Sky Wing (Tian-Yi or Tianyi, 天翼) is a series of Chinese UAVs developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG). Three members of the Sky Wing series have been revealed by their developer, the smaller Sky Wing I or Sky Wing 1 (SW-I or SW-1) and its derivative Sky Wing 1H (SW-1H), and finally the much larger Sky Wing III or Sky Wing 3 (SW-III or SW-3).
Sky Wing I (天翼 I) is the first member of CAIG Sky Wing series, and it is a medium UAV of twin-boom layout with twin-tail configuration. Propulsion is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine, and it has a tricycle landing gear.
Product introduction
Design features
Tianyi-1 uav system is developed according to the requirements of the existing military aircraft development system of chengfei company. From design to material procurement, finished product development, manufacturing, test and test flight, there is a complete quality control system for control. The structure of the whole machine is made of carbon fiber composite material, which has the characteristics of light weight, high strength and stiffness, long fatigue life and so on. In addition, the aircraft adopts the buffer system of the patented technology of cheng fei company, which is flexible and convenient to use. At the same time, parachute recovery, with a unique and complete flight safety measures. The whole aircraft system has complete functions, excellent performance, reasonable system configuration and simple, and the flight quality has reached the highest level in GJB: flight quality level 1.
Overall layout and aerodynamic characteristics
Wing-1 uav adopts the normal layout of high aspect ratio/trapezoid middle and upper single wing, streamlined pod fuselage, double tail support double vertical tail and propeller-type propeller. The total length of the aircraft is 2.465m, the height is 0.97m, the fuselage is 1.727m and the wing span is 4.179m.
China's tianyi 1 drone has been licensed for export by the military.
