Bayraktar Mini UAV

Bayraktar Mini UAV is a mini class unmanned aerial vehicle produced by Turkish company Baykar (short for "Bayraktar Kardeşler", Bayraktar Brothers). With the concept of short range day and night aerial reconnaissance and surveillance applications, system design activities started within 2004. Initial prototype Bayraktar A has been developed in 2005, and following successful autonomous flight demonstrations, Baykar has been awarded with a contract to start serial production. After hundreds of trials and feed backs, system was subject to major modifications. As a result, Bayraktar B Mini UAV Systems fielded and became operational in 2007 to serve initially for Turkish Armed Forces.

Overview
Bayraktar-B is a hand-launched, portable UAV system, designed to operate under harsh geographic and meteorological conditions. Bayraktar-B is fielded with small army units, and as of 2012 have recorded more than 50,000 flight hours. System offers a complete autonomy with protective features with a high rank of reliability and easiness for the operators, which makes it a valuable technological asset.

Main features are:
 * Automatic waypoint navigation
 * Secure digital communication
 * Home Return and automatic parachute landing in case of lost communication
 * Smart battery management system
 * Remote-range command/control and monitor (WAN Relay)
 * Ground control switching
 * Automatic take off
 * Automatic cruising
 * Automatic belly landing / parachute deployment
 * Joystick assisted semi-automatic control
 * Automatic stall control in case of electric motor dysfunction
 * Automatic spin control in case of very harsh wind conditions
 * Real-time Google Earth integration (display of telemetry data, routes etc. in real-time)
 * On-screen video display
 * Target coordinate estimation within 10 meters accuracy
 * Automatic tracking antenna system