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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Optical fibre is fucking fragile as all hell. You aren't going to see appreciable signal loss with an antenna with much better weight savings not have a spool of cable either on the armoured vehicle (minimal if on the vehicle) or the drone (undesirable). Not to mention the mechanical issues associated with the spooling.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Optical fiber is actually quite strong and flexible these days. Especially when bundled with a small kevlar strength member or when armored.

https://youtu.be/UBt00CVvMBA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The strands are still glass though, and have a much wider maximum bend radius than something like CAT* cable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did you watch the video? He's wrapping fiber optic cable over a 10mm mandrel with no problems and it's causing no loss. The video is 10 years old at this point too, we've probably progressed further with technology.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Huh. I guess the company i worked for was cheap as shit and bought trash cable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So, you still need the special connectors, still a cable. I mean, if you wanted a smart kite sure, that is an overpriced solution.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Connectors are not special, they are standard and cheap due to fiber optics used in telecoms in massive amounts.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now I’m imagining a guy on top of a tank in battlefield conditions trying to do an emergency fuse repair on a fucked up pigtail while cleaning the glass with those fancy fiber wet wipes and ranting about how there’s too much dust.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

A soldier would just pull a new one out of a disposable sealed bag