Method of determining the maximum flight range of a UAV using the FPV mode and using the centimeter frequency range of radio-link in laboratory conditions

At the current stage of production of various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the flight mode “first person view” (FPV), there are no individual passports with information on the maximum possible flight range for individual UAV-FPV kits and ground control stations (GSC) application of a suitable model of a digital video camera (including a thermal imaging camera) and the use of a radio line of communication in the centimeter frequency range. Therefore, the main goal of the article is the selection and development of methods for measuring the main parameters of the receiver-transmitter of UAVs and GSC in laboratory conditions in the combat zone, using the developed “simulator of the radio communication line of data transmission”; with further calculation, on the basis of relevant international standards, of the maximum possible flight range and drawing up the corresponding “flight map”. The main results of the article are: the method of determining the maximum possible flight range of UAVs in FPV mode in laboratory conditions for the frequency range of GHz has been developed, which is based on a set of developed experimental and empirical measurement methods and theoretical calculation methods, according to the recommendations of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). The materials of the article are of practical value for the planning and organization of the flight mission of multi-rotor UAVs of the tactical level for a given distance, as well as for the activities of the UAV routine maintenance units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine upon the fact that UAVs return from flight missions in order to check their technical parameters.