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> You're just gonna have a kilometers long "wire" to control a drone? Yup. Fiber optic cables are lightweight and thin, so you can stick 10 km+ in a spindle on
by WJW 1y ago
> You're just gonna have a kilometers long "wire" to control a drone?
Yup. Fiber optic cables are lightweight and thin, so you can stick 10 km+ in a spindle on the drone that unwinds as you fly.
> I'd much rather just lose some drones to jamming. They seem to be cheap and replaceable.
They *are* cheap and replaceable, but you don't send them out for the fun of it. If the drones don't hit the vehicles/soldiers/whatever that you send them at, those enemy assets are going to kill your own soldiers. Especially now that many vehicles on the front lines are equipped with jammers, have non-radio comms is super useful for making sure the drone actually gets where it needs to go.
That said only about 20% of FPV drones are fiber optic at the moment, because radio does have a lot of advantages when it comes to range and maneuverability.
- Joel_Mckay 1y agoIn general, your notions of front-line combat strategy is wrong. People on both sides used the fiber-optic platforms to target the RF Jammers/platforms first, and then deploy normal FPV platforms to chase down the soldiers. Note, one may buy a fiber network link kit for drones for around $650 USD off China online stores. Try to be more precise if you don't know something. =3
- paganel 1y agoThe drone tactics are changing by the week, to not say by the day, as I just saw a video 3-4 days ago of an Ukrainian soldier who had just cut the wire on a Russia fiber-optic drone and then a second fiber-optic drone came and took his life. So making generalisations like that might not be always right on the spot.
- Joel_Mckay 1y agoYes, the fiber-units have also been used in ambush/trap setups, as they can sit dormant a lot longer. Not a good time for all involved, that is for sure. =3
- paganel 1y ago> can sit dormant a lot longer Surprised that no-one posted the video of the UA drone ambushing three Russian drones that were sitting on the ground, ready for an ambush. Here it is [1]. This is really next-level warfare from both sides directly involved. Non-fiber optic, as far as I can tell, at least not the Russian ones. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1neozvr/ua_pov_a_ukrainian_drone_ran_into_three_russian/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1neozv...
- WJW 1y agoYour post doesn't address anything that I said but still complains I'm wrong. Try to be more precise too, thanks.