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Japan
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Fuji
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BQM-34AJ/ AJ KAI
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Complete | Underway | Deployed | Target drone & Recon mission | CAE J68-T-29 | 1,130kg | 3.8m | 55,000 | 1,500km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RPH-2 / F-5000/ FFOS (Forward- Flying Observation System) |
Complete | Underway | Deployed | Agricultural and environmental RPH. |
Twin chemical tanks (combined capacity 60 litres; 19.6 US gallons; 13.2 lmp gallons) and spraybars; alternatively atmospheric, EO, IR or NBC sensor. |
Conventional helicopter take-off. | Cunventional helicopter landing. | One 83.5 hp 679 cc Fuji Robin three-cylinder two-stroke engine. | Main rotor dia= 4.80, Tail rotor dia= 0.80 | 1.80 | 1.30 | 205 | 20 | 60 | 325 | 65 | 6,560 | 81 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Since 1990 earlier RPH-1 for Japan Defence Agency. First flight Feb 1996 and trial flight finished in 1997. | Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schweizer/ Kawada
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RoboCopter 300
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Underway | Multipurpose unmanned helicopter | Four-axis gyrostabilised IR/TV sensor. | Conventional helicopter take-off. | Conventional helicopter landing. | One 168 hp modified (derated) Textron Lycoming HO-360-C 1A flat-four engine initially; -> four-cylinder Oldsmobile motocar engine. |
Dir: M-r 8.18 , T-r 1.30 |
disc area: M-r 52.5 T-r 1.32 |
9.40 |
2.65 |
1.99 |
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1.30 |
499 |
57 liters |
295 | 794 |
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Yamaha motor
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R-50/ R-Max
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Complete | Complete | Deployed | Agricultural and remote piloted helicopter and Recon. | Conventional helicopter take-off. | Cunventional helicopter landing. | One 12 hp 98cc Yamaha L 12 water-cooled two-cylinder two-stroke engine./ 21 hp Yamaha L 15. | Main rotor dia: 3.07/ 3.115 | Main rotor disc area= 7.40/ 7.62 | 3.85/ 3.63 | 1.08 | 0.70 | 44/ 58 | 20/ 30 | 67/ 88 | 300 | 0.1 | 0.5 | Helicopter | |||||||||||||||
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R-50: 1986/ R-MAX since 1997.
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R-50 1990- | More than 1,100 R-50s by1991-1999; more than 120 R-MAX sold in 2000. 132 in 2001. | Tain rotor dai= 0.50/ 0.56 | Tain rotor disc area= 0.212/ 0.25 | 
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