ST Aero FanTail

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The FanTail is a Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air Vehicle developed by ST Aerospace.

A mock-up of the UAV made its first show appearance at Asian Aerospace 2006 in Singapore (21-25 February), along with the smaller original FanTail 3000 VTOL UAV, which has already flown about 100 hours.

[edit] Models

  • FanTail 3000 (Prototype)
    • Overall weight: 3 Kg
    • Payload weight: 0.9 Kg
    • Overall length: 76cm
    • Rotor diameter: 29 cm
    • Width (excluding landing gear):
    • Height(including landing gear):
    • Maximum level speed in horizontal position:
    • Endurance:
    • Operating distance:
    • Flight Control:
    • Airframe: modular carbon-fibre composite construction
    • Powerplant:
    • Ground Control: Window notebook-based compact ground control station with datalink terminal
  • FanTail 5000
    • Overall weight: 5.5 Kg
    • Payload weight: 0.4 Kg
    • Overall length:
    • Rotor diameter: 46 cm
    • Width (excluding landing gear): 59 cm
    • Height(including landing gear): 115 cm
    • Maximum level speed in horizontal position: 60 Knot / 111 km/h
    • Endurance: 30 minutes in hover
    • Operating distance: 5 Km
    • Flight Control: pre-programmed autonomous waypoint navigation using GPS
    • Airframe: modular carbon-fibre composite construction
    • Powerplant: 3.5 hp two-stroke gasoline engine
    • Ground Control: Window notebook-based compact ground control station with datalink terminal

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