CHINA's new-generation CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft completed a full-load taxiing test recently under full working conditions in Zhanghe Airport in Jingmen, Central China's Hubei Province.
This cargo drone has been described as a 'pickup truck in the air' and will hopefully provide a new logistics solution to 'remote regions that lack free shipping'.
China's Global Times noted that the CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft adopts a typical transport aircraft design with two engines and a high wing.
In order to ensure that the cargo can be conveniently and efficiently delivered to the cabin, it is equipped with an upward-flipping nose door. It is also equipped with a belly hatch, which can be used for special needs such as emergency airdrops, pesticide spraying or firefighting.
Huang Wei from Aerospace CH UAV Co Ltd said the taxiing test is a landmark mission node following the advent of the unmanned transport aircraft.
Generally speaking, important mission nodes in aircraft development, including unmanned aerial vehicles, include low-speed and high-speed taxiing, first flight, flights with different mission loads, verification test and demonstration flight.
Mr Huang said that unlike the taxiing and flight tests of manned aircraft, which rely on test pilots, comparable tests of the CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft rely on autonomous programme control.
The operator only needs to upload relevant instructions to the drone, which can interpret the route information and taxiing runway information by itself and make corresponding actions according to the actual situation.
As a result, the taxiing test for the drone has very high requirements for the reliability of related control programmes and equipment.
The CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft project was launched in March 2024.
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This cargo drone has been described as a 'pickup truck in the air' and will hopefully provide a new logistics solution to 'remote regions that lack free shipping'.
China's Global Times noted that the CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft adopts a typical transport aircraft design with two engines and a high wing.
In order to ensure that the cargo can be conveniently and efficiently delivered to the cabin, it is equipped with an upward-flipping nose door. It is also equipped with a belly hatch, which can be used for special needs such as emergency airdrops, pesticide spraying or firefighting.
Huang Wei from Aerospace CH UAV Co Ltd said the taxiing test is a landmark mission node following the advent of the unmanned transport aircraft.
Generally speaking, important mission nodes in aircraft development, including unmanned aerial vehicles, include low-speed and high-speed taxiing, first flight, flights with different mission loads, verification test and demonstration flight.
Mr Huang said that unlike the taxiing and flight tests of manned aircraft, which rely on test pilots, comparable tests of the CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft rely on autonomous programme control.
The operator only needs to upload relevant instructions to the drone, which can interpret the route information and taxiing runway information by itself and make corresponding actions according to the actual situation.
As a result, the taxiing test for the drone has very high requirements for the reliability of related control programmes and equipment.
The CH-YH1000 unmanned transport aircraft project was launched in March 2024.
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