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by olex 1161 days ago
This is a class too big for that, you're better off with a Mavic or even a Mini for lower cost, better stealth and simpler one-man operation.
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My experience with DJI drones is that once you put anything on them, the tuning of their flight controllers leads to substantially worse flight times, stability, and overall safety.

I know the Mini 3 can carry a naked GoPro without struggling too much, so a mavic might be able to carry a couple hundred grams with decent performance. But the flight characteristics go out the window pretty quickly, so I suspect you couldn’t carry much explosives on these things.

I have no idea how much is needed. Maybe a small amount is fine.

> This is a class too big for that,

Allow me to introduce the machine gun carrying drone used in Ukraine:

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1616369468069789696

Is that really used? I would assume the accuracy is beyond horrible. That being said, if it is stupid and it works, anything goes.
does it have to be accurate? if you want to just use it for suppressing fire, i bet it's pretty effective. it's probably effective as a psychological deterrent too.