fixed wing VTOL drones

Hybrid aerodynamics UAV combines advantages of

both fixed wings plane and multicopter

Fixed wings UAVs Multicopters Hybrid aerodynamics

UAVs

Range Range Range

Maneuverability Maneuverability Maneuverability

 Colibri S2 aerodynamics

Low-speed special airfoil

Tricopter frame type

with tandem wing

Mechanics backup High L/D ratio

of tail mechanism aerodynamics

Radio-transparent composite skin

 Colibri S2: materials

High manufacturability

Topological optimization

Using of the world class

CFD approach
 Colibri S2 - flight

Optimized for flight both the incoming

flow and the hovering mode

Optimized flight controller

for both the copter and the
airplane mode
 Colibri S2 in numbers

Ratio Energy efficiency L/D ratio Flight range

payload / MTOM W⋅h/ kg / km km

30% 0,8-1,0 13,5 50-70

 Colibri S2
IP and know-how

● Fixed tandem wing for tricopter frame type with high L/D ratio
● Special airfoil for low speed airflow
 Colibri S2
Application area
● Energy industry -diagnostics, finding out the accidents causes, monitoring of the contractors work.
Optimization for the power lines diagnostics
● Security -emergency flights, territory control.
● Emergencies -floods, fires, people searching.
● Scientific work -magnetometry with low magnetic noise, analysis of atmospheric composition,
accurate cartography for geological studies
● Mapping
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Accompanying technologies

Automatic drone hub network

● Monitoring network
● Cargo delivery network
● Power recharge network
 Colibri Roadmap

Model name / Colibri S2 / Colibri S3 / Colibri M / Colibri L /

Year 2020 2021 2022 2023

Wingspan 1.4 m 2.1 m 3.0 m 4.5 m

Energy electric electric electric battery electric battery

battery battery /hybrid power /hybrid power
generation generation

Range 50-70 km 150 km 360 km 100 /300 km

Payload weight 1.5 kg 2.5 kg 5.5 kg 120 kg

 Est. 2014
Novosibirsk, Siberia (Russia)

Russian Academy
of Sciences

Funding Environment Infrastructure