China's first flight of the world's first large four-engine UAV with a load of 1.5 tons and full intellectual property rights
CTOnews.com October 25 news, according to boiling point video report, October 25, Sichuan Zigong Fengming Airport, the world's first large four-engine UAV successfully completed, the code-named "double-tailed scorpion D" large four-engine UAV independently developed by Sichuan Tengdun Science and Technology Co., Ltd., and has full intellectual property rights.
The successful maiden double-tailed scorpion D is a new support product developed on the basis of the star product of Tengdun science and technology, the double-tailed scorpion series UAV platform. it is the world's first large-scale four-engine, multi-purpose, hollow long-flight fixed-wing UAV system. The aircraft has a wingspan of 20 meters, a length of 10.5 meters, a height of 3.1 meters, a maximum takeoff weight of 4.35 tons, a maximum deadweight of 1.5 tons and a maximum loading space of 5 cubic meters.
12:23 on the same day, at Zigong Fengming General Airport, a large four-engine UAV codenamed "double-tailed Scorpion D" independently entered the runway and lifted off smoothly. After 18 minutes of flight, it landed smoothly at 12:41 without trouble. The first flight of the world's first large-scale four-engine UAV was successfully completed.
With the configuration of four engines and generators, double-tailed Scorpion D maintains the existing advantages of double-tailed Scorpion series UAVs. It has larger loading space, heavier loading capacity, stronger power support, higher system reliability, flight safety, can carry more high-performance mission loads, and perform support tasks such as freight logistics, aviation broadcasting, mission load use, and so on.
CTOnews.com learned that double-tailed Scorpion D will be unveiled at the 14th China (Zhuhai) Air Show on November 8, when we can see more information about the drone.