48 KIAS Travel Speed
80+ Kilometer Communication Range
78 Kilograms Maximum Takeoff Weight
55 KIAS Max Speed
Max Altitude
10.000 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 two options for landing: vertical landing and landing on fuselage. 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
- 6.000 feet Operational Altitude
- 3 Kilogram Payload Capacity
- 5 Meter Wingspan
- Vertical Take-off
- 6 Hours Airtime
- 10.000 feet Service Ceiling
- 78 Kilograms Maximum Takeoff Weight
- 80+ Kilometer Communication Range
Advanced Features
- Semi-Autonomous Flight Mode
- Fault Tolerant System Architecture
- Electro-Optical (EO) Camera Module
- Infrared (IR) Camera Module
- Laser Rangefinder
- Digital Data and Video Link
- Sensor-Fusion-Assisted, Fully-Autonomous Landing, Takeoff and Cruise
- BG160 EO/IR (Camera and Laser Rangefinder) developed by Baykar
Technical Specifications
- Service Ceiling 10.000 feet
- Operational Altitude 6.000 feet
- Communication Range 80+ km
- Endurance 6 hours
- Cruise Speed 48 KIAS
- Maximum Speed 55 KIAS
- MTOW 78 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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