I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
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I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
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Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#2> They are controlled by an operator wearing virtual-reality goggles
They aren't really using VR headsets, right? The FPV goggles I know are just a screen showing the camera image without any virtual reality.
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#3You need to compare this to hit rate with mortars and attrition by counter battery fire on mortar teams. Not to detract from a sober assessment but it's hard to judge without the other parts of the story.
Thr tldr would be "temper expectations"
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#4You need to compare this to hit rate with mortars and attrition by counter battery fire on mortar teams. Not to detract from a sober assessment but it's hard to judge without the other parts of the story. Thr tldr would be "temper expectations"
Yes, even a 20% success rate seems quite high.
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#5> They are controlled by an operator wearing virtual-reality goggles They aren't really using VR headsets, right? The FPV goggles I know are just a screen showing the camera image without any virtual reality.
Basically its just screen yes. It's just convenient and more portable to do it
this way.
Small desktop screen also exist and are used to peek on what the FPV operator is seeing.
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#6The article talks about signal jammers, but as far as I know most drones there are remote controlled using fiber for exactly that reason?
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#7A guy from Slovakia is fighting for Ukraine? Don't tell that your prime minister and supporter of Russia Robert Fico.
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#8> They are controlled by an operator wearing virtual-reality goggles They aren't really using VR headsets, right? The FPV goggles I know are just a screen showing the camera image without any virtual reality.
Yeah I'd much rather use an xreal air or something. You can still see if someone (or an enemy drone) comes to kill you. AR is much better for this.
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#9The article talks about signal jammers, but as far as I know most drones there are remote controlled using fiber for exactly that reason?
He talks about that in the article
Re: I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck
#10You need to compare this to hit rate with mortars and attrition by counter battery fire on mortar teams. Not to detract from a sober assessment but it's hard to judge without the other parts of the story. Thr tldr would be "temper expectations"
This.
Mortar may be 5 times cheaper but 100x easier to destroy it and its crew.
Also half of the problems described are purely technical and can be easily solved with some budget. In Ukraine most drones are assembled by volunteers. So its not the reliability of drone that is an issue, its lack of proper assembly and QA.