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I fought in Ukraine and here's why FPV drones kind of suck

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183 points _tk_ | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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time0ut ◴[26 Jun 25 11:35 UTC] No.44386374[source]▶
I assume this is like a pilot in WW1 reporting how finicky and hard to use bi-planes were. No doubt a bunch of weapons manufacturers have seen this and the special operations Ukraine did in Russia and Israel did in Iran and the wheels of progress are turning and the result will be terrifying.
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1. dingaling ◴[26 Jun 25 14:43 UTC] No.44387950[source]▶
Likewise, ysterday I was reading about Chuck Yeager's first jet flight, in a P-80, and how most of his time was spent manually juggling the fuel flow to prevent the engine either overheating or flaming out. He barely had time to think about actually achieving anything.

A decade later, automated fuel flow was standardised and aircraft were flying twice as fast and high.