World's largest-payload unmanned cargo aircraft: 白鲸航线 W5000 completes technical verification test flight

World's largest payload unmanned cargo aircraft: 白鲸航线 W5000 successfully completes technical validation test flight

IT之家 November 14 news: 白鲸航线 announced today that the W5000 large unmanned cargo aircraft successfully completed a technical validation test flight in Otog Front Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. It is reported that this model is the world's largest payload unmanned cargo aircraft.

Climb, level flight, turns, descent, approach and landing... W5000 completed all flight test items in one continuous sequence according to the established plan. The power, flight control, avionics, and ground measurement, control and support systems operated in coordination, and the aircraft's control stability was fully verified. Before actually flying into the blue sky, W5000 underwent an almost harsh "major test": iron bird test, static test, ground vibration test, full-aircraft power supply test, drop shock and sway vibration test, etc.

IT之家 noted that the world's largest unmanned cargo aircraft W5000 successfully rolled off the final assembly line at 白鲸航线's Changzhou production base last October. The model has a maximum takeoff weight of 10.8 tons, a maximum payload capacity of 5 tons, and a range of 2600 kilometers.

The 白鲸航线 W5000 project was launched in 2021 and is designed specifically to meet logistics needs. W5000 uses a conventional turboprop engine, with a wingspan of 22.70 meters, a vertical tail of 7.51 meters, and a fuselage length of 22.89 meters. It is one of the large cargo unmanned aircraft in China with the largest payload, longest range, highest overall aircraft safety, and optimal cargo efficiency and cost.

The aircraft adopts autonomous piloting and ground monitoring. One crew can monitor 6-7 aircraft, and crew cost is only 1/10 that of manned aircraft of the same class. W5000 has achieved a fully independent and controllable supply chain, with all aircraft components coming from the state-owned aviation industry system and mainstream private aviation enterprises. W5000 has advantages in operating cost and efficiency. Its ton-kilometer cost can be reduced by more than 40% compared with manned cargo aircraft of the same class, and its turnaround time at civil aviation and general aviation airports is only 15 minutes.

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