Why would they use this over the much cheaper mavic?
On average the commercial drones in Ukraine survive 3 missions. I doubt anyone would spend the price of 5 mavic drones just to have more pixels at a trench.
On average the commercial drones in Ukraine survive 3 missions. I doubt anyone would spend the price of 5 mavic drones just to have more pixels at a trench.
3 flights actually seems pretty good given the conditions-- I suspect they aren't walking out to fetch any crashed or malfunctioning devices in an active combat zone and the analog video signals are exceptionally easy to interfere with.
The RC control channel is unencrypted and the video feed is analog. If I'm being attacked by FPV drones I'll take a freshly certified ham radio operator over a world champion duck hunter any day.
This is completely wrong, as long as you're talking about the most common drones in Ukraine, the DJI Mavic Mini and Mini 2.
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1607790/FULLTEXT...
For these types of drones all the consumer and FOSS control links are unencrypted and critically vulnerable to frequency hopping hijacking attacks [4]
The video and control for all of these systems (including DJI) can be disrupted by jamming consumer and hobbyist frequencies; 300-975mhz, 2.4ghz, and 5.8ghz.
As with any information coming from active modern war zones, the incidence of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda will be high.
[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/03/24/russia...
[2]https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2023/03/24/...
[3]https://dronedj.com/2023/03/01/ukraine-reportedly-assembles-...
[4]https://www.vox.com/2016/10/28/13406082/hackers-control-cons...