China's most powerful solar UAV exposure: maximum flight altitude of 20 thousand meters

In order to advance the Zhuhai airshow in October 25th, air preheating, China Aerospace Power Technology Research Institute held a special reporter on the rainbow UAV brand conference, the conference site, Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics UAV chief engineer Shi Wen, of various types of weapons will be exhibited in the exhibition of the Pearl HNA made a more comprehensive explanation including CH-1, CH-4, CH-3, and CH-5 UAV, including AR-1 and AR-2 which is equipped with missile weapons.

However, after the end of the press conference, the UAV Pavilion off the first responsible person led the participants to China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, a model within the exhibition attracted small attention, that is China Aerospace Aerodynamics Research Institute developed solar UAV, it will match with solar power batteries, China Aerospace Aerodynamics Research Institute UAV chief engineer Shi Wen said that solar UAV uses solar energy as power source, the biggest feature is the long duration and high cruising altitude, long flight in the designated area, altitude, supporting communications relay surveillance, mobile communications, navigation or video broadcasting service tasks.

We can know from the relevant information, the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics on solar UAV, the largest wingspan of 45 meters, blank time more than 24 hours, the height over 20 km, the load capacity of 20 kg, only from the data, the UAV to China after the United States, second solar UAV developed long can the national airlines. At present, the aircraft has been carried out repeatedly on the field test, the future improvement and even have the ability to fly for several months or even a few years.

Shi Wen said, the United States Google Corporation and other Internet giants are planning for long endurance UAV as communication base station air, to ensure users in remote areas can also enjoy the network service. While China's solar UAV's long flight time and high altitude, no doubt for the persistent data relay and 4G/5G communication provides a reliable platform for the air, to be able to partially replace the function of communications satellites.