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Monday, April 06, 2009

Maiden flight of indigenous Wankel engine of UAV takes off

Nishant UAVThe first ever indigenous Wankel Rotary engine, powering Nishant, the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), took off from a World War II abandoned runway near a village eight kilometres from Kolar in Karnataka.

The maiden flight of the indigenous Wankel engine of a UAV, which took off yesterday morning, climbed to an altitude of 1.8 km effortlessly before cruising for 35 minutes.

The air vehicle was recovered safely at the intended place at a dried-up lake after a total flight duration of 40 minutes, a defence press release said here today.

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1 comment:

  1. Tejaswy8/4/09 09:35

    The Indian army seems to be very interested in Nishat and hence the extensive testing of Nishatn

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