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Australian drones made from cardboard and rubber band helping Ukrainian soldiers

19 points by qwertox 4y ago

pimlottc 4y ago
A bit more info from the company making these: https://www.sypaq.com.au/news/sypaq-supporting-ukrainian-armed-forces/ https://www.sypaq.com.au/news/sypaq-supporting-ukrainian-arm...
catchnear4321 4y ago
> Managing director of SYPAQ, David Vicino, says the drones were supplied to Ukraine for humanitarian purposes including delivering medical supplies, food and water. > Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, says “they are already being used by Ukrainian soldiers for a variety of missions including lethal ones”. I wonder if SYPAQ is happy with the off-label use cases.
- leobg 4y ago
  “It’s not the drones that kill, it’s the users.” I bet that’s what they tell themselves. (“And besides, the people getting killed are in the wrong anyway. And there’s the unseen good of the lives saved by these drones.” Continue this list for our PR department, ChatGPT.)
  - catchnear4321 4y ago
    “We didn’t know that we were dropping MREs on Wagner, and we definitely didn’t know that we were dropping explosive MREs.” Eventually it will just sound too absurd to be taken seriously. Hopefully.
supahfly_remix 4y ago
Fascinating solution. does anyone know how much they cost? How do they handle in humid or wet conditions?
- eliaspro 4y ago
  According to this [1] German article by Golem, they're coated with wax, which should them give some basic resilience against wet weather conditions, which should be enough, since they're built as single-use devices. [1] https://www.golem.de/news/origami-des-todes-ukraine-setzt-pappdrohnen-gegen-russland-ein-2303-172569.html https://www.golem.de/news/origami-des-todes-ukraine-setzt-pa...
- rasz 4y ago
  You can make anything fly if all you need is a one off. FliteTest has extensive experience in making stupid things go up. Here Ikea chair with cardboard wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlKC5qUS80o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlKC5qUS80o
aaron695 4y ago
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19 points by qwertox 4y ago

A bit more info from the company making these: https://www.sypaq.com.au/news/sypaq-supporting-ukrainian-armed-forces/ https://www.sypaq.com.au/news/sypaq-supporting-ukrainian-arm...

catchnear4321 4y ago

> Managing director of SYPAQ, David Vicino, says the drones were supplied to Ukraine for humanitarian purposes including delivering medical supplies, food and water. > Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, says “they are already being used by Ukrainian soldiers for a variety of missions including lethal ones”. I wonder if SYPAQ is happy with the off-label use cases.

leobg 4y ago
“It’s not the drones that kill, it’s the users.” I bet that’s what they tell themselves. (“And besides, the people getting killed are in the wrong anyway. And there’s the unseen good of the lives saved by these drones.” Continue this list for our PR department, ChatGPT.)
- catchnear4321 4y ago
  “We didn’t know that we were dropping MREs on Wagner, and we definitely didn’t know that we were dropping explosive MREs.” Eventually it will just sound too absurd to be taken seriously. Hopefully.

supahfly_remix 4y ago

Fascinating solution. does anyone know how much they cost? How do they handle in humid or wet conditions?

eliaspro 4y ago
According to this [1] German article by Golem, they're coated with wax, which should them give some basic resilience against wet weather conditions, which should be enough, since they're built as single-use devices. [1] https://www.golem.de/news/origami-des-todes-ukraine-setzt-pappdrohnen-gegen-russland-ein-2303-172569.html https://www.golem.de/news/origami-des-todes-ukraine-setzt-pa...
rasz 4y ago
You can make anything fly if all you need is a one off. FliteTest has extensive experience in making stupid things go up. Here Ikea chair with cardboard wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlKC5qUS80o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlKC5qUS80o

aaron695 4y ago

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