Chinese UAV/UCAV development

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That is subjected to interpretation of the report.

The report said (in my translation) in the first half of 2020, the company started various research or contract realization works of 9 UAVs including CH-7. These works include 500 flight tests. This is plain translation without any interpretation.

Here is my thought. Does that 500 flight tests include maiden flight of CH-7? Or the work of CH-7 in the first half of 2020 is only limited to assembling and ground test of it? If I am to be very strict and careful, I think the report did not confirm CH-7's maiden flight. If I am to be more wishful, then I can say that 500 includes the maiden flight.

If I were the alert5 author, I would have said "The latest half-year stock report by Aerospace CH UAV – 航天彩虹无人机股份有限公司 – revealed that the CH-7 stealth unmanned air vehicle (UAV) MAY have flown."

I agree. The source appears to be a company work/financial report. It states that development and manufacturing work has resumed and largely returned to normal on various projects such as CH-7, CH-4, AR-1, unmanned helicopters, high-speed aerial targets, etc. In the first half of 2020, the company conducted some 500 flights of various kinds – demonstration flights, test flights, training flights – and accumulated over 3000 flight hours with a success rate of 100%. Progress on UAV projects is notable: many challenges and problems were overcome and the competitiveness of the Rainbow series of UAVs has been significantly improved as a result.
 

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That is subjected to interpretation of the report.

The report said (in my translation) in the first half of 2020, the company started various research or contract realization works of 9 UAVs including CH-7. These works include 500 flight tests. This is plain translation without any interpretation.

Here is my thought. Does that 500 flight tests include maiden flight of CH-7? Or the work of CH-7 in the first half of 2020 is only limited to assembling and ground test of it? If I am to be very strict and careful, I think the report did not confirm CH-7's maiden flight. If I am to be more wishful, then I can say that 500 includes the maiden flight.

If I were the alert5 author, I would have said "The latest half-year stock report by Aerospace CH UAV – 航天彩虹无人机股份有限公司 – revealed that the CH-7 stealth unmanned air vehicle (UAV) MAY have flown."

Agreed.

I think the most useful thing from this report is confirming that work on CH-7 is definitely still continuing, which in and of itself is useful information.
 

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SIno defense members can anybody have information about the UAV based missiles of China such as KD 1, KD 2 etc
 

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Wow AVIC plan to produce 100 Y-5 excellent with short take off and simple infrastructure support system It is ideal Only drawback is inefficiency and Avgas fuel instead of Kerosene. From Henri K blog

AVIC SAIC has delivered 2 drone Y-5B cargo planes to Tianyu (天 域 航 通) based in Sichuan, in the city of Shifang. The #drone, renamed HY-100 (鸿雁), made its first flight on January 5 in Xinjiang. This delivery is part of the order for 100 devices signed in 2019.
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General characteristics
Crew:
1–2
  • Capacity: 12 passengers / 2,140 kg (4,718 lb)
  • Length: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
  • Upper wingspan: 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
  • Lower wingspan: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 71.52 m2 (769.8 sq ft)
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    TsAGI R-11 (14%)
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  • Empty weight: 3,300 kg (7,275 lb)
  • Gross weight: 5,440 kg (11,993 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 1,200 l (320 US gal; 260 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 ×
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    9-cylinder air-cooled supercharge radial piston engine, 750 kW (1,010 hp)
  • Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller
Performance
  • Maximum speed: 258 km/h (160 mph, 139 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
  • Stall speed: 50 km/h (31 mph, 27 kn) circa
  • Range: 845 km (525 mi, 456 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)
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    0.136 kW/kg (0.083 hp/lb)
  • Fuel consumption: 185–200 l/h (49–53 gal/h; 41–44 imp gal/h)
 

by78

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Can't find a more appropriate thread, so I will post these here.

The II-150Y stealth aerial target drone. In addition to the base variant, there's a high-elevation variant (for tibet) and a naval variant. Capable of carrying various payloads to simulate desired radar and infrared attributes. Capable of 5g instantaneous 80- and 180-degree turns, 3g sustained S-pattern maneuver, etc.

The base variant:
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High-elevation variant:
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The naval variant:
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by78

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The II-260 sub-sonic stealth target drone. Also capable of carrying payload to further simulate various radar cross-sectional and infrared characteristics.

Dimensions: 4m x 1.5m
Max take-off weight: >180kg
Max payload: >30kg
Max speed (level flight): >270m/s
Ceiling: >12000m
Minimum altitude: 25m
Max take-off elevation: >4500m
Endurance: >60 min
Radar cross-section (frontal): 0.01 square meter
Remote control radius: > 100km
Max G: >8
Instantaneous turn G (90- and 180-degree): 8
S-maneuver G: 4
Rolling G: 6

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Can't find a more appropriate thread, so I will post these here.

The II-150Y stealth aerial target drone. In addition to the base variant, there's a high-elevation variant (for tibet) and a naval variant. Capable of carrying various payloads to simulate desired radar and infrared attributes. Capable of 5g instantaneous 80- and 180-degree turns, 3g sustained S-pattern maneuver, etc.

The base variant:
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High-elevation variant:
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The naval variant:
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Wow ... any more information on where they were unveiled?
 
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