Mad Mecha Guy | 23 Nov 2014 12:35 a.m. PST |
A short but interesting article on how Ukraine is designing & building its own drones. link |
freewargamesrules | 23 Nov 2014 8:22 a.m. PST |
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Ron W DuBray | 23 Nov 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
every thing you need to build a drone can be gotten on the internet and from RC hobby shops. Right down to GPS units and encrypted CCC and video systems. :) |
David Manley | 23 Nov 2014 8:50 a.m. PST |
Remember the guy in NZ (I think) who was building pulse jets in his garage and got a visit from the security services after talking about this kind of thing 10 years or so ago? |
GeoffQRF | 23 Nov 2014 9:20 a.m. PST |
There was another article a whole ago which indicated that they initially tried to buy Israeli and American drones (I think), but turned to home builds and crowd funding when those routes were no longer available. The Ukrainian army had no drones at the start of the war, while the rebels were using sophisticated Russian drone technology. Ummm… didn't all separatist military equipment come from captured Ukrainian bases? Who has been supplying them with drones then…? |
Rod I Robertson | 23 Nov 2014 11:54 a.m. PST |
David Manley: Bruce Simpson was his name and it was the New Zealand Inland Revenue which shut him down by forcing him into bankruptcy. He is apparently hard at work building a second prototype now and has hidden his first prototype. To all: The Ukraine "drones" seem little more than bigger than average Radio-controlled models. Do they have autonomous guidance or are they wholly remote controlled? How useful could they be or is this just propaganda? Cheers. Rod Robertson. |
GeoffQRF | 23 Nov 2014 12:54 p.m. PST |
Very few truly autonomous drones out there. Most are flown from bases stations, so technically just big versions of radio controlled models. As for how useful… enough for most first world nations to have invested a small fortune in them. Anything that gives you eyes over an area without actually having to stand there, and birds eyes at that, is going to be useful |
David Manley | 23 Nov 2014 9:48 p.m. PST |
Very few autonomous aerial drones out there, but a rapidly growing number of autonomous maritime drones. There is a UxV revolution going on at sea every bit as significant as the one on land and in the air, its just not so well publicised (and is being driven as much by civil as it is military imperatives) |
Mad Mecha Guy | 24 Nov 2014 12:00 a.m. PST |
No reason could not do a DIY autonomous drone. There is open source software for drones that can be use to give pre-instructions to drones. Eg: go to waypoints at X height(s), at X speed, repeat until low fuel or power, then return to base, land & recharge. |
Ron W DuBray | 24 Nov 2014 8:31 a.m. PST |
autonomous control units are just a gps auto pilot that runs pre set orders and new orders received by radio . Just like MMG posted, and these systems will fit in a small 15" air frame. their is nothing new about them I put one in a RC plane years ago set way points and let it rip. |
GeoffQRF | 24 Nov 2014 8:46 a.m. PST |
There is a UxV revolution going on at sea Friend of mine is working in cutting edge robotics in Sheffield, playing with this stuff. You essentially have 3 types: 1. Flown by a 'pilot' on the ground giving live feed flight data and receiving live feed back. 2. Flying on a set path, fixed waypoints, etc. These can vary from simple 'fly to X, fly to Y, Fly to Z' to more complex GPS associated systems that can self correct. These may send back live feed, or may simply record along the way and can only be analysed on their return. 3. Full autonomous systems that are given a general mission profile and fulfil it from data made available – this is what my friend works on with undersea vehicles. Spooky. |