TAI Pelikan
{{Short description|Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle}}
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TAI Pelikan, aka IHA-X2, is a radio-controlled reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition drone. Designed, developed and built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a half scale model of the tactical drone TAI Baykuş air platform.
It was produced as a training and bridge platform to the TAI Baykuş.{{cite web |url=http://www.trdefence.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=375 |publisher=TR Defence |title=An overview of Turkish UAV R&D and production-TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) |accessdate=2013-02-03 }}
Pelikan is the Turkish word for species pelican. TAI has some other UAV's named after birds.
Development
The shoulder-winged UAV has all composite material airframe with metal twin tail booms. The drone is propelled by two 2-cylinder 2-stroke gasoline engines of type Zenoah G38 from Japan with 4 x {{convert|2.2|hp|kW|abbr=on}} power.{{cite web |url=http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/super-cub-dsm-rtf-ZENE38A |publisher=Horizon Hobby |title=G38 Engine (2.3 cu in) by Zenoah (ZENE38A) |accessdate=2013-02-03 |archive-date=2020-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027030321/http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/super-cub-dsm-rtf-ZENE38A |url-status=dead }} There exist two versions of TAI Pelikan related to propeller configuration, a pusher and a tractor aircraft. The drone carries a two-axis gimbaled EO/IR camera, which relays its video in real-time telemetry. Its guidance/tracking takes place fully autonomous based on INS/GPS integrated waypoint navigation system. Take off and landing of the drone is accomplished in conventional way on wheels.{{cite web |url=http://en.ruvsa.com/catalog/pelikan/ |publisher=RUVSA |title=Pelikan |accessdate=2013-02-03 }}
Specifications
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|eng1 number = 2
|eng1 name = Zenoah G38
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|endurance = 6 hr
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References
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External links
- [http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/other-turkey/p4766-iha-e2-80-93x2-pelikan-uav.html TAI Pelikan images at Defence Talk website]
Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of Turkey
Category:Unmanned military aircraft of Turkey
Category:Turkish military reconnaissance aircraft
Category:Twin-engined push-pull aircraft
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