AI Bird UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Wuhan AI Bird UAV Co., Ltd. (AI Bird, 武汉智能鸟无人机有限公司), whose products covers both the fixed wing and rotary UAVs.
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Gull 1
Gull 1 unmanned flying boat (Hai-Ou Yi-Hao Shui-Shang Wu-Ren-Ji, 海鸥一号水上无人机) is a fixed wing micro air vehicle (MAV) developed by AI Bird that is able to land on water. Gull 1 is in conventional design with high-wing configuration. Gull 1 MAV is in conventional layout and propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Since the MAV is designed to be hand launched and landed on water for recovery, the payload cannot be attached under the fuselage as in most land-based UAVs/MAVs in conventional layout. Instead, the payload is attached to the wingtips in cylindrical pods. A third cylindrical pod is mounted atop of the fuselage, but its purpose was not revealed by the developer when the MAV made its public debut.
Hexacopter
AI Bird hexacopter is a multirotor MAV with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is intended aerial survey / photography applications. This hexacopter is the smaller cousin of its smaller cousin quadcopter. Specification:
KC-09
KC-09 UAV is a gasoline-powered UAV developed by AI Bird in twin-boom layout with mid wing configuration, and it can also be electrically powered if customer requires. The landing gear consists of a pair of skids, and each skid has a pair of wheels installed for easy transportation on the ground. Alternatively, the landing gear can be configured as wheels-only version with skids removed. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. Specification:
KC-1600 Sky Hawk
KC-1600 Sky Hawk (Tian-Ying or Tianying, 天鹰) is a hand held, electrically powered MAV developed AI Bird in conventional layout with high-wing configuration, but without elevator. In addition to lacking horizontal surfaces at the empennage, another unusual feature of KC-1600 Sky Hawk is that it is a twin-engine MAV, with one engine on each wing driving a two-blade propeller. KC-1600 Sky Hawak externally resembles a replica of AeroVironment RQ-14 Dragon Eye and performs similar mission of RQ-14, so it can be said that it is the Chinese version of RQ-14. Specification:
KC-2000
KC-2000 is an UAV developed by AI Bird in flying wing layout with cropped delta wing with winglets Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven pusher engine mounted on the empennage. The winglets of KC-2000 point downward instead of upward in most aircraft. Specification:
KC-2400
KC-2400 is a gasoline-powered UAV developed by AI Bird in conventional layout with v-tail and a pair of skids as landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification:
KC-2800
KC-2800 is a gasoline-powered UAV developed by AI Bird in conventional layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification:
Quadcopter
AI Bird quadcopter is a multirotor MAV with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is intended aerial survey / photography applications. This quadcopter is the smaller cousin of its larger cousin hexacopter. Specification:
Sea Eagle 1
Sea Eagle (Hai-Ying or Haiying, 海鹰) 1 is a fixed wing long endurance UAV developed by AI Bird in twin-boom layout with inverted v-tail. Sea Eagle 1 has winglets and tricycle landing gear, and propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. Specification:
SY-2000
SY-2000 UAV is a gasoline-powered unmanned parawing developed by AI Bird in conventional layout with parasol wing configuration. In comparison to traditional fixed-wing UAV, SY-2000 parawing can carry the same payload with lower cruise speed (40–80 km/hr, as opposed to the usual 110 km/hr of traditional fixed-wing UAV), so that it is better suited for aerial photography. SY-2000 has tricycle landing gear and is propelled by a two-blade propeller driven by a tractor engine mounted in the nose. Specification: