BUAA Poison Bee

BUAA Poison Bee (Du-Feng or Dufeng, 毒蜂) is a series of Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) developed by Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics UAV Design Research Institute (北京航天航空大学无驾驶飞行器设计研究所) of Beihang University (BUAA).[1] Poison Bee UAVs are mainly intended for reconnaissance missions, and have since entered service with Chinese military and governmental establishments.

Poison Bee
Role UAV
National origin China
Manufacturer Beihang University
Designer Beihang University
Status In service
Primary user China

Poison Bee I

Poison Bee I is the first member of Poison Bee series, and it is an electrically powered, hand-launched UAV in conventional layout with high wing configuration and with propulsion provided by a two-blade propeller-driven engine. The entire system of Poison Bee including both the UAV and ground control station is designed to be compact enough to be fit into a single backpack of an ordinary soldier (after the UAV is taken apart). Poison Bee I adopts modular design concept and with different payloads, it can perform aerial reconnaissance, target pinging, electronic jamming and biological/chemical detection missions respectively. Majority of the subsystems of the UAV can be replaced in the field for rapid deployment. Specification:[2]

  • Deployment time (min): < 10
  • System weight (kg): < 10
  • Power plant: electrical motor

Poison Bee II

Poison Bee II is the second member of the Poison Bee series UAV developed by BUAA. Unlike earlier Poison Bee I, Poison Bee II different drastically than its predecessor, despite being also designed to be fit into a single backpack of an ordinary soldier and also performing reconnaissance missions. The general designer of Poison Bee II is Mr. Wang Shulong (王书龙). Poison Bee II adopts the same layout of another Chinese UAV, Weiyujie W-1 Sky Hawk: both have cropped delta wing and twin rudders without tailplanes. Like Weiyujie W-1 Sky Hawk, propulsion of Poison Bee II is also provided by a two-blade propeller driven pusher engine mounted at the empennage. The only external visual difference between the two Chinese UAVs are their respective size: Poison Bee II is much larger than Weiyujie W-1 Sky Hawk, even though both are designed to be operated by a single soldier. Despite its larger size, Poison Bee II is designed to be a low-cost UAV like the much smaller Weiyujie W-1 Sky Hawk, and this is achieved via by adopting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) subsystems as much as possible. For example, the cameras carried are derived from the civilian market. The first customer of Poison Bee II is a civilian business instead of governmental establishments/military. Poison Bee II adopts modular design concept and can be powered either by electric motor (the original version) or petrol engine. Specification:[3]

  • Endurance (hr): 1
  • Max speed (km/hr): 80 (electrically powered) or 110 (petro powered)
  • Cruise speed (km/hr): 65

See also

List of unmanned aerial vehicles of the People's Republic of China

References
  1. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics UAV Design Research Institute (北京航天航空大学无驾驶飞行器设计研究所) Archived 2014-05-15 at the Wayback Machine of Beihang University
  2. "Poison Bee I". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. Poison Bee II
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