Ukrainian drone footage of 6 pointed star

[jarlrmai]

hmm, that FoV of 120 and 2624ft altitude results in a lot of optical distortion that doesnt match the video, so I'm not sure its right.

Yeah when you set the drone to the height given and the FOV to match the lake size then the view when the drone looks at the fields doesn't match

 

[jarlrmai]

120 degrees is a common FPV drone angle, but maybe on these FPV drones used for non racing purposes they use a narrower lens, which would mean the drone was higher than stated

 

[jarlrmai]

FOV 60 degrees at 7200 feet fits the views a bit better

 

[Giddierone]

The problem with a hexacopter is the orientation it seems fairly clear that the 6 sided pattern appears when the drone is looking level which means a hexacopter would need to be on its side directly

Tilt-rotor hexadrones that can hover at an angle have existed for a while.

Source: https://youtu.be/Sgd0i87r9-0?si=DTlFfiHoVXzMXGYb

 

[teloiv]

It'd be nice to narrow down the size of the thing with the sitrec magic. I'm not sure conventional drones would give off that exhaust though and agriculture drones are pretty limited in altitude.

Considering the context of a recon drone scouting russian territory, I could see counter measures like russian parachute flares to light up the sky in order to make the tiny recon drones visible.

I'm not sure how they'd look in infrared but if it's drifting down slowly with the drone then maybe it would appear to maintain the kind of pov we see. It'd also give off that exhaust type thing in the video. Though even in the picture attached, you can see the exhaust trails are erratic and not a smooth motion.

 

[jarlrmai]

Tilt-rotor hexadrones that can hover at an angle have existed for a while.

Source: https://youtu.be/Sgd0i87r9-0?si=DTlFfiHoVXzMXGYb

And it just coincidentally rotated with the filming drone?

 

[Giddierone]

And it just coincidentally rotated with the filming drone?

Now you're just moving the goal posts.

 

[Giddierone]

Some old footage of drones in IR referenced here:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/wh...foia-release-from-the-drive.12465/post-272294

 

[jarlrmai]

Now you're just moving the goal posts.

How? A hexacopter was my first thought as well but I don't think it fits what we see, the goalposts are the same, the camera rotates, the object doesn't. A hexacopter would have to rotate exactly matching the filming drone to be possible

 

[Andreas]

A hexacopter would have to rotate exactly matching the filming drone to be possible

Well, it could be a hexacopter, but the "star" is still a camera artifact. I just don't see how it could be anything else, since extra "spikes" seem to appear from nowhere when the camera moves, and the "star" stays level on screen throughout the whole film. I don't think we need to speculate about star-shaped flying objects.

 

[Giddierone]

How? A hexacopter was my first thought as well but I don't think it fits what we see, the goalposts are the same, the camera rotates, the object doesn't. A hexacopter would have to rotate exactly matching the filming drone to be possible

I agree it looks weird, like a 2D sprite in an old shooter that follows you as you turn.