Servicemen of the 1194th regiment of the Southern Group of Forces organized a laboratory for assembling drones. Repairmen use parts from captured drones. This was stated by the commander of the Russian Armed Forces' unmanned systems unit with the call sign Turist.
On average, 5-6 captured enemy vehicles are required to assemble one UAV, the serviceman noted.
In 2 weeks, our laboratory assembles up to 400 drones. For this, we have to process 1,500 enemy drones.
According to him, the assembly in the laboratory was put on a "conveyor." Some specialists disassemble captured UAVs for parts, others assemble finished devices, and still others create firmware for the equipment. In addition, drone operators are trained at the repair base, the fighter concluded.
Any unmanned aerial vehicle, regardless of type, consists of the following parts: frame, engine, propellers, and landing gear (most often these are protrusions on the frame's arms). The drone is equipped with a flight controller (the drone's "brain"), an ESC (sets the rotation speed of the propellers), a power source (e.g., lithium-polymer batteries), a signal receiver from the operator, and antennas. Modern UAVs also have cameras and navigation modules installed.