Ukraine - Russia Conflict (Original Title: Things are heating up in the Donbass)

[Acer-m14]

its in the news has to be real .

 

[Acer-m14]

waiting for China to send 100K drones to UK now

 

[Mosinitis]

Back in the 70's I was enroled in model airplane building afterschool cub. As a beginner I only got to build wood and paper gliders. Older kids were building radio controlled engine models.

 

[Acer-m14]

Back in the 70's I was enroled in model airplane building afterschool cub. As a beginner I only got to build paper and wood gliders. Older kids were building radio controlled engine models.

back then i one of these for Christmas .. then Dad wanted to fire it up in my bed room ..

yep it took off .. gas spray on the wall and it hit the other wall ..

it never made it outside lol

 

[Robin]

I had one of those Acer, crashed it with regularity!
Robin

 

[FrankenCub]

It doesn't look like these drones have the parts on the wings and tail to be able to maneuver.

They don't need them. A lot of rc flying wings around. Easy to build and fly well

 

[Mosinitis]

They don't need them. A lot of rc flying wings around. Easy to build and fly well

I looked up RC wings they do have stabilizers, some are very obvious, some are less so. This is what I was referring to.

 

[Defilade]

 

[Mosinitis]

Germany is an occupied country. Defeated by Russia and still occupied by the U.S.

 

[FrankenCub]

I looked up RC wings they do have stabilizers, some are very obvious, some are less so. This is what I was referring to.

Not all have winglets, they aren't needed. The ones that have the little winglets at the wing tips, they don't move, they have no directional control.

 

[Mosinitis]

Not all have winglets, they aren't needed. The ones that have the little winglets at the wing tips, they don't move, they have no directional control.

The wing in your video has flight control parts I was talking about (not sure what they are called). Small parts in the rear that tilt up and down. You can see it at 3:25 in the video.

 

[spat]

It doesn't look like these drones have the parts on the wings and tail to be able to maneuver.

The wings appear to have full width ailerons, but the tail does not appear to have a rudder

You can see the line between the aileron and the rest of the wing.

It's possible they have an "all moving tail" where the whole tail assembly moves instead of just the training edges.

They are obviously functional, without control surfaces they would fly like the toys, wherever the wind takes them.

You *can* maintain controlled flight without those surfaces however.

The original Wright bros plane used a technique called "wing warping" where they adjusted tension on cables and it would change the shape of the whole wing.

 

[Mosinitis]

Yes, it's all there. In another picture from the links the tail does show a rudder. It's more visible from another angle.

 

[Robin]

Yeeeeeeessss, but what side is it on.

Robin

 

[Willyone]

I was into gas/nitro RC planes big time up until about 15 years ago. I still have a couple, but the control equipment, radio, servos, etc., are out of date, the electronics are no longer any good. Anyways... a rudder isn't necessarily needed to turn a plane (or drone). We'd have pylon races at our flying field and I never bothered using the rudder to turn my plane. All that's needed to turn the plane is use the ailerons to bank the plane left or right, then feed in the right amount of elevator, and the plane can change directions as quickly as wanted. Looks like the ailerons on the Aussie drones function as both ailerons, and elevator. I expect they turn well enough for their intended purposes.

 

[FrankenCub]

The wing in your video has flight control parts I was talking about (not sure what they are called). Small parts in the rear that tilt up and down. You can see it at 3:25 in the video.

They are called ailerons and elevones, they all have them. That's how flying wings fly lol. Even the drone in the other article has them.
I thought you were talking g about a rudder and elevator on a tail section.

 

[Acer-m14]

these assholes will do a 180 and smack you in the back of the head

no moving parts .

 

[Mosinitis]

First British Challenger 2 tank destroyed by Russian forces.

British supplied Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine some time ago, but watching how Leopard tanks and Bradley vehicles were systematically destroyed, British didn't let Ukraine use their Challenger 2 tanks in failing counteroffensive. Not a good optics.

Now that Ukrainian counteroffensive is running out of breath, Challenger 2 tanks entered the battle and they burn like the rest.
There is a school of thought that NATO armaments are not as good as many were led to believe. The battles they were tested in were against much inferior forces further weakened after prolonged campaign of air strikes.

 

[Mosinitis]

Gustav III of Sweden, Napoleon, Hitler and a few others are still looking for the game changer.

 

[Robin]

Video Appears to Show Russian Soldier in Tears as He's Fed by Ukrainians and Allowed to Call Home

“Everything is fine, son” a woman says in the unverified viral video, which has been viewed millions of times — underlining Ukraine's larger efforts to build support even with Russian fighters

people.com

'Never saw such hell': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One Russian soldier tells his mother that the young Ukrainians dead from his first firefight looked just like him.

apnews.com

'We kill them all': Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home

The AP obtained intercepts of the calls

ny1.com

In leaked phone calls, Russian soldiers appear angry at losses in Ukraine

Excerpts released by Kyiv of phone calls placed in early July appear to show Russian troops complaining.

www.aljazeera.com

Russian soldiers’ calls back home reveal horrifying experiences in Ukraine

A report detailed what life is like on the front lines of the Ukraine war for the young Russian soldiers who are fighting it.

www.wearethemighty.com

 

[Mosinitis]

Frau Annalena thanks Romania for helping to smuggle tons of Ukrainian cocaine. She is the top diplomat of the biggest EU country.
Ay-ya-yah

 

[Defilade]

Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant…

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation continues to analyse the military and biological activities of the U.S. and its allies in Ukraine and on the territory of other countries. The second meeting of the working group on strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention was...

telegra.ph

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

 

[Defilade]

RINO scum!

 

[Mosinitis]

Ukrainian anti-war activist tells NATO to take its proxi war and shove it.

 

[Defilade]

 

[Bigfoot]

Which side is winning the war?

Which side has the momentum?

Or has it turned into a stalemate?

The propaganda coming from both sides is so thick that I sort of gave up on paying attention to what's going on over there.



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[livingston]

Ex-Google CEO says he is shocked Russia excels at countering Ukrainian drones​

 

[Bigfoot]

Ho Lee Fuk they're brutally wrecking each other. Dang!

I mostly watch the trench fighting videos and it's trenchy WW1ish stuff but with modern weapons.

I suppose that's what happens when neither side can gain air superiority.

But what do I know about it...

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[Acer-m14]