"Dapp-Risks": for the Armed Forces created a cheap drone "Grandma" (video)
The developers were intended to create UAVs that will not be scared to lose. "Many manufacturers establish the evasion or system of the HR, which create a" curtain "directly on the aircraft. But our approach is to create a" grandmother ", such a cheap scout, the loss of which will depreciate the economic feasibility of its destruction," Vladislav explained.
He noted that the brigades, in the coordination with which a new drone was developed, often work with expensive reconnaissance drones "Lelek" and Shark. According to the manufacturer, crews can use "grandmother" where it is dangerous to launch more valuable UAVs. "It is the product that can take a stroke in the event of a threat and confirm the presence or absence of interceptors and means of defeat of the enemy in this direction. " Grandma "is the tsac-reflection that risks itself.
Such is his fate, he was developed for that,"-said TAF representative. The developers said that to ensure the balance between the cheap UAV and the quality had to highlight the main characteristics, donating others. For example, drone is more limited in time in the air due to batteries than by distance flight. The main UAV control channel is implemented on the basis of Crossfire technology, and the reserve channel provides autopilot work in the absence of GPS and GNSS.
Optics on the drone provide a 30-time optical zoom. The characteristics of the drone TAF-U1 "Grandma": "At a speed of 70 km/h you can fly for 40 minutes to the target, another 40 minutes to circle near the target and go back. During this time, you can explore the situation both in the process of flight and at the intelligence point,"-added a company representative. The TAF-U1 "Grandma" set includes: to reduce the cost of a serial product, many small solutions were made by TAF IDUSTRES.
Some components also come from China. In addition, for the economy it was decided to abandon composite fuselages. According to the company's calculations, the cost of replacing one TAF-U1 board "Grandma" will be about 100,000 UAH, and all the infrastructure, including four aircraft, will cost about 1. 1 million. Recall that the Ukrainian company Vyriy Drone has introduced a new Falcon drone, conceived as an inexpensive tool for tactical intelligence.