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I Term Wind-UP: Feedback loop I-terms trim your drone in the air. They don’t work as well on the ground.
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MicroPilot autopilots use 40G accelerometers providing excellent vibration tolerance.
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De-crab is a maneuver used to align the aircraft's wheels with the runway just before touchdown.
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We have no secrets! Everything you need to know about our autopilots can be found in one of our technical manuals.
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AGL vs ASL vs AIP: Drones measure altitude in different ways. It helps to know the difference.
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How China Helps Iran Kill Americans
—Sam Faddis is a former clandestine CIA operations officer in Iran and the Middle East
On March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck a U.S. command center at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. Six U.S. Army reservists from Iowa were killed. Dozens more were injured, suffering traumatic brain injuries and shrapnel wounds.
No unclassified forensic examination of the remnants of the drones in this attack has been completed to our knowledge. More generally, however, the construction of Iranian Shahed drones (iranintl.com/en/202605061813) has been documented extensively, and it has been well established that while these weapons are ultimately fully assembled in Iran, many if not most of their key components come from China. wsj.com/world/china-is-still…
The engine used in the Shahed drone is a copy of one originally designed in Germany. All of the engines are now made in China. Several different Chinese companies are involved, including Xiamen Victory Technology, Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co., Harbin Bin-Au, and Jinhua Hairun.
Xiamen Victory Technology is so proud of its contribution to the construction of Shahed drones that it even includes imagery of the drone on its website for marketing purposes. While the United States was bombing Iran, Xiamen was continuing to send marketing emails to Iran and focusing on expanding sales.
The Chinese don’t just supply the engines for the Shahed, however. They send Iran:
- Microchips/semiconductors and circuit boards.
- Navigation systems, GPS modules, gyroscopes, and sensors.
- Fiber-optic cables (for improved guidance/resilience against jamming).
- Voltage converters and control systems.
- Power and Batteries:
◦ Lithium-ion batteries and related power systems.
- Structural/Materials:
◦ Carbon fiber, honeycomb composites, fiberglass, and aerospace-grade materials for airframes and wings.
- Other:
◦ Antennas (e.g., CRPA types for EW resistance).
◦ Various dual-use parts like lenses, metal alloys, and binders.
These parts don’t trickle in via some kind of ad hoc smuggling arrangement. They are shipped in bulk directly to Iranian factories. Hundreds of containers at a time are delivered. These used to come by sea directly to Iran. Now, because of the American blockade, the containers are offloaded in Pakistan and then trucked into Iran via supply routes opened with Pakistani cooperation.
The list of Chinese companies involved in this business is almost endless. It includes:
a) Beijing Micropilot UAV Control System Ltd.
b) Limbach Aircraft Engine Co
c) Redlepus (Redlepus TSK Vector Industrial Shenzhen Co Ltd.)
d) Juhang Aviation Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen)
e) Jinhua Hairun Power Technology Company Ltd.
f) Shandong Xinyilu International Trade Co., Ltd.
g) Fujian Jingke Technology Co., Ltd.
h) Mile Hao Xiang Technology Co., Ltd.
i) Suzhou Ecod Precision Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
j) Shenzhen Jinduobang Technology Co., Ltd.
2) Russian Customers and Intermediaries
a) Drake LLC
b) Morgan LLC
c) Sollers Alabuga LLC
d) Alabuga Machinery LLC
e) Alabuga-Volokno LLC
None of this happens without the knowledge and assistance of the Chinese government. We know the names of the Chinese companies involved. Xi knows them as well. This is not some low-profile smuggling operation. This is support at the national level for Iran, even as its forces are engaged in combat with ours.
