DP-6 Whisper American Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter
DP-6 Whisper
Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter
Other
Basic Information
Name
DP-6 Whisper American Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter
Designation
DP-6 Whisper
Alternate Designation
DP-6 Whisper
Equipment Type
Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter
Manufacturer
Dragonfly Pictures, Essington, Pa
Date of Introduction
2006
Description
The DP-6 Whisper is a light-weight self sufficient unmanned helicopter designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The plane may be operated and deployed through a unmarried person. The layout is supposed to maximise payload inside a 50-lb (23-kg) gross weight limit. The helicopter has a tandem rotor configuration.
Air & Air Defense Specifications
Max Speed
130.0 km/h
Range
80.0 km
Variants
DP-6XT Whisper
This upgraded variant, the present production model, features a most payload of fifteen pound (7 kg). The air vehicle will operate in crosswinds of up to forty knots (74 kmh).
The DP-6XT has associate degree endurance of half-hour with a 15-lb payload and a 60-minute endurance with a two.2 pound (1 kg) payload. It may be deployed in quarter-hour.
Batteries may be recharged in quarter-hour or swapped in three minutes. The air vehicle may be bound to associate degree surface power supply for constant 24/7 operation. A 200-ft (60-m) tether is out there as associate degree possibility.
The air vehicle will give a mobile impromptu Wi-Fi network or close-range stable representational process.
The system may be operated by one person and offers easy waypoint navigation.
Payload options embody external hardpoints; directional mike and speaker; electro-optical/infrared day or night detector with three-axis stabilization with a optical device illuminator; and a high-bandwidth encrypted communication link.
The DP-6XT options exactness management through autonomous flight path programming; nap of the world flight even in complicated terrain; non-line-of-sight flight, together with in GPS-denied environments; autonomous operation; and a little profile.
DP-12 Rhino
This is a bigger version designed to hold payloads of as much as a hundred and fifty lb (70 kg) over distances of as much as 350 mi (560 km). It can fly in crosswinds of as much as 30 knots (fifty six kmh).
The unmanned helicopter has an persistence of approximately 1 hour with a a hundred and fifty-lb payload or three hours with a 32-lb (15-kg) payload.
The air car functions more than one hardpoints forward, aft, to the edges and at the stomach to hold quite a few payloads. Typical payloads consist of cameras; artificial aperture radar; ultra-wideband radar; LIDAR; electro-optical/infrared sensors; magnetometers; ground-penetrating radar; mapping packages; acoustic and ultrasonic sensors; and steady verbal exchange relays and links.
The DP-12 may be released in 5 mins if organized at the touchdown pad and the flight route is already programmed. It can release in 10 mins from a chilly begin and the flight route is programmed. Launch from a chilly begin takes approximately 15 mins if a brand new flight route need to be programmed.
DP-14 Hawk
This is a heavy-raise variation designed for missions inclusive of air deliver to ahead working bases. It is designed to hold as much as 430 lb (195 kg) of payload in its 26 cu ft (0.7 cu m) of shipment area or outside hardpoints. It can reportedly fly for approximately 2.4 hours with a 430-lb payload or four.three hours with a 100-lb (45-kg) payload. The DP-14 can perform in crosswinds of as much as forty knots (seventy four kmh).
The air automobile could be powered with the aid of using both an 87-hp Solar T62 engine or a 133-hp Microturbo eAPU turbine and is designed to apply both JP-five or JP-eight heavy fuel. The power plant could generate four.2 kW of strength for avionics and sensors.
The DP-14 Hawk makes use of onboard LIDAR and superior algorithms to navigate in complex, restrained environments, inclusive of superior intelligence for course planning, path corrections, perception, impediment avoidance and touchdown-webweb page selection. These competencies permit the air automobile to fly intelligent, self sustaining, non-line-of-sight, nap-of-the-earth missions and dynamically adapt to adjustments in flight situations and terrain, in accordance to Dragonfly Pictures.
The machine employs IMU and GPS for takeoff and touchdown and an ultrasonic sensor as a rangefinder to decide peak from the floor at some point of touchdown. These sensors allow landings even in brownouts or different degraded visible environments.
The air automobile may be ready with side-established pods for over-sized items.
The unmanned helicopter functions 1 ms autopilot biking and fast pitch correction at some point of self sustaining shipment offloading, which permits precision airdrops with accuracy of higher than 10 ft (three m). It calls for a touchdown webweb page measuring approximately 60 ft (18 m) x 60 ft (18 m).
All-terrain touchdown tools helps landings on choppy floor; slopes of up to fifteen degrees; and heaving deliver decks. A relative positioning machine lets in the DP-14 to self-release and self-get better on pitching ships with an eight-in (203-mm) round mistakes probable.
The machine may be assembled, readied and released inside 30 minutes.
System
Alternate Designation
DP-6 Whisper
Type
Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter
Manufacturer
Dragonfly Pictures, Essington, Pa.
Dimensions
Length
1.80 m
Width
0.49 m
Height
0.76 m
Gross Weight
23 kg
Empty Weight
11 kg
Payload Weight
12 kg
Automotive
Engine Name
INA
Engine Type
INA
Engine Power
INA
Maximum Speed
130 km/h
Maximum Range
80 km
Ceiling
260 m/min
Climb Rate
260 m/min
Endurance Payload 1.0 kg
1 Hour
Endurance payload 6.8 kg
30 Min
Details
Country of Origin
United States
Category
UAVs
Air > UAVs
Filter Label
D
Classification
Domain
Air & Air Defense
Equipment Status
Active
Dimensions
Length
1.8 m
Width
0.49 m
Height
0.76 m
Weight
23 kg
Operators (1)
United States
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