“Kwacha game” with the participation of the Russian occupier and the Ukrainian FPV drone.
☠️ But you cannot escape from fate. Especially if the operator of the 4th Mehbat of the Presidential Brigade is at the remote control.
#4МБ #Лиман #FPV #Дрон
Needs more Yakkity Sax.
I’m pretty sure that the drone was well within lethal range multiple times there. If the drone operator has a “detonate” button, not just the contact fuze that I assume that coil visible on the front is part of, he probably could have set it off on one of the earlier passes.
I mean, sure; but playing with your food is so much fun…
This is what it takes to be a drone warfare ace? Damn, it’s early days. Maybe with the payload it’s different.
If you’re interested in seeing where the hobby community puts the skill ceiling, go check out some acro FPV videos. It’s wild what people are doing. Shooting through windows, pirouetting in 3D space, quick reversals. A high level hobbyist acro FPV racer would be wild to see in combat.
I’m never gonna be a foot soldier. Not on your life.
The payloads are maxed out, which makes it very hard to change direction. The stuff that impresses me the most is the flying through the woods that Magyar’s Birds does.
Thanks! This channel goes hard. What strikes me first was the mordant sense of humor. I’m used to following ReportingFromUkraine, and the difference is intense.
But these drones have a mortar shell attached to the bottom of it. So the additional weight and changed center of gravity will make it more of a challenge.
That said, I got the pleasure of seeing one of these drone acrobats practice with one of his drones close to where I live. The thought I kept having was… no wonder these things are so deadly… fast, agile, and loud when close but the sound quickly dissapates when more than 20 or 30m away.
Maybe someday more advanced batteries (or lighter munitions) will allow for what I’m imagining. Also, a hex drone might have the grunt to carry a payload and maintain agility. The cost goes up with six motors though, of course. I’m just intrigued to see how this technology reshapes 21st century combat. The hellish Benny Hill chase videos are fun though I must admit
Would a shape charge or a small claymore (less weight but more directed explosion) be a good compromise? More manuverable but need to be more precise. Instead of being within a meter of the target, you have to be looking at the target and detonate. I guess it would be a modern version of grapeshot or shotgun.
It depends on how common guys like this are. Literally mind bending maneuverability is possible with quadcopters… For a price; It comes down to how much you want to spend killing one soldier though. I’ve been reading some things about the Ukrainian ones, and I get it now.
Their mindset is more focused on price performers, detonating more than 100 commercial off-the-shelf drones daily, without even bothering to harden them against EW. This has hampered their range significantly, but they don’t mind. Under normal circumstances a quadcopter can range a few km, but in this warzone it’s closer to 500m.
Pilots like the one above are rare enough that you need a great reason to put them in a warzone. Quadcopters like the ones he uses aren’t cheap, either. I think Ukraine is doing incredible work and approaching their task correctly, on review. I come at this from a hobbyist perspective, which sees higher skill levels but is currently a lot less practical in warfare terms.
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