From the beginning of the design, the V750 has considered the ability to take off and land from airstrips, field sites, and ship decks, and carry multiple mission equipment. According to the manufacturer, the V750 can simultaneously carry a variety of equipment including optoelectronic pods, synthetic aperture radar, three-dimensional laser scanning radar, digital aerial camera, etc., and is equipped to perform geological disaster investigations, forest fire prevention, ocean remote sensing, urban planning, and power inspections. Mission requirements such as line, rescue and disaster relief and aerial photography. Soon after the machine was delivered for production, it was immediately purchased by the Shandong Provincial Land and Resources Department.
According to foreign experience, there are many examples of converting small unmanned helicopters into military use. The unmanned helicopters equipped by our military have also played a key role in related tasks many times. Therefore, some western media believe that the V750 can be used in the military field after being modified; and at the 2013 Tianjin Expo, the manufacturer of the V750 even used the Diaoyu Islands as the background of the promotional display board, which seems to imply that the aircraft can be used in the field of maritime rights protection in China.
Judging from the photos circulating on the Internet, the improvement idea of ??the V750 armed type is similar to that of the US MQ-8B. It is equipped with two missiles launched in cold launch mode. The aircraft should also have the ability to mount laser or TV guided bombs. Taking into account the payload of the V750, the attack firepower of this unmanned armed helicopter is already comparable to that of the "Rainbow-3" surveillance drone that has participated in military operations in Pakistan, Myanmar and many African countries, and even slightly The possibility beyond.
Although the V750 has short battery life and other shortcomings, but in anti-terrorism and anti-riot and other battles pursuing rapid response, the V750 gunship has a control radius of more than 150 kilometers, which is sufficient to ensure the safety of operators. Its relatively small size is also It is very suitable for carrying out reconnaissance and precision fire strikes in cities with complex buildings and complicated geographical conditions.
The V750 is bulky, reflecting the drawbacks of modifying a manned helicopter, and a lot of unnecessary weight cannot be eliminated. In addition, the aircraft uses American aircraft platforms and engines, which cannot be completely made in China.
Price: about 10 million yuan Dimensions: 8.53 meters long, 2.08 meters wide, 2.11 meters high Empty weight: 757 kg Maximum load: 80 kg Maximum speed: 161 kilometers Cruising speed: 145 kilometers Service ceiling: 3000 meters Cruise time: 4 hours Wind resistance: Level 5 Commonly used fuel: jet fuel
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