INDELA EYE SKY
Unmanned airborne vehicle of vertical takeoff and landing
Description
«INDELA EYE SKY» belongs to the class of light helicopters, which can be used as a carrier included in UAV complex for fulfillment of a wide range of practical tasks:
- reconnaissance;
- monitoring;
- target designation;
- protection of transport columns;
In terms of useful load, the helicopter can be equipped with a radar with a synthesized aperture. «INDELA EYE SKY» is equipped with the system of laser target illumination, which makes it possible for piloted airborne vehicles and artilleries to strike high-accuracy blows at opponent’s targets. In future, it is also planned to use «INDELA EYE SKY» for detection of chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. Installation of various types of weapons is being considered.
The secret of the uniqueness of «INDELA EYE SKY» can be explained by a high degree of automation of its functions. The flight of «INDELA EYE SKY» is in automatic mode in accordance with the program previously determined. On completion of the flight and receipt of permission to land, computerized system ensures accurate landing of «INDELA EYE SKY». The concept of a free design is used in «INDELA EYE SKY», which significantly simplifies addition of new equipment.
«INDELA EYE SKY» has an obvious advantage, if compared to piloted systems, when efficiency is required, but it is not its only strong point. Utilization of «INDELA EYE SKY» doesn’t presuppose the risk of losing the crew, which broadens circumstances of its reasonable use, including situations, when opponent’s air defense systems presuppose a very high risk of loss with regard to piloted systems. Utilization of «INDELA EYE SKY» potentially makes it possible to decrease time required for response in the circumstances of an intensively developing crisis, when respective political decision is made. Decrease of total response time is also connected with the fact that deployment of supporting means necessary for utilization of piloted aviation is not required in risky circumstances, including, for example, preliminary deployment of combat and search-and-rescue forces in the region. Such deployment is vulnerable and as a rule requires several days, within which shock «INDELA EYE SKY» can already be used.
Characteristics
| Engine | four-cycle, two-cylinder, water-cooled with dry crankcase | |
| Takeoff power | kW | 26 |
| Hourly fuel consumption | l/h | 8 |
| Key geometric characteristics | ||
| Length with rotary screws | mm | 3886 |
| Length | mm | 2975 |
| Rotor diameter | mm | 3280 |
| Height | mm | 1150 |
| Wheelbase | mm | 1100 |
| Weight data | ||
| Maximum takeoff weight | kg | 150 |
| Weight | kg | 95 |
| Standard fuel margin | l | 50 |
| Basic flight characteristics | ||
| Maximum speed horizontal level flight | km/h | 90 |
| Cruise speed level flight | km/h | 70 |
| Static ceiling without consideration to ground effect influence | m | 1500 |
| Practical ceiling | m | 3000 |
| Maximum climbing capacity | m/s | 2 |
| Practical flight length | km | 420 |
| Flight duration (Height 100-500 м) | h | up to 6 |
| Maximum permissible wind speed while takeoff and landing | m/s | 8,0 |
| Available power | ||
| Capacity of power supply consumed for useful load along 12 W chain | W | 500 |
«INDELA EYE SKY» uses a gyro-stabilized optoelectronic system with an infrared camera and integrated laser range finder.
Biaxial gyro-stabilized and completely integrated direct-drive illumination system.
The complex includes:
airborne vehicle with a gyro-stabilized optoelectronic system «INDELA EYE SKY»
ground control facilities
system of automatic positioning of antennas
Characteristics
| Stabilization | Not worse than 250 microrad | |
| Characteristics of the range finder | Distance up to 200 m, characteristic accuracy ±2 mm | |
| Rotation/tilt range and rotation speed | Unlimited range, if useful load doesn’t have a salient forebody (collectors at each of two axes), maximum rotation speed 60°/s | |
| Interfaces | 1 x RS485 for interaction with the user, external course device and positioning device, 1 x composite video signal | |
| Feedback characteristics | 0,036°/±0,1° characteristic resolution capability/inaccuracy of the sensor, update rate 200 Hz | |
| Block camera in PAL mode | ||
| Resolution capacity in PAL mode | pixels | 440000 |
| Minimum required illumination | lux | 1 |
| Optical scaling | volumes | 26 |
| External control | VISCA protocol | |
| Support of 6 camera profiles | ||
| Presence of an additional DSP for digital scaling and stabilization of video image | ||
| Possibility of disabling infrared filter to increase sensitivity in circumstances of poor illumination | ||
| Infrared camera with high resolution | ||
| Type of the system | uncooled | |
| Infrared thermal image converter | ||
| Sensor type | 640 x 512 VOx Micro bolometer | |
| Pixel size | μm | 25 |
| Spectral range | μm | 7,5–13,5 |
| Characteristics of utilization | Less than 65mK NEdT at f/1,0 | |
| 9 Hz for relay | ||
| Digital video | 8-or 14-bit serial LVDS | |
| Inversion and image return, 2х and 4х digital zoom | ||
| Digital image improvement | ||
| Independent camera control, or manual through a graphical interface or RS-232 port | ||
| Power dissipation (statistical) | watt | less than 3 |
| Readiness for image relay | seconds | less than 4 |
| Ambient conditions | ||
| Range of operation temperatures | °C | -40 – +80 |
| Range of storage temperatures | °C | -50 – +85 |
| Standard range of image temperature | °C | 150 |
| Impact load | g | 70 |
| Vibration | g | 4,3 |
| Humidity without condensate | % | 5-95 |
| Requirements to power supply | В | 18–36 of direct current, 20 W (standard) |
| Weight | kg | 1 |
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