Bayraktar Mini UAV

Bayraktar Mini UAV is a Miniature UAV produced by Turkish company Baykar.[1][2]

Bayraktar Mini UAV
Role Miniature UAV
National origin Turkey
Manufacturer Baykar Makina
First flight October 2006
Primary user Turkish Armed Forces
Produced 2005
Number built 500

Development
Bayraktar's operation

With the concept of short range day and night aerial reconnaissance and surveillance applications, system design activities started within 2004. Initial prototype Bayraktar A has been developed in 2005, and following successful autonomous flight demonstrations, Baykar has been awarded with a contract to start serial production. After hundreds of trials and feed backs, system was subject to major modifications. As a result, Bayraktar B Mini UAV Systems fielded and became operational in 2007 to serve initially for Turkish Armed Forces.[3] Due to its success in the region, the system was purchased by the Qatar Armed Forces in 2012.[4][5]

Overview
Mobile GCS
Bayraktar snow condition

Bayraktar-B is a hand-launched, portable UAV system, designed to operate under harsh geographic and meteorological conditions.[6][7] Bayraktar-B is fielded with small army units, and as of 2012 have recorded more than 50,000 flight hours. System offers a complete autonomy with protective features with a high rank of reliability and easiness for the operators, which makes it a valuable technological asset.

Main features are:

  • Automatic waypoint navigation
  • Secure digital communication
  • Home Return and automatic parachute landing in case of lost communication
  • Smart battery management system
  • Remote-range command/control and monitor (WAN Relay)
  • Ground control switching
  • Automatic take off
  • Automatic cruising
  • Automatic belly landing / parachute deployment
  • Joystick assisted semi-automatic control
  • Automatic stall control in case of electric motor dysfunction
  • Automatic spin control in case of very harsh wind conditions
  • Real-time Google Earth integration (display of telemetry data, routes etc. in real-time)
Battery Charge Module
  • On-screen video display
  • Target coordinate estimation within 10 meters accuracy
  • Automatic tracking antenna system

Operational history

Bayraktar Mini UAS is operational since 2007.

  • Suleyman Sah Tomb located in Syria is protected with Bayraktar Mini.[8]
  • ISIS convoy detected by Bayraktar Mini and hit by Firtina.[9]
  • Enhancing Situational Awareness for Baykar UAV using FLIR’s Tau Core[10]

Specifications
Specification Bayraktar A Bayraktar B Notes
Length 1.2 meters 1.2 meters
Wing Span 1.6 meters 1.9 meters (2.5 meters optional)
Weight 3.5 kg 4.5 kg
Power / Source Electric / Battery Electric / Battery
Take Off Hand Launch Hand Launch
Landing Belly Landing Belly Landing / Parachute Landing
Communication Range 10 km 15 km (With Auto Tracking Antenna System)
Endurance > 60 minutes > 60 minutes (with 1000 meters operational Altitude)
Operational Altitude 1000 ft 3000 ft
Maximum Altitude 12000 ft 12000 ft
Cruise Speed 70 km/hour 55 km/hour
Payload 1 CCD Camera (Fixed Mount) CCD Camera (Tilt Axis Movement) CCD Camera (2 Axis Movement)
Payload 2 Thermal Camera (Fixed Mount) Thermal Camera (Tilt Axis Movement) Thermal Camera (2 Axis Movement)
Structure Composite material Composite material
Operating Crew 2 2

Users
  • Bayraktar Mini UAV Top View
  • Bayraktar B during TakeOff

References
  1. "Bayraktar UAV". Army-Technology. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "The three brothers who produced the 'Bayraktar'". 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  3. Turkish army orders mini-UAVs Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, ', 8 August 2006
  4. "Turkey sells mini drones to Qatar". 2012-03-13. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09.
  5. "Procurement: Turkey Exports UAVs". 2012-03-19. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09.
  6. Turkey's Kalebaykar reveals VTOL UAV demonstrator test programme Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, ', 14 August 2006
  7. Bayraktar Mini UAV system brochure Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Baykar Makina
  8. "Suleyman Sah to be protected by Bayraktar Mini UAV". 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
  9. "Bayraktar detected and Firtina hit". 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
  10. "Enhancing Situational Awareness for Baykar UAV using FLIR's Tau Core". www.azooptics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  11. "Qatar Purchases 10 Bayraktar sUAV from Turkey". 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
  12. "Middle East UAV landscape up in the air". 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  13. "Warplanes: Turkish UAV Exports". www.strategypage.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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