NUAA unmanned helicopter

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NUAA unmanned [[helicopter]]s are Chinese [[UAV]]s developed by [[Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (NUAA), and some of which have entered limited service in China.

==LE 110==
LE 110 unmanned helicopter is a Chinese UAV jointly developed by NUAA and [http://www.chinaga.com/details.php?cls=sxzu&id=556 Shanghai Little Eagle Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (上海雏鹰科技有限公司)]. LE 110 utilizes strap-down minicomputer for both flight and mission control, and strap-down inertial navigational system. LE110 is converted from [[Revolution Helicopter Corporation]] Mini-500 manned helicopter, and it is in conventional helicopter layout with landing gear consists of a pair of skids.<ref>[http://wenku.baidu.com/view/93983e24bcd126fff7050b18.html LE 110 UAV]</ref><ref>[http://wuxizazhi.cnki.net/Search/ZGBG200208041.html LE 110]</ref>
*Weight (kg): 320
*Endurance (hr): 1.75
*Speed (km/hr): 172
*Remote control radius (km): 50

==Nimble Owl==
Nimble Owl (Ling-Xiao or Lingxiao, 灵鸮) is an unmanned helicopter developed by NUAA. Nimble Owl is in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Nimble Owl is designed by a team of NUAA students lead by Professor Xu Jin-Fa (徐锦法). Nimble Owl is capable of autonomous flight, and autonomous navigation, as well as providing precise coordinate of the scene via [[GPS]], in addition to the usual aerial photography, cinematography and surveying missions. Nimble Owl can also perform airdrop missions such as releasing emergency medication in disaster relief mission, like many other Chinese unmanned helicopters, but what is unusual about this unmanned helicopter is that it has an extra capability of being able to grab things in flight, which is achieved by a mechanical arm installed, and the operation of the mechanical arm can be fully autonomous or remotely controlled.<ref>[http://jiangsu.sina.com.cn/news/general/2013-10-21/075076933.html Nimble Owl]</ref>

==WZ-1 Soar Bird==
WZ-1 Soar Bird (Xiang-Niao or Xiangniao, 翔鸟) unmanned helicopter is a Chinese UAV developed by NUAA and it is in conventional helicopter layout with two-blade main rotor and two-blade tail rotor. Landing gear consists of a pair of skids. The flight control system is based on [[VxWorks]]. The general designer of WZ-1 Soar Bird is Professor Lü Qingfeng (吕庆风).<ref>[http://www.netbig.com/news/12014/ WZ-1 designer]</ref> Specification:<ref>[http://www.360doc.com/content/08/0614/11/42071_1333554.shtml WZ-1 Soar Bird]</ref>
*Speed (km/hr): 150 – 180
*Endurance (hr): 4

==See also==
[[List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China]]

==Reference==
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[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of China]]
[[Category:Unmanned helicopters of China]]
[[Category:Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics]]