the drone pictured is a mavic 3 so at least $3000
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echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
What drone is OP getting that it’s only $35? I don’t think I’ve seen them from anything less than about $200 and a good one is about $500 to $700
lowered_lifted@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
This particular one is the Mavic 3 pro, indeed around that price with the accessories. It’s what I fly for work.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I don’t know all the specific models and everything, but I do know drone warfare has been a pretty big deal and so has trying to make the cheapest ones possible. Here’s a good video on the topic: youtu.be/V3eOjRhihLU
Mango@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right? I’ll give OP $50 a pop to source those $35 drones that are at least good enough to strap a grenade to and kill people. I don’t wanna kill people, but if it can carry a grenade, it can probably carry a camera and stuff.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
One of them can have a grenade, my neighbor is kind of annoying.
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve flown a number of drones and the best drone I’ve flown that clocks in under £100 is a tiny-whoop and they’re absolutely not fit for combat lol.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I really hope that “tiny-whoop” is it’s official name
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tiny-whoop more reffers to a class of drones rather than any specific drone. They’re small enough to be flown around indoors and typically weigh in at under 25g TOM. I guess you could use one for surveillance or scoping out a building in the field but defo not for combat lol
bi_tux@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
kamicaze drones are pretty cheap
el_bhm@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Analog fpv drone is at least €150 when produced on a mass scale. Parts alone.
This is nowhere near 35 bucks cheap.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But those FPV drones have to be reusable. A kamikaze drone only needs to last long enough to get to the target. Motors, batteries, etc don’t need to have long lifetimes. Think about how cheap the battery can be if it doesn’t need to be rechargeable. If the motor needs at most 5 hours of runtime?
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It won’t make much of a difference. They put rechargeable batteries in disposable vapes because it isn’t worth it to manufacture non-rechargeable batteries, even though the batteries would be technically cheaper, the specialized manufacturing process would be more expensive.
el_bhm@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
This is wendys.
bi_tux@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
of course it’s not that cheap, but still pretty cheap
el_bhm@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes, precisely right. When compared to military precission weapons. That start at tens of thousands.
And I gave as real of a number as possible, so there are no idiots thinking an fpv drone costs 35 bucks. Even if it has to fly once.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It’s called a grenade?