Ukraine has, for the first time, sent into combat a hybrid drone powered by hydrogen fuel. According to the builder Skyeton, a variant of its Raybird was deployed for full-scale combat duty with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in an active war zone.

Ukraine has, for the first time, sent into combat a hybrid drone powered by hydrogen fuel. According to the builder Skyeton, a variant of its Raybird was deployed for full-scale combat duty with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in an active war zone.

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    • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      You can do it with gasoline too, while using some of it to hightail out of there :)

      WDYM about the exhaust, though? I’d imagine the heat trail from combusting either fuel would be about the same.

      • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        5 days ago

        WDYM about the exhaust, though?

        With a cat it will mostly be water vapour right? Not really a priority at war but it’s nice. And HICE engines have higher power density, which makes sense for recon drones, unless the tanks nullify that.

        • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
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          5 days ago

          Environmental friendliness is way down the list of priorities in war, from the perspective of the army.

          And HICE engines have higher power density, which makes sense for recon drones, unless the tanks nullify that.

          Right, that’s what I mean by the article not mentioning any actual advantages, which makes me think they’re not actually winning the tradeoff game.