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Fibre-optic FPV · class

FPV drones whose control and video travel through optical fibre rather than solely over a radio link. This is a control-link class spanning different Ukrainian and Russian aircraft; Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky is one documented example. Neither a spool’s nominal length nor one model’s payload establishes a universal flight range, endurance or mass for the class.[1][2][3]

Design origin
Unknown in reviewed sources
Research edition
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No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Schematic top view of the general configuration. Not to scale and not an exact depiction of the model.

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

also known as Fibre-optic FPV, Fiber-optic FPV, Оптоволоконний FPV, FPV на оптоволокне, FPV на оптоволокні

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

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The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Published flight range

Unknown in reviewed sources

Body length

Unknown in reviewed sources

Width · propellers excluded

Unknown in reviewed sources

One scale. Different machines.

No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.

One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.

In our archive

Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.

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Where this type appears

Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.

Family & configurations

Fibre-optic FPV · class

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

Form, sound & identification limits

  • GUR’s KVN page contains an examined-component trail and a model-specific declared specification. Those numbers remain outside this class dashboard. In particular cable length, communication distance and actual flight distance are not equivalent measurements.[1]
  • RUSI’s supply-chain research treats fibre-optic aircraft as part of rapid design adaptation. The physical link changes radio-jamming exposure, but does not make the whole aircraft invulnerable or remove physical and environmental limitations. No construction, piloting or defeat instructions are reproduced here.[2]
  • Ukraine’s defence ministry separately reports authorising many fibre-optic types. Authorisation counts concern distinct systems, not aircraft delivered or incidents. A generic FPV tag is not automatically refined to fibre-optic control or KVN; the source must name that feature.[1][3]

Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.

No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Countermeasures in public analysis

No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.

Source notebook

  1. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine · Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky: examined components and declared characteristics

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test

  2. RUSI · Drones: Decoupling Supply Chains from China (November 2025)

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Approximate / analyst compilation

    Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable

  3. Ministry of Defence of Ukraine · 2026 codification of unmanned systems including fibre-optic types

    2026-09-22 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test

Cite this profile

DroneLedger. Fibre-optic FPV · class. Research edition 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/fiber-optic-fpv/

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