"The ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 is a short-ranged Unmanned Aerial Vehicle charged with local surveillance and reconnaissance for operating ground troops."
Power & Performance Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
1 x Conventional engine driving a two-bladed propeller unit at the rear of the fuselage in pusher configuration. Propulsion
Structure The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
0 (UNMANNED) Crew
Armament Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 (Aileron-3) Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) .
None. Mission-specific equipment in the way of cameras and sensors carried.
Variants Notable series variants as part of the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 (Aileron-3) family line.
Eleron-3 - Base Series Designation.
Eleron-3SV - Russian Army ground forces designation.
Eleron-B - Export model designation.
The ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 is an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) designed, developed, and produced by local Russian industry. It is intended for the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) role and features many industry standards including an autonomous flight option, automatic landing retrieval, and GPS navigation. Its mission payload is modular, able to accept an Infra-Red / Television combination unit or television / thermal imager module set. This provides the aircraft with the needed capabilities to survey and deliver real-time over-battlefield information to operators on the ground. Launching is by way of a simple rail with collapsing support legs.
The general design of the aircraft includes a blended wing-body shape with vertical planes seated along the trailing edges of the swept-back wing planform. The nose of the aircraft is rounded and features an underslung optics unit with full 360-degree traversal while the rear of the fuselage houses the powerplant driving the twin-bladed propeller unit (the blades are initially folded, springing to action upon launch).
Simple to field and operate, the Eleron-3 is designed for tactical-level, squad-based operations, providing a critical "eye in the sky" for forward-operating ground troops.
July 2015 - An Eleron-3SV air vehicle was lost during the fighting in Syria.
May 2018 - The Russian Ministry of Defense has been supplied with a quantitative stock Eleron-3 UAVs.
Operators Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 (Aileron-3). Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national aircraft listing.
Total Production: 250 Units Contractor(s): ZAO ENIX - Russia
[ Russia; Syria ]
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Image from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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