Russian engineers have developed a micro-UAV "Bumblebee" on the British model

In Novosibirsk, Russian engineers have developed a micro-UAV "Bumblebee" according to the British model. This is a helicopter-type drone.

Как сообщили at RIA agency News, this information is provided by Denis Kotin, who heads the organization that created the aircraft.

The developers represent the Novosibirsk Competence Center for unmanned aerial vehicles. They hope that the products created by them will be ordered by the Russian defense department and the country's special services.

This organization was created just this year. Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) became the base for it. The Center specializes in the creation of new models of unmanned vehicles.

According to Kotin, Novosibirsk engineers have already created the first prototype. During its development, they focused on the British micro-drone Black Hornet (“Black Hornet”).

Our task was to approach the well-known analogue in this segment in terms of technical characteristics and dimensions.

- said Kotin, saying that "the device is already flying."

For the rest of the year, we should already be demonstrating a prototype to potential customers.

- he shared the further plans of the staff of the Center.

The mass of the new device is 85 grams. He is able to move at speeds up to 25 km per hour. The maximum range of the UAV is two kilometers, and the time spent in the air does not exceed 20 minutes.

Comments

[Nexcom]

Well, at least they were able to reproduce an analogue. And this is good.

[Grandfather]

Russian engineers have developed a micro-UAV "Bumblebee" according to the British

and without them, no way? like an ode was sung the other day by the Russian Academy of Sciences .. not? Or is it not like the Academy of Sciences of the USSR? on ali express...

[dmi.pris1]

All this entails problems. But they need to be solved. Not just "Ali" to live. The same microelectronics, drives .. Yes, a lot of things. The situation may change radically and we will be left without pants at all. In the literal sense.

[Hagakure]

I didn’t really understand how analogous it is. In one place of the article it is written that this is a prototype, and in the second that it is already flying. So is it a mock-up or an experienced one and flies? Experienced, or demo for the buyer? Between these three samples there is a scientific and technical abyss of work.

[Letun]

Quote: Hagakure

I didn’t really understand how analogous it is. In one place of the article it is written that this is a prototype, and in the second that it is already flying. So is it a mock-up or an experienced one and flies? Experienced, or demo for the buyer? Between these three samples there is a scientific and technical abyss of work.

And it's not clear at all from the article. It is only clear that they approached in terms of dimensions, but in terms of functionality, range and duration of the flight?

[Sarboz]

Quote: Letun

And it's not clear at all from the article. It is only clear that they approached in terms of dimensions, but in terms of functionality, range and duration of the flight?

Basically, we're getting closer. The speed of the Hornet is declared 18 km / h, in reality it seems to be up to 36 km / h, the duration is 25 minutes. We have 25 km/h and 20 minutes respectively. Our range is 2 km, they have 1000-1500 m. The weight is really 18 g for them and 85 g for us, but this is not so important. But in terms of functionality, the Hornet carries 3 cameras, our Bumblebee has one.

[Vlodek]

Each assault group at the squad level has 2-3 pieces, and losses can be reduced by one and a half to two times!
Faster and more to the front!!! One camera is better than none ... 85g or 18 is no longer important. Important: either it is in the troops or it is a "obsession layout"

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Hagakure

I didn’t really understand how analogous it is. In one place of the article it is written that this is a prototype, and in the second that it is already flying.

The analogue is very close to the original. Five years ago, Syrian soldiers took such a "hornet" / "bumblebee" from the bearded barmaley during the battles. From the photo, like twin brothers, do not distinguish

[Mikhail Krivopalov]

So one photo was clearly taken on Rossiyskaya street, another photo against the background of the fence? Maybe these two pictures of the foreign unit are there?

[ailcat]

Not reproduce, but create. "Analogous" there is only the dimension (as an understanding that the problem is generally solvable) and, perhaps, the "empirically estimated" ratio of the thrust of the main and tail propellers.

[bayard]

Quote: Hagakure

At least read the article of what works it cost the USSR to copy the B-29 into the Tu-4.

You can't cook a fish from a pond without difficulty. That's just in the post-war USSR, the B-29 was copied in 1 (ONE!) Year.
And for this, it was really necessary to rebuild the entire aircraft manufacturing and not only industry. And in a few years, SEVERAL THOUSAND Tu-4s were built.

Quote: Hagakure

Even the engine will need thin, flexible, cold-rolled copper wire.

Quote: Hagakure

There is no such quality in Russia.

Quote: Hagakure

Russia cannot produce Geranium itself without Iranians. What is it about?

