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Maiden flight: China successfully completed first solar-powered UAV flight
China's independently-developed QMX50, a large solar-powered near-space unmanned aerial vehicle (V), made its successful maiden flight in Yulin, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Saturday, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) said Sunday.
The QMX50 took off at 5:50 p.m. [by local time] and landed safely after a 26-minute flight, according to the AVIC, the country's leading planemaker.
The QMX50 is developed by the AVIC First Aircraft Institute and the aircraft's system components were all in good condition after the successful maiden flight, the AVIC said.
It is the first high-altitude low-speed V with a super-high aspect ratio, first large V model with a twin-fuselage configuration and first large all-electric V platform solely driven by solar power developed by the AVIC, according to the Chinese planemaker.
The QMX50 large V can carry out high-altitude and long-endurance flight missions by using efficient and green solar power.
It can carry out diverse airborne missions, including high-altitude reconnaissance, forest fire monitoring, atmospheric environment monitoring, geographical mapping and communication relay, among others.
The successful maiden flight of the QMX50 has laid a solid foundation for the further development of large solar-powered Vs, said the AVIC, adding it will help China's development of new energy, composite materials and flight control technologies and enhance its capabilities in carrying out near-space missions.[Sept. 4 ,Xinhua]
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