TR-60 convertoplan UAV
KAL-ASD is also involved in two projects to develop UAVs with pivot (drag and pull) screws or convertiplanes, working on the TR-60 platform with the Korean Aerospace Research Institute of Korea (KARI) and on its own KUS-TR system, the basis of which is taken again platform TR-60.
The basis of TR-60, in turn, were taken the work of the KARI Institute for a larger version of the TR-100. The TR-100 program began in the 2003 year as part of a smart UAV project, which resulted in the successful development of a drone with an 995 kg take-off weight, including a target load 90 kg. According to KARI, the convertoplane is 5 meters in length and 7 meters in width with the PW206 series engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada with HP 550 power. It develops a maximum speed of 500 km / h, has a range of 200 km, a flight time of 5 hours and a typical working height of almost 600 meters.
TR-60 convertiplane ready for production was first shown at the DX Korea 2016 exhibition. The device is equipped with a rotor-piston engine with a power 55 hp, which drives the two screws installed in the nacelles. The model is approximately 60% of TR-100 size made of composite materials, has a length of 3 meter, width of 5 meters (between the axes of the screws) and a maximum take-off weight of 210 kg, including 30 kg of payload.
According to KARI, the TR-60 develops a maximum speed of 250 km / h, the flight duration is 5 hours, and the practical ceiling is almost 4500 meters. At the exhibition, the device was shown with a specific intelligence station from FLIR Systems installed in the nose. The main objectives of this convertiplane will be intelligence and surveillance. In July X-NUMX, flight tests of the TR-2017 were carried out from a coast guard ship traveling at 60 speed knots.
