Flight tests UAV "Altair" filmed

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The Zvezda TV channel published a video on YouTube, part of which is dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles, including a strike drone Altair.

Flight tests UAV "Altair" filmed




The development of the drone is carried out in the framework of the project "Altius-M". Flight test video is published for the first time.

The recording probably came from the tests of the third flight prototype of the Altair UAV, conducted in the winter of 2018. Silks installed on the wing of the apparatus, which are usually used in aerodynamic testing.

Silks are thin threads fixed on the airframe of the device, allowing to see the flow around the air flow and the zones of turbulence.

The publication reminds that the flight tests of UAV "Altair" with varying success are conducted with 2016 year. Last year, a second, modified model of a drone appeared on the test site.

The aircraft is made according to the normally aerodynamic configuration of a high-level plane with a V-shaped tail unit. Its maximum take-off weight is 5 t. Length - about 12 m, wing span - about 30 m. On the prototypes are installed RED A03 / V12 diesel engines with a capacity of about 500 l. with. The time spent in the air is about 48 hours, the flight range is up to 10 thousand km.

Altair can conduct reconnaissance from a height of 12 km. The military version will be capable of carrying a payload of up to one ton, the civilian version up to 2 tons.

Earlier it was reported that the serial production of UAVs could begin before the end of this year.
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  1. +5
    10 September 2018 12: 51
    It is good when there are no numerous statements and promises. Information appears late, about a fait accompli: tests are underway. Have you secrecy? Oh, to see faster than him and Orion Kronstadt in operation, in the troops, on maneuvers or games.
    1. +4
      10 September 2018 12: 58
      Diesel engines RED A03 / V12 -

      wanted to establish production in Russia
      if not established, the Germans will not sell them


      1. -4
        10 September 2018 13: 06
        No engine - no UAV. The Germans will not sell them to us, let the Chinese fly on their own. The project is actually dead because of this.
        1. +3
          10 September 2018 13: 08
          If the Germans do not sell engines, we’ll set up at home faster.
          They will sell - all the same, it is necessary to establish at home, but then it will be possible to not rush.
          1. +3
            10 September 2018 13: 42
            Quote: Shurik70
            all the same it is necessary to establish at home, but then it will be possible to not rush.

            If you don’t rush, they will never fix anything. They can also cut money.
  2. Don
    0
    10 September 2018 12: 57
    Amusingly Its maximum take-off weight is 5 thousand tons
    The prototypes are equipped with RED A03 / V12 diesel engines with a capacity of about 500 l. from Enemy engines? And with what are the plans for delivery to the troops?
    1. +2
      10 September 2018 13: 43
      This engine was developed by the company of Evgeny Raikhlin, an emigrant from Russia with the money of the Finam holding. The demand for it, which will justify the invested funds, will only be in Russia, because we do not have such piston aircraft engines, so even if the FRG blocks supplies from the RED GmbH, the production will be localized in Russia, of course, with a bunch of costs and all that, but how there is.
    2. +3
      10 September 2018 18: 09
      Quote: Donskoy
      Its maximum take-off weight is 5 thousand. t

      ==========
      5 тыс.tons ...... wow! THE HEAVYEST aircraft in the world !!!! belay
  3. +2
    10 September 2018 12: 59
    Cool video laughing
  4. 0
    10 September 2018 13: 04
    Same video

  5. +4
    10 September 2018 13: 06
    Takeoff weight 5000 tons! Check the texts before printing)
    1. +1
      10 September 2018 13: 27
      I understood everything long ago
    2. +1
      10 September 2018 13: 32
      Quote: alid
      Its maximum take-off weight is 5 tons. Length - about 12 m,

      (hereinafter)
      I have a competent ophthalmologist! Contact! hi
      1. +1
        10 September 2018 13: 50
        Is it okay that the editor corrected a typo?
  6. +1
    10 September 2018 13: 14
    Reporter in the story: "We see that the lights are on, it means that the plane is about to take off .." Deep ...
  7. 0
    10 September 2018 13: 50
    Well filmed on video. Where is the video itself? The meaning of this publication?
    1. -1
      10 September 2018 14: 49
      https://vk.com/video193829021_456241176 вчера было на боковой панели новостей , вот ссылка
  8. 0
    1 November 2018 13: 47
    All. Turned Altair. https://lenta.ru/news/2018/10/31/altair/
    A castle in France will not work for itself.

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