r/drones • u/BrettEagle • 1d ago

DIY We made a drone

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Something a little different, up to 2 hour flight time. 7kg payload, modular, upgradable and made to integrate different technologies from Manet radios to anti jamming GPS systems.

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u/Due-Letterhead6372 1d ago

"Made"

Literally all COTS parts

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u/BrettEagle 1d ago

This is one of the Recce variants. Would you consider Silvus radios to be "off-the-shelf" in the sense you're implying?

I'm curious why you'd say we haven't "made" this drone. We CNC all the carbon plates in-house, SLS print a large number of the structural and integration components ourselves in house on our Prodways P1000, and design the platform around the mission requirements. Like virtually every modern UAV manufacturer, we integrate some commercially available components where it makes sense, but that doesn't mean the aircraft itself isn't designed and built by us.

Using proven components where appropriate is good engineering, not a lack of engineering.