What kind of fuel it uses? How much is the maximum operation radius? Can it be armed with any kind of weapons? How much it costs?
Operating Radius: 180kms ~ 220kms depending on terrain.
Cost: Just the platform US$400k per unit (excluding any sensors) .
Fuel:
Arabian Aerospace 13-03-2012
Schiebel's latest Camcopter takes on the heavies in first flight
The first flight of a heavy-fuel powered Schiebel Camcopter S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) has taken place in Austria. The flexibility this engine provides will further add to the wide capabilities of the unmanned
helicopter.
The Schiebel-designed engine fulfilled all expectations and series deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The heavy fuel engine provides customers with the ability to use JP-5 (F-44), Jet A-1 (F-35) and JP-8 (F-34). Which the Austrian manufacturer says is a flexibility that is not available in other tactical VTOL UAS.
The basic power plant of the S-100 is a Wankel-type (rotary piston) engine, which runs on 100 octane-grade avgas (aviation gasoline) and is rated at 50 HP.
Recent engineering developments have led to the gasoline version of the engine being certified to operate on 95 octane lead-free petrol without loss of power making it ideal for Middle and North African operations where Avgas is a rarity.
The new heavy fuel engine is fully interchangeable with the current engine and upgrade is possible by just replacing the core engine with some accessories of similar specifications and flight performance. In offering lower logistic effort and supporting the single-fuel concept that requires using only one fuel while deployed, this new engine is also ideal for maritime applications.
Flight Global 19-02- 2013
Austrian unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Schiebel and Thales UK have joined forces to demonstrate the Camcopter S-100's ability to operate carrying the latter's I-Master dual-mode surveillance radar.
Performed in Wiener Neustadt on 7 February, Schiebel says: "The flights, each lasting several hours, successfully proved both sensor performance and the stability of data transfer between radar operator and the airborne I-Master."
A 30kg (66lb) payload, developed primarily for the British Army's Watchkeeper tactical UAV programme, the I-Master has ground moving target indication (GMTI) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operating modes. It can be used as a single payload or carried in combination with an electro-optical/infrared sensor by platforms such as the Watchkeeper.
"The trial provided excellent GMTI and SAR results," says Eddie Awang, Thales UK vice-president of
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Collaboration between the companies has previously included using the S-100 to perform firing trials of
the Thales lightweight multirole missile.
