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

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 30 points 5 days ago

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

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 19 points 5 days 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

[-] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago

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

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

My car is jealous of all that carbon fiber!

[-] blackfire@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

What is the bright orange cube+ box?

[-] Woovie@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

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

[-] blackfire@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] Woovie@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Reminds me of the FT Flerken fuselage but in CF

[+] askat@programming.dev -16 points 5 days ago

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

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So far Ukrainian drones have impressed me a lot.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

The Ukrainian RC community must be having a blast…

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

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 days ago

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.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days 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.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

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