Silent Falcon UAS, Inc.
Silent Falcon UAS
Silent Falcon™ Heavy Payload (SFHP)
The SFHP is ideally suited for long duration environmental and geologic surveys for mining and oil and gas exploration, and other natural resource exploration and measurement missions. Performing these surveys requires ultra-long endurance, and the ability to carry relatively heavy specialized sensors and payloads. The SFHP has been designed specifically for these types of missions and applications.
Silent Falcon™ HP
The Silent Falcon™ HP uses the basic Silent Falcon long wing airframe modified to carry a larger and heavier payload. Airframe modifications include a slightly larger “fatter” fuselage and twin, aft electric motors for propulsion. These modifications allow the SFHP to carry a much heavier payload, and to provide the electrical power via the high surface area long wing TFPV solar panels to power the payload.
These types of surveys and missions typically require a payload with LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging,) an optical remote sensing technology that can measure the distance to, or other properties of, targets by illuminating the target with laser light and analyzing the backscattered light; magnetometers; a super high definition DSLR camera and a large capacity data storage device.
SFHP Payload Components
DSLR camera in the nose, LIDAR unit (cylindrical component) in the center of the fuselage, the data storage hard drive forward of the LIDAR unit, and magnetometers in the wings.
Specifications:
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Wingspan - 5.2 meter
Wingspan - 5.2 meter•Length - 1.8 meter
Length - 1.8 meter•Weight, excluding payload – 15.9 kg
Weight, excluding payload – 15.9 kg•Assumed payload – 11.1 kg
Assumed payload – 11.1 kg•Gross vehicle weight - 27.3 kg
Gross vehicle weight - 27.3 kg•Thrust Required – 2 lbs at loiter; 140 Watts required for flight
Thrust Required – 2 lbs at loiter; 140 Watts required for flight•Cubic inch capacity/size of payload bay – 1,200 cu inches
Cubic inch capacity/size of payload bay – 1,200 cu inches•Operating, mission or loiter speed – 25 knots
Operating, mission or loiter speed – 25 knots•Dash speed – 40 knots
Dash speed – 40 knots•Stall speed – 16 knots
Stall speed – 16 knots•Operating altitude – 200 ft AGL to 20,000 ft MSL
Operating altitude – 200 ft AGL to 20,000 ft MSL•Operating temperature range of aircraft (not payload) -20 deg C to +50 deg C
Operating temperature range of aircraft (not payload) -20 deg C to +50 deg C•Range – 75 kilometers
Range – 75 kilometers•Endurance – Daylight hours – 8 to 10 hours depending on sunlight conditions
Endurance – Daylight hours – 8 to 10 hours depending on sunlight conditionsSilent Falcon UAS Technologies 317 Commercial NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 +1.505.938.6230
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