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Could be Drones?
by yumraj 4y ago
Could be Drones?
- consumer451 4y agoDrones have relatively limited range.
- dogma1138 4y agoMALE/HALE UAVs have an endurance of 30> hours and a range of nearly 4-5000 (7000km>) nautical miles without aerial refueling.
- consumer451 4y agoThanks, I didn't realize the extent of the range. Although, if launched from mainland China a round-trip to Canada is still pretty darn far, eh? But now I am playing the guessing game a bit too much for my own liking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-altitude_long-endurance_unmanned_aerial_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-altitude_long-endurance...
- dogma1138 4y agoYou assume it was launched from the ground, both air and sea launches are quite possible too. Also there is the Arctic you can take off and land on ice and use either an icebreaker or a sub for deployment and recovery. China does have some advanced drones with a substantial range e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_WZ-7_Soaring_Dragon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou_WZ-7_Soaring_Dragon Ofc how they perform in reality vs their published specs no one knows. In the past at least likes of China and Russia tended to inflate the specs that they made public whilst the west tended to keep the real figures hidden and release far more conservative figures especially when it came to things like maximum speed, range and operational ceiling.
- sleepybrett 4y agoSure, but those have wings. A cylinder would have to maintain altitude with some kind of thrust. Lets imagine something like a jet engine oriented vertically. How much flight time do you think that could manage?
- dogma1138 4y agoI don’t personally think that the 2nd object was a drone at least not a traditional aircraft UAV, I just replied to correct the assumption that drones have a relatively short range and low endurance.
- sokoloff 4y agoThat’s no moon.