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Title: IL2, Chinese iFlight Drones, and the Russian Military
Post by: CptTrips on January 04, 2025, 04:37:33 PM

Interesting...
https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/1htd0mk/fpv_drone_models_found_in_recent_il2_leaks/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/1htd0mk/fpv_drone_models_found_in_recent_il2_leaks/)


Readers are identifying the model as an Chinese iFlight drone:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/comments/146ulgs/chinese_drone_maker_iflight_is_suspending_sales/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/comments/146ulgs/chinese_drone_maker_iflight_is_suspending_sales/)

Title: Re: IL2, Chinese iFlight Drones, and the Russian Military
Post by: Eagler on January 04, 2025, 04:42:52 PM
As strange as finally stopping natural gas payments after 4 years of war..

Eagler
Title: Re: IL2, Chinese iFlight Drones, and the Russian Military
Post by: CptTrips on January 04, 2025, 04:51:45 PM
As strange as finally stopping natural gas payments after 4 years of war..

Eagler

Kinda thought that was weird too.  I would have blown that pipeline up day one.

I guess the idea was to allow the rest of the EU as much time as possible to find alternative sources before cutting off the spigot to cheap russian gas.  Maybe there was some secret compromise to get them to wait in return for military assistance.

Of course I always thought it was strange that the US was selling the Soviets $billions in wheat all through the Cold War in addition to targeting them with nuclear missiles and fighting them in several proxy wars.

[Edit: other info]
https://www.reddit.com/r/il2sturmovik/comments/1htcop2/fpv_drone_models_found_in_recent_il2_leaks/

Might be some devs just farting around, but they are Moscow based.  Not inconceivable they are making drone trainers for the Russian Military under contract.


Title: Re: IL2, Chinese iFlight Drones, and the Russian Military
Post by: AKIron on January 05, 2025, 01:00:17 PM
If ya see a MIRV trainer it might be time to start diggin' a bomb shelter.