Drones by Kazakh developers have successfully passed the tests. The drones can carry the freight weighing up to seven kilograms. During the test flight, the unmanned aerial vehicle flew at a height of 700 meters. The domestic drone Irbis is designed to operate in hard-to-reach areas, such as mountainous terrain, forests, wetlands.
“For example, there is a high tower in the Caspian Sea. The distance from it to the coast is 15-20 km. In order to deliver some kind of flash card for the computer, a customer or a manager needs to order either a boat there, or a helicopter that will carry a flash card. It is expensive, costly and not safe. The sea will not always be calm. Our drone can do it quietly. A quadcopter is unlikely to fly at 15-20 km in such an exact coordinate,” said Ardak Bektassov, Director General of the company.
The drone is assembled in three stages. It all starts with a digital drawing of the device. Programmers calculate its aerodynamic capabilities and takeoff weight. The whole structure of the drone is developed on the computer. After creating a prototype on a 3D printer, design engineers make a matrix - the shape of each part of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Thanks to the protective layer of sealants, it allows the drone to fly at temperatures from minus 30 to plus 45 degrees Celsius.
“Depending on the technological process and what we need to obtain stiffness, lightness, and even other parameters, we put this fabric into a matrix, impregnate it with epoxy resins - campounds, and vacuum. We get this product. It is sanded, painted there, further milling work is carried out, which are necessary, and for example, we get a helicopter blade,” added Vitaliy Groo, Chief Design Engineer.
The company is mostly oriented on a local, private partner and actively develops the maintenance and service for unmanned aerial vehicles. And with the localization of repair services within the country, the damaged device does not need to be sent abroad.
