SWGA UAVs are Chinese UAVs developed by Shaanxi Sky Wing (Tian-Yi or Tianyi) General Aviation Science and Technology Service Co., Ltd. (SWGA, 陕西天翼通用航空科技服务有限公司). Originally in the business of general aviation and ultralight aviation, SWGA ventures into UAV arena first by manufacturing UAV designed by other Chinese UAV developers, and later developed its own. As of early 2014, three UAVs marketed by SWGA are its own designs, and both of them are rotary UAVs.
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Unmanned agricultural helicopter
Unmanned agricultural helicopter is the first UAV developed by SWGA, and it is in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. Unmanned agricultural helicopter utilizes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) airframe and mainly intended for agricultural applications, such as crop dusting.
TY-C20
TY-C20 is an unmanned helicopter developed by SWGA in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear. It is a long endurance UAV with large payload, intended for various missions. TY-C20 is gasoline powered and adopts modular design concept so a variety of power plant and payload can be carried.
TY-D8
TY-D8 Quadcopter is a quadrotor developed by SWGA with a pair of skids as landing gear. Mainly intended for agricultural applications, it is also called “Plant Protection Aerial Robot”. Specification: