Ukraine FPV Drone War: Making What Makes a Difference! 🇺🇦

The Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion has been met by an unprecedented effort by the state, organisations, and individual efforts. This happens through cooperations and even rogue efforts.
Somewhere in some small town in Germany there is a man working late after work on his lathe fashioning some device he believes will be useful in some task in Donbas. The man seen a video on social media that stuck out to him and identified a problem that he could solve with his particular skill set. This is just one fictitious example of what one motivated person could do with a skill set never envisioned for total war.
Here is the first video of a series on drone warfare, from the components to the kill!
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[@ukraine_tbic]

If you wish to follow and support decentralised 🇺🇦 FPV production, this is a good effort! ⬇️ instagram.com/serhiirovnyi?igsh=bDUwMm1xN2c3MWdl facebook.com/serhii.rovnii

[@notsonominal]

To qoute the mandalorian; This is the way. Keep the boys safe and the terrorists in peaces..

[@MatteoLouter]

Contributed

[@Alie01]

​@@MatteoLouterthank you!

[@aprilgeneric8027]

no instalonelyfans membership #alienated 😮‍💨

[@elsestelema6273]

I stay and just try and support you when I can and you will do fine with your next exam here in 🇬🇧. You underestimate your capabilities! Take care

[@user-ph7nf6uz8y]

Fantastic video Brandon! I bought parts for 2 FPV Drones from AliExpress and had them delivered to the States. I flew with them to Ukraine and assembled them in my friend's Kitchen workshop in Kharkiv. They are now being tested in a central location before being sent to a brigade on the front who we are supporting. Slava Ukrainii!!!

[@Calligraphybooster]

Impressive Brandon. We will keep up the decentralized effort and poke our governments at the same time. ++!

[@hansericsson7058]

Thanks Brandon for all that you do for Ukraine, Love and respect from Sweden and Slava Ukraini!💙💛

[@justinfroeschl8883]

Героям слава

[@realkina84]

Add one more guy from Sweden ++

[@NHill13]

Thank you, Brandon. 🇺🇦💛💙

[@ukraine_tbic]

Nigel!! ❤❤❤❤

[@NHill13]

@@ukraine_tbic 😊❤️

[@garyfilmer382]

Great video, very good insights, thank you, Brandon, very interesting. I have actually been helping (as much as I can)Terra Ops, Air Recon, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, ZSU🇺🇦🔱, since the early Summer of 2022. They are an incredibly combat effective drone outfit! Yes, I agree, decentralised drone production is definitely the best thing! Razom do Peremohi!🇺🇦🔱Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🔱

[@ukraine_tbic]

And thanks for helping me too Gary! It would surely be foolish in the long run to put all one’s eggs in a single basket.

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

@@ukraine_tbic Many small workshops means you can't take out the supply. Hopefully you've got a group where developments are shared, I've been building drones for 10 years as a hobby and losing a drone even under EW shouldn't happen there are some tricks to get rth even under jamming.

[@CatalinT-nk3gk]

Thank you Brandon! Slava Ukraini! 💙💛

[@justinfroeschl8883]

Героям слава

[@KatsCats2619]

Thank you Brandon for sharing this video 😊 Good luck with your course here in England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@irenes.2807]

Holy srati, your Ukrainian is good! Better than mine! Someday I'll tell you a Ukrainian knock knock joke! Good job, as usual, Brandon! 🍁🌻🥰🖖

[@jackbenny4458]

3AB opened up a drone training course called Kill House. They converted an old industrial building into a drone track, and people get a certificate for completing the course that they can use when they get mobilized to be put into a drone group.

[@yt_chatsupport]

You guys deserve to feel proud of yourselves, well done. Keep studying for your exams and doing what you’re doing! 🐶++

[@pacifist9805]

Drone effort on a government level was pretty bad until this year. It was frustrating to hear how Sternenko continuously talked about fpv drones and others didn't. Everything was done with private funding and no one was willing to talk about the problems. I tried to ask other youtubers to interview him or just repeat what he says. Of course no one was interested. Denys Davydov was the first one who began to relay Serhii's messsage in last December. About the same time government informed how they start delivering fpv drones. Your video was a great addition to the few that talk about the subject in a practical level.

[@ukraine_tbic]

It will get a lot more practical in my future videos. I promise! Thank you for always having my back! ❤

[@katja988]

Thank you for your outstanding and permanent support dear Brandon. Wishing you success, sending many hugs. ❤️✌️💛💙🇺🇦

[@yt_chatsupport]

Lookin’ sharp dude. 🐶++

[@jessicamorrell4713]

Thank you for sharing your experiences and friends with us. I support Ukraine and the defenders 100%❤ well done Brandon.

[@caractacus22]

Great work Brandon. Contributing £100

[@Alie01]

Thank you! ❤️

[@ukraine_tbic]

Thank you!

[@wimmeraparanormal6581]

Artillery propellant is a big issue.....Australia supplies 50% of all the propellant for France's 155mm artillery production for Ukraine. Manufactured on the other side of the world....crazy....but necessary

[@timsecord8207]

This is one of your best videos IMO. Great content, very enlightening. Thanks for doing what you do! Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava!🇺🇦🇨🇦🌻

[@ukraine_tbic]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@tnurkka]

Hot topic. Drones and components are vital to the soldiers at the front. Thanks Brandon! Peremoha 💙💛

[@spaz_matic]

Speaking for my community in the Ag industry the biggest hurdle in the way of ramping up production of propellant and explosives are farmers. The same chemical companies that produce nitrate explosives produce nitrate fertilizer for crops. If they want to increase production of explosives they can’t raise the price of fertilizer to offset production costs because farmers are the biggest lobbying group in government and their entire existence depends on government subsidies in order to stay profitable. It’s just a shame that the same subsidies that allow farmers to continue their businesses aren’t applied to munition production especially now when there’s a war that needs fighting.

[@ukraine_tbic]

So obvious but not known to me until now. Thank you very very much!!

[@Jell0zz]

Although I agree that the war in Ukraine is important, I'd argue it's best to avoid a famine by limiting the production/use of fertilizer. The cost of fertilizer (and food) has most definitely been impacted by this dual need for nitrate, it's either doubled or tripled(?).

[@spaz_matic]

@@Jell0zz I strongly disagree. Corn is the biggest cash crop in the US by a wide margin attributing to 30% of all crops grown. Over 40% of that corn is not used as food for humans or for animal feed. It’s turned into ethanol. How much nitrate fertilizer should we waste on making ethanol which doesn’t do anything other than pad the pockets of farmers? Ethanol costs more to produce both in terms of manufacturing as well as carbon emissions compared to fossil fuels. 10% of the nitrate fertilizer consumption of the US should be redirected from farmers to the munitions industry. There will not be a famine just some angry farmers that aren’t getting as much government cheese for their wasteful crops.

[@PeterA650]

As someone who practically lived in Shenzhen pre-COVID, I can confirm what Brandon said re: production. This is how large scale FATP is done. The line takes several days (sometimes weeks) to set up and only volume justifies this expense. Therefore, everything is done in batches, with the exception of the very high volume product lines at Foxcon/Apple, Xiaomi etc. It is absolutely critical to have home-grown FPV designs with vertical control of production. Instead of relying on a Chinese vendor for fully assembled 5.8GHz VTX circuits, for instance, it would be better to have a proven design with components sourced entirely in the West even if it was slightly larger in size and more expensive. The ability to build the circuit in dozens of locations on demand would make supply more predictable, not to mention the technological advantage of not being limited to commercial ISM frequencies that every jammer knows about.

[@ukraine_tbic]

Yes! You know how it is in Shenzen!! You’ve been to those market places, where it’s like a bar and he works his square. I remember doing everything with a calculator and hand signs back then. Great place and memories for me 12 years ago but that was then. We need home production. Just in time production failed during corona and it will fail in total war. That area I’m talking about is Howchinbay?? What about the expat corner? Is the irish pub and the and the Thai restaurant still there? There used to be a bar upstairs near the irish bar a Scotsman ran. He had Tracy Chapman your so vain playing like every second song. Thanks for taking me back to my twenties mate! ❤

[@PeterA650]

@@ukraine_tbic Hahaha, yes, Huaqiangbei is the most famous one. I was there every other day buying components to bring to my hotel in Futian to construct the test fixtures for the line which was in Donguan. Crazy times. The expat corner was still there in '18. Not sure about it now.

[@kti5682]

The main chip that performs the video signal modulation appears to be a Taiwanese product. So to me that is normally western enough, but may need a rethink. What surprised me is that it is still using FM modulation which is spectrally inefficient. Most camera sensors provide you with mpeg output nowadays so this could be transported with a modern digital modulation scheme. Using 5.8GHz seems also not great. Of the cuff I could only suggest WLAN or LTE however, maybe people thought this was too much effort.

[@sea_kerman]

@@kti5682 The issue is all the usual digital schemes are way too high latency, you need something like HDZero or Walksnail, but the issue is they need custom silicon iirc, so cost is high and stock is low.

[@KateKosmo]

I'm glad your hearing is doing ok.

[@ukraine_tbic]

What???

[@Alie01]

​@@ukraine_tbiceh?

[@KateKosmo]

@@ukraine_tbic bahahahaha good one

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Can't hear a thing...a cuppa usually does the trick...

[@ukraine_tbic]

@@eamonnclabby7067you never bloody listen!!!

[@marcusott2973]

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you. ✌️ 🇺🇦

[@echoredfour]

Good update

[@Tory1778]

The more I watch this war, the more I hope people see how terrible it is. What a mess on both sides.

[@ukraine_tbic]

Yup. War sucks

[@michelleferguson9104]

Second! But I have an appointment at that time so I will watch later.

[@JohnSmith-fv3zg]

Thanks Brandon for all that you do for Ukraine, Greetings from Klaipėda!

[@elsestelema6273]

Hi well done you with the ego flows ❤️

[@ukraine_tbic]

Yes. Accomplishments like that really makes my ego flow! 😂

[@anadin0612]

Thank you good sir

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Cheers, Brandon...keeping us informed....E...

[@tinab8629]

E ... hope you are well in the wirral!!☺

[@Alie01]

Eamonn! ❤

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@tinab8629..all good here, thanks Tina...😊😊

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@Alie01...Alie..❤❤

[@KatsCats2619]

​@@eamonnclabby7067Hi Eamonn 👋 😻

[@smaeschli]

12:26 "We are Ukraine. We will do this"

[@lornamorgan3575]

Economies of scale. Shareholders.Words that impede production. It will be interesting to see in the future when historians or whoever works out how much of the war has been funded by individuals and groups. How citizens of countries with AH governments give consistently to help Ukraine. Are we today's version of war bonds. Instead of lending money to the government, we give it directly

[@ukraine_tbic]

I never thought of it like that before Lorna. What’s the payout as opposed to war bonds? I suppose if these new age bonds ever mature one would have a greater inner satisfaction as they were so committed to take the initiative.

[@alexandermonro6768]

​@@ukraine_tbic It's how I think of my donations to you, Harley, Artur, and all the other pro-Ukraine fundraisers that I support. The money goes directly to where it does the most good, rather than being messed about with by government committees. My payoff is the improved chance of the world being a better place than it otherwise might be. Thanks, Brandon, for all you do that empowers me to do something to make the world better! ++ Slava Ukraini!

[@elsestelema6273]

I hear Germany has opened two new places in Ukraine to help produce drones

[@Nanyuki1989]

++ and seven more words for the algorithm.

[@Alie01]

Thank you!

[@clarechomyn9686]

Braden, you look absolutely amazing. You look well rested and happy. It all shows. Love you, Brandon, and the work that you do. You've also taught me so much about things that i didn't know that I didn't know. ❤ Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@KatsCats2619]

Thanks

[@Alie01]

Thanks Kats! ❤❤

[@KatsCats2619]

@@Alie01 👋😻🥰❤️

[@gersonhay984]

Great work. thank you for the economic course. 101.

[@jessicarowley9631]

Lovely to see your distinguished person. I am very glad that your hearing loss is, relatively speaking (in a whisper), not too bad. Really good luck on your course.

[@ukraine_tbic]

Thank you!!

[@ms.twiggy]

I'll never tire of your droning on about the need for drones. Looking forward to more.

[@scottbrisson9387]

Hi Brandon

[@jrnmller1551]

Thanks Brandon, you would make an exellent busdriver with your social skills!! Stay inthere!

[@RudolphoAqui]

Thank you Brandon for defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and peoples

Like that video. Informative and to the point. No BS. Thank you for what you are doing, Brandon.

[@blancobenny1515]

thank you

[@aljabik]

++ Good stuff. These guys have plugged the gap while Ukraine waits for artillery.

[@KPVFarmer]

Excellent video!!! Keep saving lives and fighting the good fight! If everyone pitches in, you can accomplish great things. I’m so happy to have come across your channel and be able to directly help Ukraine. 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦

[@yorkiemom7858]

💙🙏🏻Brandon! We want to help so thank you for sharing the necessary components! We can buy and send them! Brandon’s army get ready

[@deb4405]

I love "The Dr's Opinion". 😃💙💛🇺🇦 Utah Oblast

[@gloriagavaneli9862]

Brandon Ukraine is so lucky to have someone like you. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Interesting... Yes please, I want to be notified about these topics! 🤩

[@johnnewman1819]

First! Looking forward to this.

[@user-ob7eo7dn6m]

Another awsome informative video Brandon and thank you for all you do Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@DarkestAlice]

Thank you, Brandon, for all that you do! I never liked the unregulated market economy. We will never beat corporate greed. 🇺🇦 Перемоги і миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦

[@ukraine_tbic]

There must be an incentive for the ambitious and gifted to strive for more which naturally benefits society as a whole. The opposite is true when it comes to projects of vital importance that are otherwise not profitable.

[@Fish_FL.]

You look well rested…maybe its those fancy threads 😉 A “Happy Birthday” to your PayPal. Belly rubs & extra treats to Masa. She looks like a very happy little girl. ➕➕

[@ukraine_tbic]

Rested! 😂. I had a shower and was using hair product.

[@Fish_FL.]

@@ukraine_tbic Thank you for showering. **giggles and runs like Hell 🔥

[@Alie01]

😂🧼🫧​@@Fish_FL.

[@Fish_FL.]

@@Alie01 I hope he giggled 🤭.

[@thecarpasian]

@ukraine_tbic pics or it didn't happen lol

[@mortlach3992]

Did you hear about the really boring demonstration on unmanned aerial vehicles? The guy droned on for at least an hour.

[@Alie01]

Lmao 😂❤

[@ukraine_tbic]

Well done sir!!

[@justinfroeschl8883]

Mate, you're a ****ing legend!

[@user-sk4nx9if9h]

Move in silent 🤫🇺🇸💯🇺🇦

[@kzk666a]

Looking forward to this drone series, very interesting!!!

[@gian7707]

Keep learning, and keep those endorphines up Brandon...I hope all is well with you, mentally especially.

[@noahwilke4573]

love and glory to you and all of Ukraine

[@hififlipper]

Let them fly!

[@yuriidzhunkovskyi306]

Comment for support as always and thank you Brandon!🇺🇦

[@brey6394]

Very cool Brandon! Thanks for sharing and working so hard. Also, you do look distinguished dressed in regular clothes. 😉

[@lorainechecksfield328]

W

[@maroness]

Is this intended to be a Members Only thing? The only reason I came across it is from my homepage recommendations - it doesn't show up in my subscription feed at all, which an upcoming premiere would.

[@Michael_Biggs_]

I got a notice.

[@ukraine_tbic]

That I don’t know. But no, it’s very public

[@maroness]

@@ukraine_tbic It did eventually pop up about 20 minutes before the premiere. 👍🏻 Worth the watch as always.

[@siobhancrowley8777]

Danke! Thanks! What you guys do is amazing and admirable. I wish you all the best.

[@ukraine_tbic]

Thank you very much try Much Siobhan!!

[@hctim96]

Do well on your exams in the UK..Thanks for the update..

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Nice! I know basically nothing about drones. Thanks man. 🇺🇦🇦🇺

[@DeniseSyrett]

Brandon, you look so cute when you take a shower, 😂. Maybe even respectable. 😉. Great work, thank you. (for Ukraine, not the shower).

[@Alie01]

💀💀💀

[@KatsCats2619]

​@@Alie01😂❤

[@StormSongs7]

🤣

[@tinab8629]

Thank you for highlighting much needed drone initiatives and needs... its great to see co-operative networks of innovative and dedicated people like your self and others becoming a primary driving force for action. Thank you Brandon for all your enduring and excellent work. (may be chips can be procured from old phones/ tablets ect and modified? the Navion com chip for drones is good, but may be to small.) 💖🕊🍀Good luck with you studies. 🍀

[@frankcuba5236]

Good luck on your exam.

[@jonno27]

Its very interesting everything you had to say about economies of scale, production runs and free market priorities. I love the decentralised nature of drone manufacturing, but recognise te drawbacks of working like that.

[@Laurynas_LTU]

Thank you for this video, Brandon. Drones are super important in today's wars and very useful in civilian work. Please, do more videos on drones, especially the FPV ones. This is one of the most interesting pieces of equipment you had a video about. Good luck and take care. Slava Ukraini!

[@carolevincent7743]

I appreciate the conversation with Serhii in Ukraine. It’s great that individual Ukrainians are doing what they can on their own, and that they connect with people they know to get what they need. And his English is excellent. Good luck in the UK with your Frac 4 and maybe more?! And, btw, you’re looking really healthy now. Hope that’s the case.

[@user-oy7hk2vt1w]

Long live the Canadian 🙌

[@jasper_malan]

Thanks for your dedication ++ 💯🇿🇦

[@beattyclan3447]

Thanks for the terrific visit & introductions. We are Ukraine ✊🇺🇦

[@TheBerendir]

The cat actually said, " I used to have balls of steel but now they are in the bin at the vets" 😂 добре кіт.

[@ukraine_tbic]

😂

[@bravomikesierra]

Nice update brother, keep it up for freedom🤝🙏

[@danndank]

Good location choice with all those G-Klasse and AMG sounding behemoths in the background. If Russians try to geolocate it and send presents, that will encourage the locals to engage more financially. Still, I would avoid cities like the plague when filming this.

[@ukraine_tbic]

We chose this spot for a reason. Every Ukrainian knows this spot, Starsky lives maybe 10-15 minutes down the road.

[@rffromusa8319]

Are those chips, you showed towards the end of your video, to replace the damaged drones coming from china that came to Ukraine? EDIT: Best of luck in your next classes. 🙏🙌

[@ukraine_tbic]

Of course! That’s our western dilemma. That affects us all!

[@pacifist9805]

You mean the chips Greg Terry talked about? Chinese drilled a hole in a large batch of chips.

[@ukraine_tbic]

I don’t know what he talks about. But all our components are fine. We’ve not had any issues like that, nor have I heard that elsewhere until now

[@pacifist9805]

@@ukraine_tbic Greg told about thousands of drones that didn't work. They found out that all of them have chips with holes. They have to replace those chips which is probably difficult and slow. That story was on Greg's and Mercado's stream.

[@rffromusa8319]

@@ukraine_tbic are your chips for your Ukrainian friend making his own drones? Or replace parts for drones already in Ukraine?

[@TheBerendir]

Saying something because apparently it helps! Дякую мої друзі!

[@MCSonixx]

🇺🇦⚘️🇺🇦⚘️🇺🇦⚘️🇺🇦

[@MarieAndree442]

We are soldiers, we will keep doing this. We are Ukraine. This statement should be heard by everybody who doubt about the capacity of ukrainians to win this war. 🇨🇦💙💛🇺🇦

[@ukraine_tbic]

Are you fighting in the war Marie? If so, you have my admiration!

[@MarieAndree442]

No, I’m not. I wrote the words of Sergei. He said something like that. It should be like a mantra for the Ukrainian fighting like hell. Maybe my sentense wasn’t clear… As a proud Canadian would say : sorry!!

[@garthmckeil9539]

++ I really like this journalistic style. You are getting important points across. Good onya

[@ukraine_tbic]

Thank you Garth! I was scared i blew it because the view count tanked

[@garthmckeil9539]

@ukraine_tbic .... I will have to create some dummy accts to review it.. don't want to see this be a one off.

[@royjones1053]

Great to see your keeping up the good work, respect!

[@neiltitmus9744]

All the best

[@hello81642]

Thank you for what you do

[@rabbitwarrenrecovery]

Great video Brandon.

[@thecarpasian]

Really informative video. Thank you Brandon. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@kujaneck]

Wonderful! ❤🇺🇦🇨🇦💪

[@shawnagoddard4999]

Good luck in your studies!!

[@robertmitchell9398]

good idea mate

[@littleduck3930]

Fascinating stuff. I'm looking forward to the more videos about drone warfare, this is the wave of the future. If my donations to you go towards FPV purchases, that is fine and dandy with me. As you said, it's preventative medicine.

[@yorkiemom7858]

I hope my Ecoflow made it to a deserving person!❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🇺🇦🇺🇸🌻🌹

[@neilcook4686]

*++* A comment for the algorithm 😊 Stay safe, all

[@Pragmacrat]

Glad that your hearing loss is not as severe as you feared.

[@brianknight3750]

Ukrainian ingenuity is amazing much like Americans. Atackems are already in Ukraine they were sitting in Poland waiting on biden. Along with tons of ammo. I have seen already the impact on the Russians. I agree components need to be made in country or at least in nato. So that we don't have supply problem. The chips act in the US is the beginning of this but it's to late now. God bless Brandon. Keep up the good work.

[@SuitedCracker]

👍

[@tesssmith1272]

More education and enlightenment for me.