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So, I dunno how long those FPV drone batteries last. It's landed, which probably extends its run, but it's still only gonna able to run for so long.
If this becomes a regular thing, "sieging" people in bunkers, they could probably introduce -- if it doesn't exist already -- a low power "lurk" mode that extends the life of the drone's run.
Like, slash the framerate to 1 fps or something. Hell, could even go radio silent for a period of time, and only flip back on in N minutes or after the drone detects motion in its field of view or noise or something.
If the operator end permits multiplexing a number of feeds to a smaller number of operators and monitors, so that operators are just looking at "active" feeds, then instead of having to wait intently for something to happen in a given FPV feed, they could just toggle "lurk" mode and then go deal with another until this feed goes active again.
LOL, while you're dreaming up evil ideas, some simple brown camouflage would help as well.
White on the bottom so it's hard to see from underneath, brown on top so it blends with the ground from above. Like a fish,
Vast majority of battery drain comes from the motors. The camera could run for hours
Depending on how power efficient this mode is, a solar panel on the back might actually be able to extend the lurk time too. Pointless for active flying but if it's just sitting in the sun somewhere...
The added cost and weight of a solar panel might not be worth it
What about landing the drones in a hung position between exposed electrical power transmission wires? Like lurking death bats.
Unlimited lurk time, and they could just activate and be flown off home if the power goes out for too long.
They would need a way of lowering the input voltage, but it can probably be done.
there is a demo for powerline maintenance that does just that! it only needs to hang on to one wire too. quite a bit bigger than the fpv attack drones ukraine is using though.
That's awesome confirmation. It's able to pull 50 W of power just off of one wire. The clamp mechanism is a bit big, but it can probably be left behind when it goes after a target.
The future is going to be scary.
That is a brilliant and scary idea