R18 Octocopter

R18 is an octocopter drone with eight propellers capable of carrying several kilograms. R18 is a completely custom drone created in Ukraine by Aerorozvidka, which uses domestic and imported components.

[caption id="attachment_2572" align="alignnone" width="300"] R18 is a Ukrainian drone with eight propellers. It is capable of taking off and landing vertically, and has a battery life of about 40 minutes. The drone can carry a payload of no more than 5 kg. Anti-tank grenades are used to destroy equipment.[/caption]

R18 has a range of 4 km, can be in the air for 40 minutes, and can carry 5 kg of free-falling bombs. Soviet cumulative RKG-3 anti-tank grenades or RKG-1600 bombs modified by the gunsmiths of Mayak Plant are used as bombs. The R-18 drone is capable of carrying two bombs or grenades and dropping them from a height of 100-300 meters while hovering directly over the target. Using the RKG-1600 bomb, the R18 drone can hit a target within a radius of 1 meter from a height of 300 meters.