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Wreckage of a Ukranian jet-propelled UAV. The same type hit an oil depot in occupied Rovenki, Luhansk region, on Oct 12th. (imgur.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Those guys do a dramatically cleaner wiring job on a one-use suicide drone than I do on my own computer hardware.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

one use or not, drones experience vibration which can cause a cable to come loose and loss of the aircraft. cable management helps ensure that all the cables keep all the cables seated, among other things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You try yeeting a running pc over 1,000 km and you'll quickly learn the importance of secure cable management

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is the bright orange cube+ box?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Autopilot solution. https://docs.px4.io/main/en/flight_controller/cubepilot_cube_orangeplus.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I knew it had to be something connected to the brains but cubes such a generic name I couldn't find it in my quick search.

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

I found it due to pure luck by adding the word orange to my search. Definitely poor naming lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of the FT Flerken fuselage but in CF

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

My car is jealous of all that carbon fiber!

[+] askat -16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Are they using turbine engine for RC planes? Look very amateurish.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Russians die all the same. It wasn’t supposed to impress you but to deliver a warhead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So far Ukrainian drones have impressed me a lot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The Ukrainian RC community must be having a blast…

Although Im sure they’d rather be making models without warheads.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what it's "for" but the point of Ukrainian drone technology is to be cheap and plentiful, so it makes a lot of since. An amateur would try to design their own bespoke system that fills their goals perfectly, but in reality they can't manufacture in any sufficient quantities.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

All those FPV drones that they are using are not pretty. It's the absolute bare-bones drone that they can get. Their effectiveness has been shown over and over again in videos. It's not about aesthetics, it's about effectiveness.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have you seen the rest of the stuff they're using? Hobby grade stuff has demonstrated its efficacy.