Four volunteer engineers from Uzhhorod have made 700 different drones in 15 months, raising funds for the project throughout the city in supermarkets, schools, and fairs. Yesterday, the drone manufacturing project team "Riy" presented its new model - "Gorgon".
Four volunteer engineers from Uzhhorod have made 700 different drones in 15 months, raising funds for the project throughout the city in supermarkets, schools, and fairs. Yesterday, the drone manufacturing project team "Riy" presented its new model - "Gorgon".
All engineers of the "Riy" team, who work on a volunteer basis, have specialized higher education.
"We started with 7-inch kamikazes, then we took on 8- and 10-inch ones. Later, we switched to reusable models and then produced 13-inch bombers. And now we are presenting our first 15-inch drone," said Volodymyr Suran, head of the "Riy" project, in an interview with Ukrinform.
Uzhhorod engineers from the "Riy" group give names to almost all of their drone models: "Primara", "Pergach" is a special type of bat, the team named the 13-inch bomber that, "Karakurt" is a fiber-optic bomber that painfully stings the enemy.
The new Gorgon bomber is a 15-inch bomber with two drops. It has a powerful battery and a digital camera. It can fly a considerable distance, with two drops of 2 kg each. That is, it is a powerful drone that can drop up to 5 kg of explosives and return.
It is capable of destroying enemy dugouts, striking at locations where manpower and equipment are concentrated, and hitting large targets with heavy weapons.
Engineers developed special control programs for the Gorgon.
The Uzhhorod team cooperates with military personnel, who are mainly from Transcarpathia.
"This is the 68th Jaeger Brigade, units of the 128th, the 33rd Brigade, which was created in Transcarpathia, the 101st Transcarpathian Brigade of the Territorial Defense, the 63rd Brigade, where there are UAV units with Transcarpathian pilots. Such cooperation is very valuable for us, because there is constant professional feedback. We can equip drones clearly to perform their specific tasks. If the tasks change, we respond to this with new or modified models. Such a relationship gives good returns and results, and our resources are used with maximum benefit," says Volodymyr Suran.
In addition, engineers are repairing Russian kamikaze drones "destructed" by our electronic warfare systems.
"During this time, 100 enemy drones have been upgraded. We call this 'gentle Ukrainization': Russian murder weapons are returning to them, but as Ukrainian weapons," the project manager adds.
Often, to assemble one such "Ukrainized" drone, it is necessary to use several "planted" Russian ones.
Engineers purchase spare parts for their "ghosts", "gorgons" and "karakurts" thanks to the work of an entire volunteer movement in Uzhhorod.
Volodymyr notes that donations also come from individuals and entrepreneurs. Relatives of fallen soldiers donate a lot. With these funds, so-called revenge drones are made, signed, and they hit enemy targets.
“What they are saying now about the “sluggish” volunteer collections is not entirely true. We are collecting at the level of previous months, people are donating. The main thing here is not to succumb to the enemy’s propaganda about a quick end to the war, but to work for Victory. We are working. The guys from the front did not ask for less. There are constant requests, and we will make every effort to satisfy them,” Suran emphasizes.