Continue reading this Substack: andmagazine.substack.com/p/h…
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"The Shahed-107 uses DLE 111 gas engines from 🇨🇳 firm Mile Haoxiang Tech...Shahed-131 is powered by the 🇨🇳 MDR-208 "Wankel" rotary engine...even the MD-500 piston engine is manufactured by 🇨🇳 firm Micropilot UAV, adapted from a German facility in Xiamen"
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“制造平原”支撑无人机战争：中共供应链深度卷入伊朗军事体系
4月22日（秘密翻译组）——2026年3月，伊朗的无人机作战行动消耗了数千架一次性无人机（UAV）。支撑这些平台的关键技术、制造设备和零部件，均可追溯至中华人民共和国（PRC）的民用制造体系。这些能力通过私人资本收购、对外国技术的逆向工程，以及对军民两用贸易模糊性的系统性利用，被输送至受制裁终端用户。
中国的无人机供应链运作方式类似于“制造平原”——一个由大量可互换微型企业构成的扁平体系，而非传统制裁所针对的“山峰式”大型军工承包商。这些企业规模极小、人员精简、业务范围表面上与航空无关，却能够大规模向受制裁对象输送无人机相关物资。单个企业可以被打击，但整体网络几乎不可耗尽。
西方制裁无法有效应对这一挑战。制裁名单不断扩大，但对手无人机生产反而加速，因为现有执法模式针对的是大型、可识别目标，而无法压制这种分散且可快速再生的网络。
在制裁压力下，该供应链沿网络再生、供应替代、终端生产本地化三大方向演化。这些变化使传统“实体清单”机制日益失效。
在波斯湾冲突中，伊朗大量使用无人机。中共外交部于2026年3月13日表态谴责无差别攻击并呼吁对话。但在外交姿态之下，中共在伊朗无人机供应链中的角色是结构性的：关键技术和设备通过市场渠道持续转移，而对已知扩散行为的不执法构成一种“战略性默许”。
发动机与核心技术来源
“见证者-136”（Shahed-136）无人机所使用的MD550发动机，可追溯至德国Limbach L550E轻型航空发动机。伊朗通过与伊斯兰革命卫队有关联的公司Mado获取并逆向仿制该技术。
随后，中国企业介入这一产业链：中国商人收购了德国Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH，并于福建成立 厦门林巴贺航空发动机（Xiamen Limbach Aviation Engine）
约2013年，北京麦克普特无人飞行器控制系统（Beijing MicroPilot UAV Control System）开始对外销售MD550发动机。
2017年，福建德龙航空科技（Fujian Delong Aviation Technology）
完成对德国母公司的全面收购，结果是，伊朗通过中国商业体系获得并扩大了无人机推进系统的制造能力。
在更新型号方面，“见证者-107”（Shahed-107）使用的DLE 111发动机
来自中国企业： 弥勒浩翔科技（Mile Hao Xiang Technology）。
制造设备供应链
伊朗缺乏完整工业体系，因此依赖中国提供生产设备。
典型案例：
常州乔懋工业自动化（Changzhou Joemars Industrial Automation）
背景结构：
台湾母公司：
台灣喬懋機電工業（Joemars Machinery and Electric Industrial）
离岸控股：
Best Technology Industries Limited
该公司仅4名员工，注册资本15万美元，表面业务是数控机床维修与咨询，但其实际用途是通过以下渠道向伊朗输送高精度设备：
伊朗企业：Control Afzar Tabriz
终端用户：伊朗国家航空制造公司（HESA）
中转掩护：
Clifton Trading Limited（香港）
同时参与的企业还包括：
龍馬精機（Mecatron Machinery）
这些交易刻意规避出口管制，将高端机床导入伊朗军工体系。
无人机零部件供应
多个中国微型企业提供关键部件：
深圳嘉思博科技（Shenzhen Caspro Technology）
注册资本仅10万元人民币
表面业务：电子烟与口香糖
实际：向伊朗出口大量航空组件
其他企业包括：
桂林阿尔法橡塑科技（Guilin Alpha Rubber and Plastics Technology）
杭州富阳科拓机械（Hangzhou Fuyang Koto Machinery）
这些企业通过香港空壳公司向HESA供应精密部件。
规避制裁的运作方式
尽管美国持续扩大制裁：财政部（OFAC）和商务部工业安全局（BIS）都对其进行制裁，但中共无人机产量仍在上升。
原因在于：
1. 网络可替代性
企业节点可快速更换
2. 典型规避手段
壳公司切换
多司法辖区结构
虚假申报
快速注销
身份伪装
案例：
厦门林巴贺
通过设立新公司转移业务
使制裁打击空壳实体
深圳嘉思博科技
利用民用业务掩护
桂林阿尔法橡塑科技
快速注销公司规避制裁
杭州富阳科拓机械
被新代理公司替代
此外：
红兔矢量实业深圳（Redlepus Vector Industry Shenzhen）
北京希超国际技术贸易（Beijing Xichao International Technology and Trade）
继续向俄罗斯无人机项目供应发动机。
并通过虚假申报：
将发动机标为“工业制冷设备”
制裁下的供应链进化
1. 网络再生
被制裁后迅速重建：
参与企业包括：
鼎泰工业技术（Dingtai Industrial Technolog
永鸿安贸易（Yonghongan Trade）
天乐国际（Hong Kong Tianle International）
深圳市智宇国际贸易（Shenzhen Zhiyu International Trade
2. 技术替代
中国本土技术替代西方产品：
北京微电子技术研究所（Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute）
替代：
美国Xilinx Kintex-7芯片
3. 生产本地化
伊朗复制日本Tonegawa Seiko伺服系统及日本Oval流量计等外国组件，但仍依赖中国提供CNC机床、电路板和测试设备。
结论：
中国“制造平原”具有分散化、可再生、商业伪装、政策默许等特征，这一体系使受制裁国家能够长期维持军事工业能力。
伊朗无人机作战揭示了当前防扩散体系的结构性缺陷。如果监管仍停留在“制裁名单”层面，而不针对制造能力本身，那么制裁将只是在记录扩散，而无法阻止扩散。传统针对大型军工企业的监管工具，与这种微型企业网络之间的结构性错配，将持续存在。
