Chinese UAVs News & Discussions

[Deino]

It is you who assumes things. You are not privy to the operational status of any of the PLAAF aircraft. You don't even speak or read Chinese. Your information is, at best, 3rd sourced from a rumor-mongering site like SDF. They have been testing it since 2017. Do you think they twiddle their thumb? Anyone following Chinese military progress should know the progress in aeronautical, sensors, and avionics; 7 years is an eternally long time. You have been following for so long that you should know better!

Again like your buddy Yusheg, whatever you may think on me is irrelevant: You made a bolt claim without substance and I question it. So either you prove your claim or face the consequences.

End of the story.

 

[FHN]

WZ-7

 

[yusheng]

Chinese UAV A10

 

[That_Guy]

Chinese UAV A10
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Bad design, the heat from the engine on top would melt the tail.

Lmao.

I know it's CG, but come on. The artist should know better.

 

[yusheng]

The "Nine Heavens" drone has a huge body with a length of 16.35 meters, a wingspan of 25 meters, and a maximum takeoff weight of 16 tons

 

[That_Guy]

The "Nine Heavens" drone has a huge body with a length of 16.35 meters, a wingspan of 25 meters, and a maximum takeoff weight of 16 tons
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Okay, the picture seems way better than that shitty CGI.

The engine seems higher and far enough away from the tail to actually be a decent design.

That CGI was terrible.

 

[yusheng]

The Rainbow 6 drone adopts a conventional high aspect ratio aerodynamic layout, T-shaped tail fin, and tail mounted twin engine turbofan engine, which has outstanding advantages such as high flight altitude, strong payload capacity, long endurance, and long range. The system has high reliability and strong load scalability. It implements the modular design concept and can achieve in-situ replacement of engines, wings, payloads, etc., realizing multi-purpose use of one type

 

[Michael]

@That_Guy @yusheng

The official English name given to it is very interesting, and it's a very brilliant English name.
Jetank=Jet+Tank. which perfectly expresses its meaning.
At the same time, this English name is similar to the pronunciation of its Chinese name “九天(Chinese pinyin: Jiu Tian)”.

 

[That_Guy]

The Rainbow 6 drone adopts a conventional high aspect ratio aerodynamic layout, T-shaped tail fin, and tail mounted twin engine turbofan engine, which has outstanding advantages such as high flight altitude, strong payload capacity, long endurance, and long range. The system has high reliability and strong load scalability. It implements the modular design concept and can achieve in-situ replacement of engines, wings, payloads, etc., realizing multi-purpose use of one type

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Kinda reminds me of the SR-71.

In fact, everytime i keep seeing a new drone in this series, it's keeps getting flatter and flatter.

@Deino

 

[That_Guy]

@That_Guy @yusheng

The official English name given to it is very interesting, and it's a very brilliant English name.
Jetank=Jet+Tank. which perfectly expresses its meaning.
At the same time, this English name is similar to the pronunciation of its Chinese name “九天(Chinese pinyin: Jiu Tian)”.

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The concept seems interesting. With a long range radar, or camera system, it could theoretically engage targets from a safe distance, while providing such a high amount of payload (the tank part) that any enemy would have to be extra careful. Basically, so long as it survives, it would be a constant threat.

 

[Michael]

The concept seems interesting. With a long range radar, or camera system, it could theoretically engage targets from a safe distance, while providing such a high amount of payload (the tank part) that any enemy would have to be extra careful. Basically, so long as it survives, it would be a constant threat.

My understanding is that the tactical positioning of the Jetank UAV is similar to that of the A-10, which provides strong fire support to ground forces.
Only, times have changed. The types of weapons it uses have changed. But its tactical positioning did.

 

[Deino]

The Rainbow 6 drone adopts a conventional high aspect ratio aerodynamic layout, T-shaped tail fin, and tail mounted twin engine turbofan engine, which has outstanding advantages such as high flight altitude, strong payload capacity, long endurance, and long range. The system has high reliability and strong load scalability. It implements the modular design concept and can achieve in-situ replacement of engines, wings, payloads, etc., realizing multi-purpose use of one type

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But what‘s the current status? This one is a mock-up shown at Zhuhai years ago and since then nothing more was heard about it.

 

[That_Guy]

My understanding is that the tactical positioning of the Jetank UAV is similar to that of the A-10, which provides strong fire support to ground forces.
Only, times have changed. The types of weapons it uses have changed. But its tactical positioning did.

That could be the case, but you need precise aim for that sort of role. A drone has time delay from controller to drone and back.

The reason why the A-10 is still no popular, and why the US can't seem to retire it despite trying several times, is due to the quick, precise and close air support that only the A-10 can provide.

I guess it's a wait and see for this drone.

 

[Michael]

That could be the case, but you need precise aim for that sort of role. A drone has time delay from controller to drone and back.

The reason why the A-10 is still no popular, and why the US can't seem to retire it despite trying several times, is due to the quick, precise and close air support that only the A-10 can provide.

I guess it's a wait and see for this drone.

The development of each weapon is determined based on the tactical patterns of the country's military.
The tactical model of the Chinese army is obviously not the same as that of the United States army.

There is now an international consensus that ground forces need air power to support them when they are in action. The difference is that the armies of individual countries do not have the same tactical program when responding to war.

I think the Jetank UAV is similar to the A-10 in the sense that it operates in a synergistic mode with ground forces. They can both carry a variety of anti-tank missiles, aerial bombs, rockets, and other weapons. Of course, the Jetank UAV can't carry a Gatling gun similar to the A-10, and the A-10 can't carry as many suicide UAVs as the Jetank UAV. that's what happens when times change.

Since the Jetank UAV is not currently in the PLA's serials, we can only speculate based on it. Its belly mission bay carrying different equipment will lead to a fundamental change in its mission.

 

[yusheng]

Recently, with the arrival of the large components of the mid/aft fuselage and empennage of the third production aircraft (1103) of the "Kunlong" AG600 at Zhuhai, all major components of the third aircraft in the small batch production of the AG600 have been delivered to AVIC General Aviation South, and the assembly production work of the third aircraft in the small batch production of the AG600 has been fully launched.


like this one, If nobody buys, they continue to make technical improvements.
don't know if there are any orders of jetank from PLA