Jincheng 1 UAV

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Jincheng (é‡‘č¯š, literally means Golden Honesty) 1 UAV is a very little known Chinese [[UAV]] developed for aerial cinematography, photography, and survey missions.

Jingcheng 1 UAV is a miniature unmanned helicopter that is capable of fully autonomous flight, or alternatively, remotely piloted. Jincheng 1 unmanned helicopter incorporates [[autopilot]] and while remotely piloted, the UAV can autonomously hovering at a fixed spot in mid air, just as in the fully autonomous mode.<ref name="UAV">{{cite web| url=http://news.ynxxb.com/content/2011-5/1/N94866176821.aspx | title=Jincheng 1 UAV | accessdate=May 1, 2011 }}</ref> The reason to incorporate such feature is to provide a more stable platform for aerial cinematography and photography tasks. The existence of Jincheng 1 UAV is publized for the very first time when it is revealed that Jincheng 1 UAV was deployed numerous times to support the post disaster relief efforts and drills in [[Yunnan]] in the early 2000s, but as of 2011, despite being capable of carrying out reconnaissance mission as one of its originally designed missions, Jincheng 1 UAV has not being deployed in any combat.<ref name="UAV"/> Specification:<ref name="UAV"/>
*Empty weight (kg): 8
*Payload (kg): 5
*Max take-off weight (kg): 13
*Ceiling (km): 3
*Endurance (min): 40
*Remote control radius (km): 5

==See also==
[[List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China]]

==References==
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[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles]]
[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of China]]

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