Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a transformative feature of the battlefield. Ukraine’s Armed Forces, fighting a numerically superior enemy, have turned to a diverse arsenal of drones to level the playing field, using them for reconnaissance, artillery correction, electronic warfare, and increasingly for direct attack. This essay surveys the wide spectrum of UAVs in service with Ukraine as of mid-2025, ca
  • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    DJI Mavic/fpv

    Analog Video

    That’s not how that works, anyone who’s actually touched a flight controller have any insight on this stuff?

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      https://www.dji.com/fpv

      Compatible with Analog Video Transmission

      The DJI Digital FPV System can be used with analog image transmission via a third-party receiver, allowing users to switch between AV and digital video transmissions.

      All the drone footage I’ve seen has been analog, and I guess it’s possible on the FPV.

            • inktvip@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              2 hours ago

              That was about the lock in part. Most of the mavic footage I’ve seen seems to be digital at least, though I recall something about them changing the RF frequencies constantly to avoid jamming.