We have seen an evolution from 7-inch to 10-inch and now to 15-inch propeller drone designs for FPV's since 2023 in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The question going forward is the choice of fiber optic guided or radio links. Drone CRPA🧵 1/
The cost of putting serious radio link electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) on an FPV drone using a CRPA is way high. Grok has an adequate estimate on what Chinese CRPA's cost. 2/ https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQ...
Even basic Russian Kometa 4-channel design CRPAs are hundreds of dollars apiece. To beat intensive ECM/Jamming at the front lines with 8, 12, or 16 element CRPA will cost hundreds to thousands per drone. Plus CRPA weight & power drain impacts the drone w/bigger batteries. 3/
The punchline here is you are at best matching the price of a fibre drone with a radio link FPV with a 4-element CRPA and are still susceptible to ECM/Jamming. Going with 8, 12 or 16 channel CRPA and the price multiplies. 4/
We are seeing evolutionary specialization of FPV's driving fiber optic guidance for ground strike work with radio link FPV's doing defensive anti-aircraft, FPV bomber and deep strike work through drone tender mother ships. https://x.com/Aviation_Intel/s... 5/5
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