A detailed analysis of the Russian (!) Geranium showed that most of the components in it were produced ... in the USA , Canada , China (engine) and ... Russia ... and not a single Iranian-marked part.
And how is it, your mother, let me understand?
How is it after setting up mass production of "Lancets" and "Cubes" ... "not being able" to make "Geranium"?
Well, they took the Iranian drone as a basis, repeated the technical process. , used the same parts and components - publicly available by the way.
And what is it about?
Having serial and even mass production of ICBMs, OTRK, Avangards, Daggers, Iskanders, Calibers, Onyxes, Zircons, S-500 and Su-57 ... experience difficulties with the production of Iranian products aircraft modellers??
And with pocket helicopters ... well, the boys indulge, they wanted to do it and they do it - maybe even the military (assault units of the RF Armed Forces) will come in handy in urban battles.
And their work is not even close to compare with the work of Tupolev and Myasishchev, as well as the entire Soviet aircraft industry in the difficult post-war years. Today, almost everyone can do this modeling in their garage or at home.

[gsev]

Quote: bayard

And their work is not even close to compare with the work of Tupolev and Myasishchev, as well as the entire Soviet aviation industry in the difficult post-war years

Any new technique is a new challenge and a new design and new technology. The USSR was unable to create a large-scale production of motoblocks and mini tractors, and Chinese designers and engineers in their country solved this problem back in the era of the cultural revolution. Therefore, in the PRC, agriculture is developing along the path of farmers or small-scale cooperatives, while in Russia, along the path of latifundists-landowners.

[bayard]

Quote: gsev

. The USSR was unable to create a large-scale production of motoblocks and mini tractors

First, I could. In recent years, the USSR launched the production of motoblocks - for household plots of citizens. And so-called. "mini tractors" were produced in the USSR , only they usually performed transport functions within large enterprises. Well, the Soviet collective farms did not need these walk-behind tractors and small tractors ... although they were ran with a cart in front.

Quote: gsev

, and Chinese designers and engineers in their country solved this problem back in the era of the cultural revolution.

And with whose help?
During the Cultural Revolution?

Quote: gsev

Therefore, in the PRC, agriculture is developing along the path of farmers or small-scale cooperatives, while in Russia, along the path of latifundists-landowners.

CLIMATE.
In Russia, most of the cultivated area is a zone of risky farming. Short summer, spring and autumn thaws. Therefore, even in pre-revolutionary times, Russian peasants, as a rule, led a COMMUNITY economy - they consolidated into COMMUNITIES. And farms were justified only in the south, where the climate allowed. And it was the collective farms that made it possible to raise crops and ensure prosperity in the countryside. And even then, thanks to the STATE machine and tractor stations, which made it possible to quickly carry out sowing and harvesting, to ensure mechanization. It was thanks to the collective farms and competent state policy that it was possible to defeat the eternal scourge of crop failures due to weather anomalies and famine ... which happened regularly in Tsarist Russia.
The Chinese live to the south, it is warm there, you can harvest two or three crops, and it is quite possible to provide food for a family or community on a small piece of land. Culture is always derived from climate and landscape. And of course the genetics of human species.

Quote: gsev

and in Russia along the path of latifundists-landowners.

So it is the same in the rest of the economy in modern Russia - for the sake of this, they "jumped on the Maidan" in 1991.
Do you want capitalism?
Got .
And capitalism, by its very nature, is only Wild.

Quote: gsev

in the PRC, agriculture is developing along the farmer or small-scale cooperative path

So they have SMALL fields, but a lot of people. On a small field, a small tractor is needed, and only it will be justified.
And in Russia, the fields are LARGE, therefore the BIGGEST tractors work on them.
Dialectic.

[Andriuha077]

were able to reproduce the analog

Exactly...
Beauty, well, just a toy.
They took and built in the miracles of network-centricity.
Rave reviews on numerous videos.
Yes, the Briton has children's counterparts.
Eachine E110 2.4G 4CH 6-Axis Gyro 720P Camera Optical Flow Locator Scale Flybarless RC Helicopter RTF - Mode 1 (Right Throttle) with 1 Battery
https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-E110-2_4G-4CH-6-Axis-Gyro-720P-Camera-Optical-Flow-Localization-Flybarless-Scale-RC-Helicopter-RTF-p-1952870.html

[Bingo]

This is for RDG only. Useless development. For the infantry, it is just a normal copter with a normal camera, the ability to hang a teplok, plus a grenade and time would be nice ... 20 minutes - nothing, only for an RDG that has already reached the object. Even for attack aircraft - well, you looked over the wall. Well, let's say he took the house. It's time to look around, what's around - and crap, battery ek

[Ka-52]

This is for RDG only. Useless development. For infantry, you need a normal copter

colleague, they don’t write about the appointment here. The British have their Black Hornet Nano in service with scouts. The Americans have their ILC MTR. So no need to drag the mahr here
although such analogues of the Hornets will not interfere with attack aircraft in the Donbass either. It's a melee weapon.

[Bingo]

Quote: Ka-52

So no need to drag the mahr here

Let me explain, so that the plant pays off - mass production is needed, and this will be piece-wise. They need to do it for the mahr, and not chase excessive miniaturization, this is when there will be an unpretentious shaft - you can think about "caviar", and from hunger you can grind anything, it is not necessary to slip cakes to the hungry. Can fly to the scoreboard like Marie Antoinette

[Ivan Ivanov]

Test on the battlefield, if it fits - there will be orders, not from the state, so the volunteers will collect

[biznaw]

What is there to experience? children's toys, which are sold in the children's world. For DRGs in our climate, it is also useless, with a minus, the batteries will run out not after 20 minutes, but after two minutes. But MO loves these waffles, they can be shown as having no analogues and master the budgets.

[Gestas]

That's it, Maria Theresa blurted out about brioche, and Marie Antoinette "flew" a hundred years later.

[Vyacheslav57]

Quote: Ka-52

colleague, they don’t write about the appointment here.

That sucks that they don’t write what they created for. Every invention must have its purpose. Until I understand what this thing is for, I will not appreciate whether it is good or bad, useful or a burden for an ordinary attack aircraft. In general, it is too early to draw conclusions, the first shots of the use of these drones will appear, and we'll see.

[Hagakure]

It would be nice to equip attack aircraft in the Donbass with at least the Scout Pipes of the necessary modifications. The Russian industry does not have time to insert three lenses into the pipe and send them to the front, but here it is.

[Nikolaevich I]

It is not necessary to have "microhelicopters"! You can do something and "a little easier"! In a number of armies, they are content with mini ... (micro?) quadrocopters in the form factor of a 40-mm round to a grenade launcher or launched from a "palm" the size of a cigarette case ...

[biznaw]

We already have drones in the Tornado projectile. There is on paper. There are no warehouses, especially at the front.

[Introvert]

Hmm... only you are of little use here))) This is the most infantry drone that absolutely every fighter can carry. Their capabilities are enough for the eyes to solve all the tasks of reconnaissance in the interests of the squad-platoon without the involvement of UAVs from outside, and just then and exactly where you need it, without requests, coordination and waiting. Normal camera you say? This is a fiasco bro, i.e. you even have no idea about the capabilities of this baby))) there are 3 of them (THREE especially for you))) Day, night and IR matrices. And it is for the battles for settlements that this is a MUST HAVE. When you can look behind the fences, examine the buildings in order to understand where the enemy has settled, not only outside but also inside. Well, the last fail))) about batteries)) - do you even know that the terminal provides a flight time of up to 2,5 hours?))) Yes, yes, there is a docking station with recharging))) and the whole complex weighs less than one and a half kg. In short, people, before you disgrace yourself, find the strength in yourself to just read about what you were going to "smear" as an unnecessary and useless thing.

[gsev]

Quote from Bingo

This is for RDG only. Useless development.

It is useful to have such a thing for a squad of soldiers, or rather a set of 3-4 devices. It will warn of the approach of the enemy and conduct reconnaissance even in a dark basement and building by flying in there through a broken window and a broken wall.

[Alexey Sommer]

It's good that we were able to do it.
Now it remains to localize the components.

[Hagakure]

It's like a conversation between two African Maasai: "It's good that you bought an iPhone, it remains only to localize its production in our hut."

[kor1vet1974]

An analogue was created, I would like it to be made from Russian materials and components ..

[Hagakure]

It doesn’t take much to assemble a children’s helicopter from imported components. Successfully offered by "effective owners" for MO at six to twenty times the cost. Show what is domestic there, especially in the field of optics? Western models are based on high-quality digital optics produced in NATO countries. Canadian video cameras installed on Bayraktary distinguish the driver in the car at a distance of 24 km. What will you hang in this toy as a video camera and what and how will it transmit resolution to the nearest smartphone? In addition, Russia is famous for its developments, which never went into production. We have a lot of developments. The Zvezda TV channel is full of developments. Where are they in the series? When will it be available from the nearest quartermaster?

[APASUS]

Quote: Hagakure

It doesn’t take much to assemble a children’s helicopter from imported components.

You try networks. There are no such microaccumulators for sale on sale and you can’t find such cameras (with such a resolution), I’m not talking about software

[Hagakure]

Quote: APASUS

Quote: Hagakure

It doesn’t take much to assemble a children’s helicopter from imported components.

You try networks. There are no such microaccumulators for sale on sale and you can’t find such cameras (with such a resolution), I’m not talking about software

That's it! And what to do if there are no factories for this? By the way, there are microaccumulators. Before CBO, we had a stall on the radio market where you could buy any replica of any headphone battery on order. Please know where in China it is made and buy. Microcameras too - it was a shaft. Another thing is that it was banned from being imported into Russia as spy equipment. Yes, these are not Western originals and the quality there is so-so. But nonetheless. Where does it come from in Russia? Even "their" thermal imagers, which are built on "their" matrices, have Chinese microbolometric thermal radiation sensors at the base of the matrices, and then only because the French are under sanctions.

[Ka-52]

Canadian video cameras installed on Bayraktary distinguish the driver in the car at a distance of 24 km.

in order not to carry such a blizzard in the future, find out that the ECO of TB2 weighs 42 kg, if I am not mistaken. And where will you adapt it to such an apparatus?

[Hagakure]

And here is this? Before you object, you need to understand what is written in order to look smart yourself, and not vice versa. The optical industry in Western countries is at a high world level. In Russia, it simply does not exist. The Canadian chamber for Bayraktar is shown as an example for this. Look, Ukrainian channels are dismantling downed Russian Orlans live. Inside are imported cameras and teploki. Teplaki with French matrices. If you can't stick anything of your own on Orlan, what will you stick here? It's actually micro! Further ... Even if we assume the incredible: this is completely our own sample from completely our own - where is the capacity for its production? Over there, the Orions promised almost a year ago. The plant has been built. Where are they?

[Jafar]

If you can't stick anything of your own on Orlan, what will you stick here? 

We can't fly the eagle, oh, or we can... ASTRON-64012.
Can you attach a Ukrainian camera to TB2?

It was funny about the wire)

[Ivan Ivanov]

It doesn’t take much to assemble a children’s helicopter from imported components. Successfully offered by "effective owners" for MO at six to twenty times the cost.

This can be said about any new sample. This issue is easily solved - by testing on a theater of operations.

[Ross xnumx]

According to Kotin, Novosibirsk engineers have already created the first prototype. During its development, they focused on the British micro-drone Black Hornet (“Black Hornet”).

You can compare (almost exactly 8 years ago):
Unmanned aerial vehicle PD-100 Black Hornet Nano (UK)
https://topwar.ru/63016-bespilotnyy-letatelnyy-apparat-pd-100-black-hornet-nano-velikobritaniya.html

[Vladimir Postnikov]

According to Kotin, Novosibirsk engineers have already created the first prototype.

Layouts are layouts. Nothing yet, but already micro? (Why not mini, if we are talking about dimensions?) Well, PR continues to rule.

[Hagakure]

That's it. One part of the article is a layout, while the other is already flying. So is it a layout or is it flying?

[Vladimir Postnikov]

Quote: Hagakure

One part of the article is a layout, while the other is already flying. So is it a layout or is it flying?

If you attach a motor and steering to a wooden cart, then it will go. Will it be possible to call it after that a car? (a rhetorical question)
Another example: "Sarmat" flew only last year. And his throw tests were carried out 4 years before. So, on throwing tests, a mock-up flew, not a rocket. But the vast majority of readers here at VO threw caps to the flight of this layout, firmly believing that it was the rocket itself (after all, it flew).
Summary: there is a huge distance between the layout and its real embodiment.

[tralflot1832]

So in the fall, we found something from this series on the front line. Whether it was a hornet, I don’t know.

[Uprun]

Campaign, and we will reach the "combat cockroaches", as in the "Fifth Element", if only they would run fast and far with an efka ....

[Rumata]

Better late than never. Even so.

[isv000]

For the rest of the year, we should already be demonstrating a prototype to potential customers.

For the rest of the year, the model should be gaining experience directly at the forefront, and only in Snegosibirsk they should make adjustments, I think so!

[Arkady007]

These should have been in the army a year ago.
This is a very good help when taking residential developments.

[cpls22]

The advantages of the minimum size will only be felt for reconnaissance inside buildings and shelters. It's dark in there, and there may be control shielding. Accordingly, the demand for such a baby will depend on the ability to put a thermal imager on it, and the availability of high-quality software that provides autonomous operation (at least on returning back if communication is lost). We have programmers, the production of our own thermal imagers (it seems that it is in Novosibirsk) - too. So - the news might be. really good, not empty.

[Romanenko]

For the first sample, of course, it’s normal, as I understand it, the “source” came with trophies from the NVO zone, they went the way of Stalin-Tupolev V-29 - Tu-4, but subsequently the turntable needs to at least make a Ryazan “face” or what?

[Rom8681]

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Russia became the fourth country that managed to create its own thermal imaging matrix
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Filling for tank imagers will now be Russian
The Istok enterprise and TsNII Tsiklon (part of the Roselektronika holding) are preparing mass production of “uncooled matrix microbolometric receivers”, which form the basis of thermal imaging devices, said Alexei Gorbunov, a representative of the research institute.
According to him, "Russia has become the fourth country in the world after the United States, France and China, which managed to create its own thermal imaging matrix."

“Samples have been obtained that correspond in terms of parameters to the world level. Production is being created in the country with a production volume of up to 10 units per year,” Gorbunov said.

As Sergei Suvorov, a military expert in the field of armored vehicles, noted, “a thermal imaging camera is one of the most important parts of a modern combat vehicle, and unlike other sights, a thermal imager is capable of operating in complete darkness and with zero visibility.”

“The thermal imager includes not only a matrix, but also an optical system and software capable of processing and visualizing an image on the screen, including the detected target. Until recently, we have been purchasing French Thales Catherine-FC and Sagem Matiz matrices, on the basis of which the Essa thermal imaging sighting system for T-90 tanks or Plisa for T-80 tanks were created,” he explained.

“Russian sights with the same matrix turned out to be better than French ones,” the expert specified. “Because we have better technology for manufacturing lenses and software in our country.”
“The equipment created in the country is no longer just sights, these are complex systems for both aiming weapons and night driving equipment. That is, such complexes allow the movement of equipment to continue even if the crew of the armored vehicle has lost the opportunity to personally observe the situation through the cockpit glazing, ”added Suvorov.

Reference from the newspaper: “The production of domestic matrices could have begun as early as 2010, but it was precisely because of the“ French ”contract that the introduction of our own developments was constantly postponed. Today, the Ministry of Defense is ready to order not only thermal imaging systems for armored vehicles, but also sights for small arms and MANPADS, in which uncooled array microbolometric receivers are used. So, for the Igla and Verba MANPADS, the Mowgli and Mowgli-1 sights were created. All armored vehicles from "Armata", "Kurganets" and "Typhoons" and even ships will be equipped with "Slingshots".

[Rom8681]

Copied article, published in 2016

[Knell wardenheart]

I believe that this is not "plagiarism" and not "reverse engineering" but simply copying the principle, which is nothing to be ashamed of.
Most likely, the product is built on foreign components, because I do not know that ultra-compact high-resolution cameras and microelectric motors for such products are produced in our country. It is unlikely that these components are "military", most likely it is "AliExpress" + -.
If I'm right, then a more or less large-scale launch will be difficult without deployment resp. production within the country - small-scale assembly is unlikely to suit the military. In addition, sanctions can fall on any external high-tech supplies at any time, and the Chinese comrades from whom we buy more and more often sag under this pressure.
I summarize - the idea is excellent and necessary, but everything again rests on the need for 80% + localization of production within the country.

[Oleg Ogorod]

Looks like it was printed on a 3D printer. prototype Which is shown.
Now there have been many high-profile statements, here we have created a miracle technique, but we need money to bring to mind this miracle weapon (wunderwaffle), which forges our victory. Give us money! And preferably more!
And the fact that this is actually empty chatter, since our craftsmen receive budget money and quickly cut it in droves for a long time, is not to be discussed.
Therefore, apart from vague words, images of a helicopter against the backdrop of the English landscape, no other information. Like on that old poster with an aunt and a finger to her mouth: - Don't talk!
But to tell bravura tales, right now they say we will shower Ukrainians and NATO with our wonderful nano-hats, well, or our pissing slippers, and they are finished, now it is very fashionable.
Only those who are very far from the military industry can believe in this.
Although such a helicopter was needed in the army a year ago. But our industry is not able to produce it. No cameras, no motors, no chips, no batteries. Some semblance can be assembled from Chinese components. Just how efficient it will be in combat conditions is not even a moot point.

[Arkan Lukyan]

Well, I don’t really need a drone, but here questions arise: the mass is small, you don’t need to register. I'm right? Then it does not hurt if equipped with a camera. Purely for family photography. And the price of this?

[Phoenix]

I found this photo of a potato, maybe it is a bumblebee.

[Alexander Lotsmanov]

How much money does it cost, otherwise the American "bumblebee" costs like a car