IRANIAN STUDENTS DESIGN DRONE
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 20, 2011 – 17:54 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Iranian students at Tabriz University designed an
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flying at 15,000 feet.
Fars News Agency reported that researchers at the Modern Technologies
Engineering Collage of Tabriz University developed the drone, dubbed
as Shaparak (butterfly), which can keep flying at 15,000 feet and a
range of 20 km.
One of the designers of the drone said that the long period of constant
flying at high altitudes is one of the main feature of the newly
designed drone. “These types of UAVs are able to keep flying for 3
hours and have the capability to increase their length of flight to
20 hours,” the designer said.
The small size Shaparak weighs 55kg and enjoys the capability to
carry a maximum 10kg load and conduct night flights.
The UAV can take off in three seconds.
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