ZALA 421-16 a cost-effective solution for large scale aerial photography

Its seems like there are game changers almost daily at the minute, this new airframe from ZALA is good for 1000km of mapping at a time. The post production work on that would take days. Great for parts of the world where flight regulations are not a worry.

UAS ZALA 421-16 launched in 2009 currently service with a number of government agencies has been modified by ZALA AERO GROUP for civil sector use. Energy and land management sectors are especially targeted with routine cost-effective solution for large scale aerial photography that can cover over 1000km in one flight.

The latest upgrade to UAS ZALA 421-16 includes a dual-frequency GPS/Glonass receiver TRE-G3T with frequencies L1 and L2 supporting RTK increasing the accuracy of the aerial photography coordinates to centimeters. To increase data output UAS has been additionally equipped with two high-resolution professional photo cameras which make it possible to obtain 3D images with accurate coordinates embedded.

ZALA 421-16 interchangeable power plants have not been modified as the two-stroke and four-stroke engines offer a selection to the end user depending on different missions’ characteristics.

The aircraft modification has been in development for the five months confirming its abilities to function in a wide range of harsh environments and as all other ZALA AERO GROUP UAVs is adapted for a temperature range of -30⁰C…+50⁰.

ZALA 421-16 Characteristics