VTOL Fixed wing drone was to offer a highly capable, reliable & affordable

VTOL Fixed Wing Drone

We supply a range of VTOL drones with payloads from 0.5kg up to heavy lift 15kg. Available as battery/engine or hybrid, we offer flight times up to 15 hours and operational ranges with range extenders from GCS of up to 100km.

No need for the space for runway (can fly from a small yard, jungle clearing, mountain ridge, remote island or a boat deck).
No need for cost and space of catapult launch or risks of parachute recovery systems.
Flight times of up to 15 hours give very long-range patrol and operation options without need to return to change battery or refuel.
24/7 thermal 360° day & night monitoring in day or total darkness.
Detect humans, vehicles, boats, drones or other objects within seconds.
Many options and sensor packages available. Optimize your camera setup by contacting us for spreadsheets on full DRI ratings that give you distances for detection, recognition and identification of standard objects such as humans and vehicles.
DRI ranges detect people at night with thermal camera standard (IR) at up to 1,500m (5,200’), detect vehicles at night at up to 4200m (14,000’), longer ranges available.
DRI ranges detect people during day with electro optical (EO) camera standard at up to 8,000m (26,200’), detect vehicles at up to 22km (72,000’), longer ranges available.
Replaces multiple perimeter, border surveillance systems.
Many options including loss of link, autonomous return, loiter and land.
Datalink security encoding.
Complete autonomous flight planning and operation.

Transranger – Long Range

VTOL Fixed wing drone TransRanger long range surveillance and reconnaissance. The key objective with the TransRanger was to offer a highly capable, reliable and affordable commercial VTOL (vertical take-off and land) aircraft, which one could actually purchase and use every day, unlike the majority of similar systems, available only to military at high price points.

Flight duration of up to 8 hours with payload of 1kg gives over 550km distance in one flight operation. GCS options for upto 70km range from base station.

The TransRanger fixed wing drone is made from the highest-grade materials, to the highest standards, using unique propitiatory techniques. A highly advanced aerodynamic design allows for low stall speeds, efficient cruise with very low drag, excellent stability and an incredibly low weight at only 5.6kg for the entire airframe.

The airframe is completely modular and can be rapidly deployed from in the case to in the air in under 10 minutes with only two operators required, this along with zero need for a runway or heavy and expensive catapult systems, provides a quicker and safer operation, anywhere, any time. The TransRanger VTOL fixed wing drone is designed as a hybrid system allowing for a combination of multirotor flight and traditional fixed wing flight, providing the best of both aircraft types, the practicality of multirotor flight for take-off and landing, with the efficiency, range and endurance of a fixed wing aircraft.

The incorporation of VTOL technology into the fixed wing system allows the TransRanger to take-off and land in confined spaces in a very short time offering a massive advantage over traditional systems as well as a lower impact and stress on the aircraft with long term use, usually associated with catapult launchers and hard and unpredictable parachute landings.

The TransRanger’s airframe is designed by a Civil Aviation Authority approved Aeronautical Design Organization, featuring a 3m dihedral wingspan, aerodynamic winglets and boom-mounted inverted U-shaped empennage, meticulously designed for efficient prolonged flights, offering complete ease of use. The Authority has developed various unique and proprietary features for the TransRanger, including but not limited to quick release wing latches, integrated internal fuel tank, aerofoil shaped landing gear, antennas build into the winglets and internal GPS, meaning zero drag induced by these systems, rapid deploy airframe for quick assembly and transport, highly optimized manufacturing and composite techniques along with many other ‘TransRanger only’ features.

The TransRanger features and design values allow for an incredibly low weight system with a maximum take-off weight of only 16kg. The payload bay can be tailored to fit and mount a wide range of cameras, sensors and other equipment, the system offers great flexibility without limiting the operator or mission scope. Designed to be aerodynamically stable and steady in low speed flight applications the HOV POD TransRanger fixed wing drone is designed to cruise at 20m/s. The airframe has a maximum VNE speed of 30m/s and a low stall speed of 13m/s and an incredible endurance of up to 8 hours.

The HOV POD TransRanger VTOL fixed wing drone truly offers the next generation in unmanned aircraft technology, today.

Features

Made From the Highest-Grade Materials
Highly Optimized Composite Frame
Advanced Aerodynamic Design
Efficient Cruise with Very Low Drag
Incredibly Low Weight at Only 5.6kg
Rapid Deployment Case To in the Air
VTOL Means no Need for a Runway
VTOL Means no Need for a Catapult or parachute
Take-Off and Land in Confined Spaces
Multi-rotor Flight & Fixed Wing Flight
Tailored To Fit a Wide Range of Cameras
Steady in Low Speed Flight Applications

Specification

Wingspan: 2.9m
Length: 2.4m
Height: 5.25m
MTOW 16kg
Designed To Cruise At 20m/S
Maximum VNE Speed of 30m/S
Low Stall Speed of 13m/S
Max Payload of 1.5kg

Options

Transranger AFWVTOL

Multiranger AFWVTOL

Ground Control Station

Extended Range, LOS Directional Antenna 65Km

Extended Range, LOS Tracking Antenna 100Km

EO/IR Camera A) IR Detect Human at 897m (2944′), (EO x20 Zoom)

EO/IR Camera B) IR Detect Human at 1.8Km (6000′), (EO x 20 Zoom)

EO/IR Camera C) IR Detect Human at 3km (10,000′), (EO x30 Zoom)

If operating over flat terrain a 20m optional mast and antenna give a flight altitude down to 188m at 65km range. More than enough for DRI EO/IR operations.

VTOL Drone