Yuneec Enters Commercial Drone Market with the Yuneec H520

Yuneec H520 in the field

Yuneec H520 in the area

Yuneec International, the agency based in Hong Kong in 1999, as we speak introduced the availability of the H520 sUAS, the firm’s first product focused at the industrial market. The H520 system incorporates Yuneec’ssix-rotor platform alongside with enterprise-grade cameras and mission planning software program for high-end industrial use in industries equivalent to public security, building, inspection, video manufacturing, amongst others.

Camera Payload Options

The H520 presents steady flight with a wide range of payload choices, and an built-in floor controller whereas that maintains aviation precision and security. The H520 sUAS is initially accessible with the E90 high-resolution digital camera using a big aperture, one-inch sensor. The E50 and CGOET, a thermal imaging digital camera and low mild digital camera, can be found for preorder and can ship later this fall.  The complete line of economic UAV will likely be supplied with Yuneec’s all-new YES! industrial service program.

The H520 sUAS, engineered for industrial and industrial environments, incorporates a excessive visibility hazard orange fuselage and a six-rotor design able to emergency flight with solely 5 rotors.  The H520 modular design is suitable with Yuneec’s E90, E50 and CGOET cameras.  All digital camera payloads are interchangeable and hot-swap succesful, providing time-saving comfort for the industrial operator. The E50 digital camera is a medium focal size, high-resolution digital camera completely fitted to use in inspections and for broadcast. It supplies up-close visuals whereas retaining the airframe a protected distance from the asset.  The E90 is a wide-angle, high-resolution digital camera for purposes that require prime quality pictures and video because it makes use of a 20-megapixel one-inch Sony Exmor sensor and the newest Ambarella H2 high-speed image-processing chip. These specs make it appropriate for constructing info modeling, 2D/3D mapping in addition to movie manufacturing. The CGOET twin thermal-RGB digital camera is particularly designed for public security, search and rescue, and photo voltaic inspection purposes and is the business’s first mixed thermal and residual mild digital camera with built-in gimbal.  The E90 and E50 cameras additionally embody adapter rings which permit mounting of normal, excessive efficiency third-party filters.

Camera movement and Gimbal Flexibility

All of Yuneec’s industrial cameras are able to a steady 360-degree movement, offering an unobstructed view from any angle when paired with the H520’s retractable touchdown gear. Additionally, the digital camera and gimbal are able to a 20-degree up-angle for upward-looking inspections. The H520 comes with the professional-grade Android-based ST16S controller, which has a big 7-inch built-in show and HD 720p video downlink for real-time video reception, and an HDMI uplink for distribution to exterior screens.

“Our team of engineers and product managers have conducted extensive field testing to refine the H520 software and create a best-in-class commercial-grade UAV,” stated Dr. Michael Jiang, CEO of Yuneec International. “We’re confident operators will discover the H520 is a versatile tool for a variety of enterprise applications thanks to its suite of dependable, reliable and advanced features including DataPilot™, Yuneec’s integrated mission planning software.”

Flight Planning and Closed Architecture

Yuneec DataPilot is an entire answer for planning survey and waypoint-based UAV flight. Unlike different flight planning purposes, DataPilot is built-in with the and software program management system utilized by the Yuneec H520 sUAS.  DataPilot, which is tightly coupled to the PX4 flight management structure, was developed in conjunction with Lorenz Meier, head of Advanced R&D, who was acknowledged as an honoree of MIT Technology Review’s 2017 Innovators Under 35 listing.

A key benefit of full system integration is that UAV operation might be operated as a closed structure. Jiang added, “Yuneec’s customers recognize the importance of keeping data and images secure. The Yuneec data ecosystem empowers users and organizations to control their data at all times. Yuneec commercial sUAS do not collect and do not share telemetry or visual data to internal or external parties.”

The H520 additionally has a software program growth equipment, which permits third events to develop value-added purposes and companies on the sUAS platform for a wide range of industrial makes use of. The Mobile SDK offers builders entry and management over the and software program elements of the Yuneec UAV platform. Christoph Strecha, CEO & Founder of Pix4D, Yuneec software program associate and creator of business main information imaging purposes, claims, “The Yuneec H520 SDK will enable Pix4D to provide software that is more tightly integrated with the UAV flight system and data capture process, resulting in more accurate 3D representation of site maps or aggregate volumetrics.”

The YES! Commercial Extended Service program is meant to present skilled customers peace of thoughts to reduce their sUAS downtime to allow them to deal with getting the job carried out. This program consists of four service bundle ranges starting from Bronze, Silver, Gold to Platinum, every of which embody a one or two-year guarantee choice. The base Bronze service bundle features a one or two 12 months guarantee with limitless producer defect repairs and two (one 12 months) or three (two 12 months) no fault repairs. The full service Platinum bundle features a two-year no problem guarantee with subsequent day advance alternative and one to 2 annual tune-ups. Service choices vary from $399 to $2,499.

The H520 is accessible in a wide range of configurations with costs starting from $1,999 to $four,699. Go right here for extra info on the H520, E90/E50/CGOET digital camera payloads, DataPilot, SDK platform and YES! Commercial service program.

Frank Schroth is editor in chief of DroneLife, the authoritative supply for information and evaluation on the drone business: it’s folks, merchandise, tendencies, and occasions.
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