Development of a Low-Cost unmanned aerial vehicle for military affair

Abstract

This paper proposes the study and development of a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for survey with virtual pilot view that can be applied for both civilian and military purposes. Our prototype UAV is a fixed upper wing type with 1.6 m.-span, 0.9 m.-length, 0.2 m.-height, and 2.6 kg.-payload. Its technical specification is as follows: 2,500 m.-range, 1,000 m.-ceiling, 60 km/hr-speed, 1 hr-endurance, 12 VDC/3,000 mA/hr-power supply, >90 azimuth-angle adjustable, and >45 elevation-angle adjustable. The advantages of our prototype include low cost, compactness, and light weight. Furthermore, it can be applied in several missions such as missing person search, sky surveillance, geo-informatics, etc