Russians have created a drone from "corn" An-2: "Partisan" has an American engine and screw
The "Opportant Pilot" Partisan aircraft has a carbon case, the American turboprop engine TPE331-12 produced by Honeywell and a screw of American Hartzell. However, the first drone pilot took place with two pilots. The test departure lasted 20 minutes at a speed of 50-200 km/h. The purpose of the test was to check the characteristics of the aircraft to adjust the control system.
The goal of the Partisan project is to create a heavy drone with the possibility of delivering 100 kg of amounts to a distance of up to 1000 km, with landing on an area of 100 square meters. Also on the aircraft will leave the possibility of transportation to two people and optional piloting. In addition to the main American engine, corn was equipped with 8 more electric motors, which should improve flight characteristics.
Traditionally, the Russians talk about the use of aircraft not for combat purposes, but "in different sectors of the economy. " After conducting a guerrilla test, they plan to launch in serial production. It is unknown how the Russians will bypass the problem of supplying American components in case of its impossibility because of sanctions. At the same time, Russian civil aviation is suffering from sanctions.
The intentions for the modernization of "corn" Russians began to express in July 2022, said the director of the Moscow branch of the company "Navigator", which is engaged in the creation of an automatic management system. At the same time, it was reported that a block of calculations of pilot and navigation parameters (OPNP) has already been developed for the aircraft. The small device has a set of sensors for catching signals from the air, an inertial and satellite receiver with a computer.