The Apoena is a Brazilian Low Altitude Long Endurance (LALE)
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 ...
designed and built by
XMobots for several kinds of sensing roles.
Design and development
The Apoena is a small monoplane built by
XMobots with a composite and wood structure; it is powered by a 5.5 hp
two-stroke engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of t ...
mounted at the front with a two-bladed
tractor propeller
In aviation, the term tractor configuration refers to an aircraft constructed in the standard configuration with its engine mounted with the propeller in front of it so that the aircraft is "pulled" through the air. Oppositely, the pusher co ...
. First flown on 18 November 2008 the single-engined Apoena 1000 has a retractable landing gear and can carry a payload up to 10 kg. It employs a
slotted-flap high lift system, something that is very rarely seen in this class of aircraft.
Specifications (Apoena 1000)
External links
XMobots Apoena Series product page
References
Unmanned aerial vehicles of Brazil
Unmanned military aircraft of Brazil
2000s Brazilian military reconnaissance aircraft
2000s Brazilian military aircraft
Apoena
V-tail aircraft
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