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https://x.com/Roberto05246129/status/1806633173960294891

Unknown Ukrainian jet UAV

The Russians who found this UAV claim that it has a 20 kg warhead, a speed of 200-250 km/h and a range of 500 km. Unfortunately, there is currently no name or real characteristics of this drone

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[–] FrostyTrichs 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm... nothing conclusive with a reverse image search... What is this image from?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Shit. That's next level. I mean, if it works; it should at least have had a self-destruct to prevent capture and analysis.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jet powering a drone that small is a bold move but with a talented pilot would be very impressive

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was a report some time that they use RC plane turbines in their drones. Imagine you're running a small nerdy business for RC plane parts when you suddenly get a big order for turbines from Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think the rc turbine market is larger than it seems, lots of people have rc turbine model planes, and developing (modeling, simulating, casting/milling) custom turbine hardware is very very involved, not really a nerdy family business kind of thing.

[–] JohnDClay 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's some nice shaping on the panels! Is it carbon fiber?

[–] gravitas_deficiency 3 points 2 months ago

Looks like it!