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CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) has showcased a new small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at Aero India 2017 in Bangalore.
Suchan features a daylight camera integrated into the air vehicle's nose. (Mathew George)
The Suchan system is an indigenous development and is designed to be hand launched and belly landed. CSIR-NAL also claims that Suchan has a fully developed autopilot, enabling it to conduct autonomous operations throughout the flight envelope (takeoff to landing), with the aid of GPS.
The system is designed to fill a number of roles, including ISTAR. (Mathew George)
The present payload is a single, replaceable daylight camera integrated into the nose of the aircraft; this may be extended to two units in the near future.
Suchan has a high-mounted wing and a pusher-propeller configuration, with the propeller position on the rear of the wing.
http://www.janes.com/article/67745/aero-india-2017-csir-nal-debuts-suchan-uav
The Suchan system is an indigenous development and is designed to be hand launched and belly landed. CSIR-NAL also claims that Suchan has a fully developed autopilot, enabling it to conduct autonomous operations throughout the flight envelope (takeoff to landing), with the aid of GPS.
The present payload is a single, replaceable daylight camera integrated into the nose of the aircraft; this may be extended to two units in the near future.
Suchan has a high-mounted wing and a pusher-propeller configuration, with the propeller position on the rear of the wing.
http://www.janes.com/article/67745/aero-india-2017-csir-nal-debuts-suchan-uav
