China's bird-like flapping-wing UAV technology has made great progress, and it may become a "spy bird" that penetrates enemy radar monitoring. According to Hong Kong media reports, this bird-like flapping-wing UAV code-named "homing pigeon" was designed by experts from Northwestern Polytechnical University. It weighs about 200 grams, has a wingspan of about 50 centimeters, has a maximum flight speed of 40 kilometers per hour and a longest battery life of 30 minutes.

The plane is equipped with high-definition camera, GPS antenna, flight control system and satellite communication data link, which can send the found information back to headquarters in time. Special anti-shake software can ensure that the camera image of the plane is clear, thus becoming a reconnaissance means that makes it difficult for the enemy to find.

In the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, China has gone from obscurity to the first place in the world in a short time. Worldwide, if a country does not use China's weapons, the proportion may be quite large, but if it does not use China's drones, it would be incredible. It is precisely because of the strong demand from all walks of life around the world that China has entered an omnipresent state in the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles. After the first initiative of JY-300 unmanned early warning aircraft, the bionic drone "homing pigeon" was launched.

The bionic drone "homing pigeon" reported by the media is a new type of drone, which imitates the flight of homing pigeons. The main power of UAV is flapping wings driven by crank and rocker, which generate lift and thrust at the same time after flapping, driving UAV to fly forward. If you add feathers to this drone, I believe that whether it is a real homing pigeon or a person, if you don't observe it carefully, you can't tell whether it is a drone or a real homing pigeon.

This provides this kind of UAV with a special purpose. It can be mixed with real birds and fly into the military restricted zone, so that the target can be found in strict secrecy and serve as the foot color of "spy birds". Although this "spy bird" can secretly detect and easily hide its own purpose.

However, there is also a big disadvantage, that is, because of the existing technology, the requirements for weather conditions are extremely high, because bionic drones can not do as complicated flight control as real birds for the time being-it is said that 90% is already very high. However, the use and prospect of "spy bird" are very attractive, especially in the military, which can be widely used in border patrol, intelligence gathering, anti-terrorism reconnaissance and other fields.

There are four best bionic flapping-wing UAVs in the world, namely, German "Lingbird", American "Drosophila", China's "Golden Eagle" and "Carrier Pigeon". The analysis shows that the UAV based on bionic principle can be confused with real birds through some measures, thus deceiving the enemy's radar and eyes, and then appearing in the heavily guarded restricted area to complete the reconnaissance task.

It is precisely because of these advantages that the "homing pigeon" bionic UAV, which won the UAV design award as early as September 201,has been widely used in various fields. Of course, the secret military use will not be known to the outside world. It is reported that relevant design departments are upgrading it with new technologies to further improve its simulation degree, which can make it more difficult for the enemy to distinguish and obtain more secret information.