The LAPAN LSU-03 (LAPAN Surveillance UAV-03) is an (
unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller ...
) developed by the ''Lembaga Penelitian dan Penerbangan Nasional'' (LAPAN) of Indonesia. It is a further development of LAPAN LSU-02, and both are classified as a tactical UAV. While it is basically a further development of LSU-02, LSU-03 can achieve maximum range about 133% of its predecessor (600 km compared to 450 km of LSU-02) and significantly more payload.
Design and development
The LSU-03 development started after the success of LSU-02. First flight take place on 25 January 2014 to test the stability of pre-production model. This pre-production model has a theoretical range of 350 km and 10 kg payload. Technically LSU-03 has a cruising speed of 100 km/h and maximum speed of 150 km/h. It uses a 2-cylinder 100cc piston engine, 24x12 pusher propeller, 7 litre Pertamax Plus fuel and lippo battery.
In period 2015–2016, LAPAN developed a higher performance LSU-03, dubbed LSU-03 NG (Next Generation). While the former version has a 350 km and 10 kg payload, this version has a 600 km range and 24 kg payload. This improvement is believed due to reducement of weight. The new version adopted GFRP material (
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer) with plywood as support in semi monocoque concept. Similar material technology has been used on LSU-05 drone.
The payload of LSU-03 consists of a
FLIR
Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, typically used on military and civilian aircraft, use a thermographic camera that senses infrared radiation.
The sensors installed in forward-looking infrared cameras, as well as those of other thermal ...
camera, Lippo battery and other electronics. It can be controlled using radio or autonomously using mission planner from GCS. It has an anti jamming technology installed, even if it is jammed, it will automatically return to its former take-off area.
Operational history
In November 2015, LSU-03 took flight for a photographing mission from
Pameungpeuk
Pameungpeuk is a small town near the coast of southwestern Java, Indonesia.
It is located 131 kilometres by road south of Bandung.
Geography
The town is located several kilometres to the southeast of the small settlement of Cikelet, although it ...
,
Cilacap
Cilacap Regency ( jv, ꦏꦨꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦕꦶꦭꦕꦥ꧀, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap.
C ...
, to
Pelabuhan Ratu
Palabuhanratu or Pelabuhan Ratu (Sundanese language, Sundanese for: 'Harbor of the Queen') is a district and fishing town which serves as the regency seat of Sukabumi Regency. It is at the southwest coast of Palabuhanratu Bay, West Java facing ...
and return to Pameungpeuk. The mission broke new
MURI record for longest UAV range, which is 340 km in 3 hour and 39 minutes. The previous record holder was LSU-02, that flew 200 km in 2 hour 37 minutes.
Specifications
See also
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Lapan LSU-02
The LAPAN LSU-02 (LAPAN Surveillance UAV-02) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Lembaga Penelitian dan Penerbangan Nasional (LAPAN) of Indonesia. It was developed in 2012 for both civilian and military purposes. The Indonesian ...
References
External links
LSU-03 at LAPAN's website{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901141234/http://pustekbang.lapan.go.id/index.php/subblog/pages/2018/43/LAPAN-SURVEILLANCE-UAV-03-LSU-03 , date=2018-09-01
Unmanned aerial vehicles of Indonesia
Single-engined pusher aircraft