r/interestingasfuck 2d ago

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/Ciff_ 2d ago

It is very heavily used in ukraine rn. You can prevent jamming. They use several hundred meters of cable mainly for control.

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u/oddly-even321 2d ago

The drones currently in Ukraine have cables length of about 10-20 km.

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u/S_J_E 2d ago

Also they're only being used for data transfer, whilst the one in OPs video I assume is just for power

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u/Ciff_ 2d ago

Yeah I think so, they also burn though them fast, flight tile is likely not an issue