Dangerous weapons or "divorce": what threaten Ukrainians cheap drones "Hi-82" from the Russian Federation

The design bureau "Eye" from St. Petersburg began the development of drones of the line "Hi" in the fall of 2022, and in June the flagship model "Hi-82" was first applied in the war in Ukraine. The Russian media since March 2023 has been actively covering the work of designers, and they themselves assure that they will provide the army with effective multifunctional UAVs.

However, the CB has no license for weapons production, so they transfer their planes to the front without the combat part - the military should be installed on their own. "Hi-82" is a drone of aircraft type with a first person (FPV). According to the developers, can carry 5. 5 kg of explosives, develop speeds up to 140 km/h and overcome the distance of up to 30 km.

It consists of very cheap components, which allows to produce such drones in large numbers - up to 100 units a day or up to 36500 units per year. In June, the co -founder of KB "Oko" Vadim Zhernov estimated the cost of one unit of 150 thousand rubles (approximately $ 1600). The Russians also introduced a prototype of a new model called "Hi-82r", which received larger wings and other tail shape. It is argued that it is intelligated for intelligence, as it can spend two hours in flight.

According to the Russian media, in early June, Gi-82 drones began to test volunteer units "Cascade" and "Vostok", as well as the Wagner PVC and Rosgvardia. On June 17, the TASS agency reported that such a drone struck the Armed Forces stronghold, flying 12 km. The KB "Eye" stated that the Russian military used "pick -up" tactics when one team launched UAVs from the rear and the other accepted the management already on the forefront and brought to the target.

As evidence, the bureau provided a video from the onboard chamber "Hi-82", but it breaks before the blow, and there is no record from the intelligence drone. Thus, there is no reliable confirmation that the UAV has worked as planned and caused some harm. In KB "Eye" stated the simplicity of management "greeting", allegedly, the operator practically did not learn to pilot FPV-therots, and his experience at the time of the attack was only one day.

According to the Russians to master the flights with "Hi-82", it is enough two days-one by one for theory and practice. In this case, FPV diggers easily switch to aircraft-Kamikadze. The expert of the Ukrainian Academy Dronarium on the conditions of anonymity commented on the possibilities of new Russian UAVs. According to him, FPVrons are different from conventional quadcopters such as DJI Mavic, which resemble radio-controlled toys for children.

First -person piloting from the first person requires special skills and many hours of practice. "It is necessary to treat such messages with great doubt, because the percentage of the truthfulness of such a successful result is extremely small," he said.

On June 10, the co-founder of KB "Oko" Vadim Zhirnov stated in an interview with the propaganda Maxim Kalashnikov, that the drone "Privet-82" was tested by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the experts of the department checked the developers declared by the developers range and time of flight with standard load.

According to him, the drone started, launched, maneuvered, switched on and turned off the engines on the command of the operator, dive on the target and steadily controlled. After that, the bureau received applications from units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 300-400 "Greetings". That's just getting a state defense order in Russia is not easy.

The commander of the unmanned aviation complexes of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces (the name has been kept secret) doubts that the Ministry of Defense will approve such a contract. "If we talk about" Hi-82 ", then $ 1. 5 thousand can be cost. These are the usual FPV-wing flying at the two most popular frequencies. We will add the cost of catapult and repeater, we have another $ 5,000. (Civil). MO RF will not buy it. It is a warder of volunteers.

It is possible to contrast this drone, which will dilute their frequencies. But it will not go into the series. If it goes, then in its duty and greed the orka will overlap themselves, " - he suggested Ukrainian military. On June 18, immediately after the demonstration of the "successful use" of drones, Vadim Zhernov announced a fee on two "Priveta-82r" for the Russian military.