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Mar 2 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
At least 100 incredibly cheap ($1000-$5000) Australian drones made of cardboard+rubber bands are being delivered to Ukraine every month.

Designed to be totally expendable, some have completed 60 flights and drop bombs, deliver supplies, or conduct recon. theaustralian.com.au/nation/cheap-a…
The Precision Payload Delivery System drones, designed by @SYPAQ_Official, are constructed from thick, wax-coated cardboard and heavy-duty rubber bands that secure the wings.

@SYPAQ_Official chief engineer Ross Osborne: “The flat pack is a key feature there. We can stack these up on a pallet. We also developed modular avionics and propulsion sets that can hopefully achieve a bit of reuse.”

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