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HCUAV is a research project, whose aim was to design and build a Medium-Altitude-Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE UAV) in order to carry out civil operations in Greece. Its development started in 2013 and the consortium consists of 6 partners, 3 University Research Groups (LFMT, CSL, LRA) and 3 SMEs (MLS Multimedia, Spacesonic Ltd, Intracom Defense Electronics) and is coordinated by the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics & Turbomachinery (LFMT) of the Dept. of Mech. Eng. of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). The chief Engineer of the project is prof. K. Yakinthos (AUTH).
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- space sonic hcuav rx 1 9 9 16
- Mission
- RX 1 prototype
- Specifications
- General characteristics
- Performance
- References
space sonic hcuav rx 1 9 9 16
Mission
The main project goal is the design and construction of a low-cost, high-performance civil UAV, appropriately equipped, for long day and night surveillance/patrol operations, such as sea monitoring, forest fires etc.
RX-1 prototype
Starting from scratch, the HCUAV prototype (RX-1) made its first and successful flight, 36 months after the initiation of the project.
The maiden flight took place in 2016, and lasted approximately 15 minutes.
Specifications
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General characteristics
Performance
