Baykar Bayraktar KALKAN

Bayraktar KALKAN VTOL
Bayraktar DİHA (VTOL)
General information
TypeVTOL unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle
National originTurkey
ManufacturerBaykar
StatusPrototype production phase
History
Introduction date2022
First flightAugust 2019 (2019-08)

Bayraktar KALKAN VTOL is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle system developed by Baykar defense, and announced for the first time in 2019.[1] Bayraktar VTOL is expected to be used in the drone-carrying Landing helicopter dock TCG Anadolu.[2][3]

Technical Specifications

General Features

  • Wing Span: 5 meters
  • Body length: 1.5 meters
  • Maximum Takeoff Weight: 30 kilograms
  • Useful Load Capacity: 5 kilograms

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 65 KTAS
  • Communication Range: 70 km
  • Operational Altitude: 8,000 feet
  • Maximum Altitude: 10,000 feet
  • Duration of stay in the air: 6 hours

Advanced Features

  • Fully automatic flight
  • Autonomous landing and take-off
  • Semi-autonomous flight
  • Triple redundant flight control system
  • Laser distance meter[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baykar'dan dikey iniş kalkışlı insansız hava aracı geliyor: Bayraktar DİHA". www.donanimhaber.com. 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Şimdi DİHA zamanı". m5dergi (in Turkish). 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ "BAYKAR'dan dikey iniş kalkışlı yeni İHA | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "BAYKAR İnsansız Hava Aracı Sistemleri". www.baykarsavunma.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.


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