The Yarará project is the first
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 controll ...
(UAV) programme in South America to be produced in series and for export. The system is developed by
Nostromo Defensa for surveillance, border patrol and reconnaissance. It was unveiled at the
Argentine Air Force
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Air Show (''Fuerza Aérea Argentina'', FAA) on 10 August 2006. The manufacturer says it has been produced in small series for export to an unidentified government customer in the United States.
Design
The vehicle was named after the
yarará, a
South America
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n venomous snake.
The Yarará was developed by Nostromo Defensa under contracts from the
US Southern Command with a system comprising three aircraft delivered in June 2006.
Evolution of the design has seen an increase in the width of the undercarriage footprint to support rough field landings, while a Zenoah 6.5 hp engine is an option. The first powerplant is a Modellmotoren 3W 5.5 hp two stroke system.
The current Yarará is powered by a single Sonic 35
multifuel
Multifuel, sometimes spelled multi-fuel, is any type of engine, boiler, or heater or other fuel-burning device which is designed to burn multiple types of fuels in its operation. One common application of multifuel technology is in military s ...
air-cooled wankel rotary engine which produces 5.9KW of output power. It is fitted with a three-bladed
propeller at the rear of the fuselage section raised on an engine pylon with integral fuel tank. This engine is designed and built by British company Cubewano. It is the first kerosene-powered (heavy fuel)
rotary engine
The rotary engine is an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration. The engine's crankshaft remained stationary in operation, while the entire crankcase and its ...
flown on a UAV that can use
JP8 as fuel. It was first flown in this configuration in August 2009.
The
Wankel engine
The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. It was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, and designed by German engineer Hanns-Dieter Paschke. ...
has electronic injection.
Specifications
See also
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Lipán M3
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FMA IA X 59 Tábano
References
External links
Shephard Group
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2000s Argentine military reconnaissance aircraft
Unmanned military aircraft of Argentina
Yarara
Wankel-engined aircraft
Weapons of Argentina