From Airbus 700kg heavy-oil unmanned helicopter, looking at the development trend of light tactical drones

2018Year12moon，AirbusVSR 700The unmanned helicopter successfully completed its first flight;

2019Year11In the month, Airbus tested the complete flight envelope in southern France;

Plan to2020The French naval combat verification aircraft will be delivered in 2018 and equipped to conduct actual combat tests on naval frigates.

airbusVSR700It adopts heavy fuel aircraft engine and is equipped with a full digital multi-channel redundant flight control system, which can achieve independent takeoff, hover, and implement stable flight and maneuver, with a large load and weight250kg, by virtue of itsLow-consumption heavy oil engineBattery life exceeds10Hour.

Before thisThe model of tactical unmanned helicopter equipped by the French Navy carrier-based drone squadron isSchiebel S-100The larger take-off weight of the drone is200kg。

VSR700Parameters ofShow, FrancenavyrightLight tactical unmanned helicopters in terms of load load and battery lifeThe demandAll of them have been strengthened compared to previous tactical unmanned helicopters.It also demonstrates its development ideas.

Development trend of light tactical carrier-based drones

Loading/Self-weight enhancement:With the development of naval combat function requirements, what is neededLoad equipment continues to increase，The load load of light tactical unmanned helicopters has risen to250-300kg、Self-weight rises to600-700kgclass。The industry was once famousS-100Umbrella helicopterProductionManufacturerSchiebelcompany，Also developing load capacity300kg，Self-weight600-700kgNew tactical drone。

Flight durationTime improvement：With the reconnaissance、Relay and other maritime demand，The battery life of light tactical drones is notBreakMake a requestto8-10Hour，Therefore, the fuel consumption of the helicopteralsoMore demands were made, so this is alsoAirbusandSchiebelcompany，All choose heavy oils with better thermal efficiencyThe reason for the engine product.

at presentProducts of many representative unmanned helicopter companies in China, has been from the original400-500kgLevel upgrade to600-700kgLevel of product magnitudeAt the same time, domestic heavy oil aircraft engine supporting enterprises have also come up with relatively high performance heavy oil engines with all independent implementations, which can be foreseen in the short term.600-700kgLevelLight tactical carrier-based drone will be fastRealize autonomyovertake.