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Provides information on environmental stress screen.
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this seems to be "Beijing MicroPilot UAV Flight Control Systems MD550" and it's already worth $13-22K somehow. (actual manufacturer probably Limbach Aircraft Engine Co., controlled by Fujian Delong Aviation Technology along with a German Limbach).
The grift is real…
80 years later and on military aero engines they cant even take advantage of exhaust thrust.
The added "thrust power" to be gained can easily exceed 10% of the brake power of the main engine. All this was known to every sensible aero-engine designer in 1940.
But no, lets stick four drainpipes on it because bending a bit of steel tube is just impossible to do economically in 2026.
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A #COVID19pandemic #education micropilot launched to provide safe, high-quality educational programming for #seniorliving residents has evolved into a custom program that brings learning opportunities directly to them.
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Rejuvenation of groundwater while making parks sponges to recharge rainwater in local neighborhoods. We chose to create a micropilot for 1500 parks in the city. Neighborhoods can adopt parks and make them water rich with Achieving water resilience locally💦
Was a grt joy sharing our experiences from Hyderabad as a mentor at the Training Workshop for SA 2.0 cities
We were one of the 10 pilot cities to execute RWH @therainwaterProject at 5 parks with @GHMCOnline @CommissionrGHMC
Now to replicate in 75 cities
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I personally can't wait for Micropilot Excilot and Microslop Copiword
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AutomationDirect has added Endress Hauser Micropilot FMR series FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar level transmitters that utilize 80 GHz radar technology, which is unaffected by most media, processes, or environmental factors. Learn more now!
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9/ 内部情報によると、Beijing Micropilot UAV Control SystemはMD550およびMDR208エンジンの実際の製造者ではなく、販売者にすぎず、エンジン自体はLimbach Aircraft Engine社が製造していることが判明した。これらのエンジンはゲラン-2無人機に使用されている。
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8/ Based on insider data, we also found that Beijing Micropilot UAV Control System is not the actual manufacturer of the MD550 and MDR208 engines, serving only as a seller, while the engines are produced by Limbach Aircraft Engine Co. These engines are used in Geran-2 UAV's.
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WTX - Micropilot size zaman kazandırmakta olup maliyetleri düşürmekte ve kaliteyi artırmaktadır.
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Did you know that 🇨🇦 Manitoba, Canada based MicroPilot (@MicroPilotUAVs) has more than 30 years of professional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Autopilots history.
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