Watupá-e
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Watupá-e from Brazil, produced by AeroFoundry
Introduce:
Watupá-e (Vulture in Yanomami language) is a resilient small electric aircraft, light enough to be hand launched, but able to perform high-endurance tactical missions ( ±5 hours), and long-range, wide-area aerial surveys, withstanding adverse weather conditions.
Manufactured since 2014, Watupá-e 2022 is now a fully Mil compliant version, with a new Kevlar reinforced highly rugged, resilient airframe, with very low detection signature, and a new optional low-noise engine with a quasi-stealth propeller (patent pending).
Watupá-e (Vulture in Yanomami language) is a small electric aircraft, light enough to be hand launched, but able to perform high-endurance tactical missions (±5 hours), and long-range, wide-area aerial surveys, withstanding adverse weather conditions.
Manufactured since 2014, Watupá-e 2022 is now fully Mil compliant, with a new aramide reinforced highly rugged, resilient airframe, with very low detection signature, and a new (optional) low-noise engine with a quasi-stealth propeller (patent pending).
The new 2022 airframe design has:
The reliability and simple logistics of Watupá-e makes it the best platform for mobile operations in harsh environmental conditions. This airframe can carry up to 2.5kg of payload, in a 700mm x 200mm x 150mm compartment.