FACRI UAV
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| manufacturer= [http://www.facri.com Flight Automatic Control Research Institute (FACRI)]
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FACRI [[UAV]]s are Chinese unmanned helicopters developed by developed by [[Xi’an]] [http://www.facri.com Flight Automatic Control Research Institute (FACRI, 西安飞行自动控制研究所)] of AVIC, also known as the 618th (Research) Institute. FACRI has been a major supplier of unmanned helicopter flight control systems (FCS) in China, and recently, it has ventured into the arena of developing entire unmanned aircraft, as of end of 2013, two have been publicized.
==250 unmanned helicopter==
250 unmanned helicopter is an UAV developed by FACRI in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is jointly developed by FACRI, [[Guangxi]] [http://www.gxty.com/ Tianyuan (meaning field and garden) biochemistry Co., Ltd. (广西田园生化股份有有限公司)] and [[Henan Agricultural University]] as one of the projects of [[863 Program]] added at late stage.<ref>[http://www.gxty.com/zhibao-cont.asp?id=99&dd=%D0%C2%CE%C5%D6%D0%D0%C4&xx=%B9%AB%CB%BE%D0%C2%CE%C5 250 UAV]</ref> Specification:<ref>[http://www.jieyouwang.com.cn/page/yewu/service4.php 250 unmanned helicopter]</ref>
*Weight (kg): 100
*Payload (kg): 30
==AF811 Aerial Robot==
AF811 Aerial Robot (Kong-Zhong Ji-Qi-Ren, 空中机器人) is also developed by FACRI and it is the smaller cousin of 250 unmanned helicopter. AF811 Aerial Robot is in conventional layout with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it utilizes strap-down computer. As with its bigger cousin 250 unmanned helicopter, AF811 Aerial Robot is also mainly intended for agricultural applications.<ref>[http://www.81tech.com/sell/201304/19/sell27490.html AF811 UAV]</ref>
Specification:<ref>[http://www.facri.com/product/2012-10-9/137.html AF811 Aerial Robot]</ref>
*Weight (kg): 30
*Payload (kg): 18
*Length (m): 1.8
*Width (m): 0.5
*Height (m): 0.75
*Navigation: [[inertial navigation system|INS]]/[[GPS]]
*Power plant: 8.68 kW engine
==See also==
[[List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China]]
==References==
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[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles]]
[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of China]]
[[Category:Unmanned helicopters]]
[[Category:Unmanned helicopters of China]]
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