Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator
Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator by The Boeing Company, USA.
The Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator is a modified MD 530F single-turbine helicopter designed for optionally manned flight. It won the AHS 2005 Grover E. Bell award for the best advancement in rotorcraft research that year. The platform is capable of dual pilot, single pilot or no pilot flight operations. It can be remotely operated or programmed for autonomous operations in any of these operational modes.
- Length 9.94m
- Height 2.67m
- Fuselage Length 7.49m
- Tail Plane Span 1.65m
- Main Rotor Diameter 8.33m
- Tail Rotor Diameter 1.42m
- Engines: Rolls-Royce 250-C30 turboshaft
- Thrust 485kW
- Cruise Speed 243km/h
- Service Ceiling 5,700m
- Hover Ceiling 4,800m
- Endurance 2 hours
