"Palyanitsa" at the cost of $ 160 thousand. Why the Ukrainian "rocket-Dron" is so reminiscent of the German wing "Fau-1"
Let me remind you that the first combat "aircraft", as they said then, or "flying bomb" (as then classified), or, to a new Ukrainian manner, "rocket-Dron" was used by the Germans against Britain (and not only) during the second years of the second World War. The German "Palyanitsa" Fau-1 (Fi-103, "Fizeller-103") had a jet engine, autopilot, started from catapult, flew to a range of 280 km (later increased to 500 km) and carried a combat part of 500 kg up to 1 ton.
From 1944 to 1945, the Germans produced 25,000 such "rocket-punks". They were launched very intensively - up to 100 pieces a day (compare with our launch of drones by swamps - we are still far from such a rate). 10. 5 thousand flying bombs were launched in Britain - only 6,000 people were killed in London, almost 18,000 were injured; 23 thousand buildings were destroyed and more than 100 thousand were damaged.
Ledzh (3 141 start-ups), Antwerp (2 183 launches), Brussels (151 start), Paris were also fired at aircraft. By the way, the German "rocket-Dron" cost inexpensive-almost 3. 5 thousand Reichsmark. At the rate of 1941 to the dollar - $ 8. 8 thousand. Today's money is about $ 160,000. Adequate price for a winged rocket. Yes, our miracle weapon-rocket-Dron is nothing more than a winged rocket. German Fau-1 was the world's first serial rocket winged, no matter how it was called.
In general, a very thin line between Dron aircraft and winged rockets-a jet engine is put on the aircraft, and here you are already a winged rocket, or "rocket-dron", according to our new Ukrainian classification. What are the benefits of winged missiles, how to compare with Shahed-type unmanned aircraft? High speed: a rocket can reach a goal faster, and the opponent may not have time to take any measures to counteract or remove from the impact.
The winged rocket can potentially carry a more powerful fighting part. Winged rocket is more difficult to knock down, and hunters behind "Shahaneda" with machine guns are ineffective here. At the same time, the winged rocket is well confused with anti -aircraft missiles with the heat head of the guidance - because it has a more pronounced thermal footprint. The disadvantages are the complexity of the structure and the higher cost.
By the way, how much can "meadow" cost? If you do not consider the money spent on development and testing, the cost of the product consists of the cost of electronics - from $ 3,000 in the budget version to $ 50 thousand with CRPA antenna, reservation, satellite modem and optical navigation module. The glider - fuselage, wings, plumage - will cost $ 3-10 thousand, depending on the design and technologies used.
The most expensive detail is the turbojet engine; Given the video, an engine with a thrust of approximately 100 kg is used - such a motor can be purchased at Aliexpress for $ 50-70 thousand. Well, we will put another thousand twenty on the cost of work, rent of premises, compensation for the cost of development, and weave the legal 25% of the profitability set by the state. As a result, we get the same $ 160,000, how much did the German "rocket-Dron" Fau-1 cost.