3D Robotics

More Chinese UAVs hitting the market

From the product listing (I've pinged them for more info and a price):


"Clairvoyance" UAV is an small electrically powered UAV and it is to be used in Short-range surveillance.It plays an important role in reconnaissance and aerial photography equipped with Webcam,digital camera and microwave devices. It is compact, lightweight, and it is also easy to operate and maintain. During flight operation, it can fly according to the scheduled routes and the adjustable waypoints.Data and images can be transmitted at the same time.Horizontal resolution of the Webcam :420 TV lines. Effective Communication Distance :20km. It is a tactical reconnanissance UAV with national advanced level which recently launched by our company.

wingspan: 1100mm
Body length: 900mm
Load: 200g
Take-off gross weight: 2200g
maximum thrust:1350g
Cruising speed: 40-60km/h
flying height: 20-2000m
Endurance: 20-50min
Maximum wind: 4
Landing: hand rolls"

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  • Moderator
    No I just happened to see that image and thought, that's something I've seen before. No idea if it is the same mount, but it looks pretty similar.
  • Moderator
    Remember that helicopter mount on the previous page, I knew I had seen it somewhere recently.

    http://www.sportsmoto.co.uk/acatalog/Eagle_Eye_Camera_Mount_from_Sp...

    Professional Eagle Eye Camera Mount

    Price: £822.00 / €912.42
    Professional aerial application designed 2-axis pan-tilt for 50--120 class helicopter Eagle Eye Mount

    (shipping date: 2-3 days after you placed order, we need some time to assemble main parts)

    Blimey!!!
  • Developer
    Smells a bit fishy... to me also, but may only be a non business savvy company (person) , lets see what develops..
  • Developer
    I asked for quote for camera gimbal system only but, I looks like quote for whole chopper?
    I really wanted 50 minute missions option too.
  • Developer
    I was quoted $14,412 USD for the Heli Version see attached Tian Yi quotation and specification.pdfQuote
    Pretty good price if it performs as stated. Chinese translation is lacking
    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3692051294?profile=original
  • There website seems to have gone away. My browser cannot find it right now, anyway...
  • T3
    Wake up, if those UAVs offer the features usually associated with machines of this size and payload, the price is right in the market (EU, US anything).
    You cannot make such helicopter by a 10K persons community even for 200KUSD, this is full time job for a few ppl with well profiled education for several months, but 16h/.day. Or 300 years 1000 ppl 3h/.day.
    However, it could be that those objects are mash-up of loose components.
    In this case, heli ap for a few KUSD then airframe a few kusd, gimbal a few kusd then a few kusd margin for integration, sales outlet and you get the price.
    You think I am wrong?
    How far rotomotion products could be from this?
    2 times more work? 3 times? or maybe just same.
    You can trace all products to something and then sum up the time spent on it, roughly.

    On the other hand Clairvyoance price is interesting. You can get cropcam and pteryx below that price.
    I htink It is military pricing using the components otherwise used for a chinese military UAV (but not this airframe), therefore they kept the price apparently.
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  • 3D Robotics
    Here are the details of the autopilot it uses: (readable version here: XY-3 autopilot quotation.doc)


    ·Itegrated GPS receiver, three-axis MEMS gyroscope, pressure altimeter.
    ·16-channel GPS receiver, 4Hz output, 35 seconds fast positioning time and accuracy of 2.5 meters CEP.
    ·33HZ attitude inner loop control, 4HZ outer navigation controls.
    ·Mltiple-channel hybrid control output can be easily adjust the mixture control. Ajust neutral position just in time
    ·Three control modes: augmentation remote control, smart remote control and automatic navigation control.
    ·Three kinds of automatic navigation control modes: fixed flight mode, the mouse pointing flight patterns and route navigation mode.
    ·The ground station contains electronic map function software that can change the route and tasks online, real-time semi-autonomous remote control and can be real-time flight data recording and offline playback.
    ·Automatic and manual remote control integration, higher reliability and practicality, can compatible with all common facilities of RC remote control, and improve the fuction of servo output checking and remote protection.
    ·Available online to adjust and save all the control parameters, with stand-alone parameter adjustment software which is easy to use.
    ·Real-time telemetry flight data and records all telemetry data.
    ·Contains the control voltage monitoring, electric aircraft power voltage monitoring, GPS accuracy of detection, autopilot temperature detection and so on.
    ·Support RS-232 interface levels.
    ·Volume is 100 × 43 × 25mm, weight is 75 grams, power is 150MA@7.2V.

    Application

    ·Automatic navigate and pilot small and medium aircraft of non-layout form such as Regular, V tail, lifting flaps, ailerons and others.
    ·A variety of automatic navigation and driving.
    ·High-precision real-time data acquisition, image location of synchronization in the process of flying.



    Technology Specifications
    All refering value is at room temperature 25 ℃
    Item
    Min
    Standard
    Max
    Unit
    Remarks
    Main supply voltage
    7.2
    12
    15
    V
    Provide RC receiver power supply
    Main Supply Current

    150

    MA
    7.2V power supply
    Height measurement range
    -500

    6000
    M

    GPS ground speed measurement range
    0

    350
    M/S

    GPS navigation accuracy level

    2.5

    M
    Repeatability
    Height and precision of pressure

    2

    M
    Repeatability
    Air Points can be set

    98

    Piece

    Output Control Surface Servo

    3

    Way

    Output throttle feeder

    1

    Way

    Servo Output Resolution

    2000



    Servo Output Resolution

    33

    HZ

    Attitude PID control rate

    33

    HZ

    Navigation control PID rate

    4

    HZ

    Track data telemetry frequency

    2

    HZ

    Mission data telemetry frequency

    1

    HZ

    Attitude data telemetry frequency

    4

    HZ

    RS-232 baud rate

    19200

    Bps

    Data radio frequency

    433

    MHZ

    Digital Transmission Radio Power

    500

    MW

    Working Temperature
    -20
    25
    60
    Degree

    Storage Temperature

    25

    Degree

    Volume
    100×43×25
    Mm

    Weight
    75
    Gram
    Bare board
  • 3D Robotics
    Yes $26k, not $23k. Typing too fast...
  • I see that in attached " Quotation" price is USD 26,471 US. Could it be that due to lack of setup on the quote generation sowtware, or potential language issues, or..., price should be in yuan ( Chinese currency)?
    That would make it 26, 471 yuan = $3,876

    I really like descriptions for items 8 and 9 :

    8) Motor 1 Special motor
    9) Propeller 1 Plastic Paddle
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