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Peeper (Kui-Shi-Zhe or Kuishizhe, 窥视者)-II UAV is a Chinese UAV developed in China for the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Peeper II is a fixed wing UAV without any tailplane or vertical stabilizer, but with a pair of canards and winglets. In addition to being unusual in lacking tailplanes and vertical stabilizer, another unusual feature of Peeper II UAV is that the winglets are pointing downward instead of upward in most aircraft design. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade wooden propeller driven engine mounted at the empennage. A total of three Peeper II systems have entered service with PLA in northeast China, with a price tag of a million (¥ for each, including ground control system. The UAV is primarily designed for disaster assessment purposes, and it is usually catapult-launched. Specification: