The ST20E drone platform is an electric long endurance composite wing vertical takeoff and landing drone. It adopts a fixed wing combined with a quadcopter composite wing overall layout, which solves the problem of vertical takeoff and landing of fixed wing drones in a simple and reliable way. It also has the characteristics of long endurance, high speed, and long distance of fixed wing drones, the function of vertical takeoff and landing of rotary wing drones, The vertical takeoff and landing mode greatly enhances the environmental adaptability of the modified drone platform. The drone platform can operate smoothly in complex terrain and densely populated areas such as mountainous areas, hills, and forests, greatly expanding the application range of drones and making it an ideal choice for industrial grade drones.
The ST20E drone platform is equipped with an industrial grade vertical takeoff and landing fixed wing flight control and navigation system, as well as professional aerial photography and inspection ground station software, which can ensure that the drone can fly autonomously throughout the entire process, without the need for operator intervention to complete autonomous takeoff, flight state transition, autonomous cruise, autonomous landing and other flight stages. At the same time, it supports automatic route planning for 1000 waypoints and emergency landing plans for 100 waypoints.
This drone platform has the following characteristics and advantages:
a) Practical and efficient: It has the characteristics of long flight time, fast speed, long distance, and large payload of fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles;
b) Vertical takeoff and landing: a takeoff and landing method with rotor drones, significantly reducing the requirements for takeoff and landing sites and airspace;
Low usage cost: No need for complex and bulky launch and recovery equipment, no need to add additional recovery sensors;
c) Easy to operate: Integrated with specialized flight control and navigation systems, fully autonomous flight throughout, operators only need to send flight plans, without professional training and operational experience;
d) Compact system: No need for complex auxiliary equipment, simple transportation, deployment, maintenance, and retrieval.
Table 1 Technical Parameters
Performance/metrics | parameter |
Body length | 1.8m |
Wingspan | 3.2m |
Maximum takeoff weight | 23kg |
5kg | |
Battery life | 120min@3kg Payload |
Flight radius | 90km |
Maximum control distance | Remote control (manual control): 1km Ground station control (depending on the distance of data transmission carried): standard configuration of 30km |
Cruise speed | 78-90km/h |
Ascending limit | 4800m |
Maximum wind resistance | 12m/s (Level 6 wind) |
Usage environment | -10 ℃+45 ℃; Prevent light rain |
Power battery | 2 * 8000mAh 6s lithium battery (vertical takeoff and landing) 2*28000mAh-6s电池（forward cruise control） (The hanging and cruising power battery can be combined into one) |
Takeoff and landing mode | Vertical takeoff and landing |
The ST20E unmanned aerial vehicle platform can be equipped with payload equipment such as photoelectric pods, high-definition image transmission links, high-definition aerial survey cameras, tilt photography cameras, etc. It is widely used in military and police reconnaissance, border patrol, oil and gas pipeline inspection, power inspection, forest firefighting, surveying and mapping and other industries.
