BESTUAV UAVs
| Divine Eagle (SY) | |
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| Role | UAV |
| National origin | China |
| Manufacturer | Best Aerial Technic & Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Designer | Best Aerial Technic & Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| First flight | Jun 2002 |
| Introduction | 2002 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | China |
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Divine Eagle (Shen-Ying or Shenying, 神鹰) is a series of Chinese UAVs developed by Ningbo Best Aerial Technic & Engineering Co., Ltd. (BESTUAV, 宁波贝斯特航空技术工程有限公司), some of which have entered service with Chinese law enforcement and the Chinese military.[1]
Divine Eagle 1
Divine Eagle I (SY-1) is the first UAV developed by BESTUAV, and it incorporates GPS navigation. Divine Eagle is one of the first Chinese UAVs that is solely developed by a private firm without any governmental support. Specification:[2][3]
- Length: 2.7 m
- Wingspan: 3.75 m
- Weight: 53 kg
- Ceiling: 4.5 km
- Payload: 8 – 10 kg
- Speed: 120 – 180 km/hr
- Endurance: 4 hr
- Unit price: ¥ 6,000,000 – 12,000,000
Divine Eagle 2
Divine Eagle 2 (SY-2) adopts a twin-boom configuration with twin tails joined together near the top. Propulsion is provided by a pusher propeller driven by an engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage, and the UAV has a tricycle landing gear system.[4] Specification:[5][6]
- Length: 4.18 m
- Wingspan: 6.28 m
- Weight: 200 kg
- Ceiling: 5 km
- Payload: 50 kg
- Speed: 140 km/hr
- Endurance: 8 hr
- Remote control radius: 100 km
- Unit price: ¥ 10,000,000 – 12,000,000
Divine Eagle 3
Divine Eagle 3 (SY-3) is a hand-held UAV that has entered service with People's Liberation Army reserve.[7] SY-3 is in conventional layout with V-tail. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller mounted atop the fuselage in front of the wing. Specification:[8]
- Max speed: 100 km/hr
- Cruise speed: 60 km/hr
- Weight: 10 kg
- Payload: 3 kg
- Remote control radius: 10 km
- Endurance: 50 min
Divine Eagle 5
Divine Eagle 5 (SY-5) is designed to perform various military and civilian missions. Specification:[9]
- Weight: 120 kg
- Ceiling: 4.5 km
- Payload: 20 kg
- Endurance: 5 hr