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Unknown Ukrainian jet-propelled attack UAV found in Russia. (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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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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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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