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65 KTAS Max Speed
50 KTAS Travel Speed
75 Kilograms Maximum Takeoff Weight
100 Kilometer Communication Range
Max Altitude 14.000 Feet
Bayraktar KALKAN VTOL

General Information

Bayraktar KALKAN Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTOL) is a Mini Tactical UAV class aircraft capable of carrying out activities for reconnaissance and intelligence missions.

The vehicle is capable of automatic cruise, autonomous take-off, autonomous landing and semi-autonomous cruise flight. Bayraktar KALKAN, after taking off with electric motors, will switch to cruise flight mode and only fuel engine is going to be active in cruise flight mode. There are three options for landing: vertical landing, landing on fuselage and parachute landing. The aircraft has a flight control system that can perform automatic route tracking, target tracking, circling and return-to-home modes.

 

Basic flight performance criteria
  • 8000 Feet Operational Altitude
  • 3 Kilogram Payload Capacity
  • 5 Meter Wingspan
  • Vertical Take-off
  • 14000 Feet Altitude Ceiling
  • 6 Hours Airtime
  • 75 Kilograms Maximum Takeoff Weight
  • 100 Kilometer Communication Range
Advanced Features
  • Semi-Autonomous Flight Mode
  • Fault Tolerant System Architecture
  • Three Redundant Flight Control System
  • Redundant Servo Actuators
  • Electro-Optical (EO) Camera Module
  • Infrared (IR) Camera Module
  • Laser Rangefinder
  • Laser Marker
  • Digital Data and Video Link
  • BG160 EO/IR (Camera, Laser Pointer and Laser Rangefinder) developed by Baykar
  • Sensor-Fusion-Assisted, Fully-Autonomous Landing, Takeoff and Cruise

Technical Specifications

  • Service Ceiling 14.000 feet
  • Operational Altitude 8.000 feet
  • Communication Range 100 km
  • Endurance 6 hours
  • Cruise Speed 50 KTAS
  • Maximum Speed 65 KTAS
  • MTOW 75 kg
  • Take Off/Landing/Cruise/Taxi Autonomous Vertical Takeoff and Landing
  • Power Plant 4x Electric Motors and 1x Internal Combustion Engine
  • Payload Capacity 3 kg
  • Payload - ISR Multi Sensor Day and Night Cameras, AI Tracking
  • Wingspan 5 m
  • Length 1.9 m
  • Height 0.7 m

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Bayraktar KALKAN VTOL

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