alt Hacker NewsI build hobby scale drones for fun, mostly sub250g micros with no military value.
I’d pay more for domestic parts, because I think the capability is strategically valuable, and the quality of Chinese stuff is super variable.
There’s basically no industry here because the aliexpress parts are so cheap, so I support some protectionism, understanding that it will make the hobby more expensive.
I think you’re probably right, but I think going for million dollar drones from anduril while wiping the rest of the market is a miscalculation.
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bethekidyouwant • yesterday at 6:11 PM
Where is the ban of cheap motors, escs, cameras, radios from aliexpress? How does this affect hobby drone market at all?
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What makes you think U.S.-manufactured parts would be less "variable" than Chinese stuff? I would guess the opposite to be the case: reliability comes from scale, and there's very little scale in U.S. electronics manufacturing in the first place.
Chinese stuff ranges from cheap to expensive, super reliable and super unreliable, too.