British big media "Sky News" explored a large drone workshop in Ukraine. The workshop looks quite large, and the British praised it highly, saying that Ukraine's drone technology is very advanced. In contrast, the Russians rely entirely on buying parts from China to assemble.
In fact, what the British said is sarcasm. Russia has already achieved domestic production of all components of such FPV drones, including brushless motors, flight controllers, and batteries. However, the output has not been increased to completely eliminate the need for imports. The increase in drone production is one of the factors that have given the Russian military the initiative on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Ukraine's FPV drones are entirely assembled from imported parts provided by EU countries, and using a 3D printer to make a body frame is considered self-research and development.
The British still haven't seen much of the world. These workshops in Ukraine all use 3D printed body parts, which is very inefficient. None of them have an injection molding machine. If they had the mold injection molding process used in toy factories and plastic product factories, as long as the parameters of the injection molding machine are stable, it can continuously produce thousands of products with almost identical shape, size, and weight 24 hours a day. This is true mass production.
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