WUST UAV

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| national origin= [[China]]
| manufacturer= WUST
| designer= WUST
| first flight=2013
| introduced=2013
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| status= In service
| primary user= [[China]]
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'''WUST UAV''' is a Chinese [[UAV]] developed by [[Wuhan University of Science and Technology]] (WUST) and has entered service in China for aerial survey missions.

==Survey UAV==
WUST survey UAV is a fixed-wing UAV developed for aerial survey missions, and it is one of the few Chinese UAV with twin engines. The layout of WUST survey UAV is also unusual among UAVs in that although it is in conventional aircraft layout with high [[wing configuration]], it lacks [[tailplane]]s. Furthermore, the [[vertical stabilizer]] points downward, as opposed to upward as in most aircraft. Propulsion is provided by a pair of two-blade propeller driven [[tractor configuration|tractor engines]] mounted on the lead edge of the wing, with one on each side.<ref name="UAV">{{cite web| url=http://whcb.cjn.cn/html/2013-11/09/content_5247909.htm | title=WUST unmanned aerial vehicle | accessdate=Nov 9, 2013 }}</ref> There are a total of fifteen checks that must be performed and only after passing all these checks, would the UAV be allowed to launch. Survey UAV lacks any landing gear because it is recovered via parachute, which opens at an altitude of fifty meter when UAV returns.<ref name="UAV0">{{cite web| url=http://www.wrjjs.com/thread-205-1-1.html | title=WUST UAV | accessdate=Nov 12, 2013 }}</ref> Specification:<ref name="UAV1">{{cite web| url=http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2013_11/09/31096913_0.shtml | title=WUST survey UAV | accessdate=Nov 9, 2013 }}</ref>
*Wingspan (m): 0.8
*Length (m): 1
*Launch: catapult
*Recovery: parachute
*Recovery altitude (m): 50
*Normal operating altitude (m): 300

==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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