Russian Armed Forces servicemen assembled a 16-motor multicopter from production quadcopters. The unmanned aerial vehicle will be used in real combat operations. This was stated by the acting commander of the technical and operational unit of the "Vostok" group with the call sign Rezec.
If we talk about the most unusual specimen we worked with, it is a sixteen-motor hexadecacopter assembled from commercially produced quadcopters.
The UAV is characterized by high payload capacity and increased battery capacity (AKB). The commander did not disclose the purposes for which their development is used.
Soldiers often use drones with fiber optic cables (for resistance to enemy electronic warfare systems), the serviceman noted. The flight range of such UAVs reaches 50 km.
The Russian Armed Forces usually supply standard factory spools with winding from 5 to 25 km, sometimes up to 50 km, the commander added. The operator calculates the length of the fiber optic cable depending on the combat mission, he concluded.
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