Generic FPV (5-7 inch) vs DJI Mavic 3 (civilian)
They are almost the same size — about 30 centimetres for the generic FPV and about 38 for the DJI Mavic 3 — but play opposite roles at the front. The Mavic is a commercial civilian drone used mainly to observe and adjust fire, with a link of about 15 km per the manufacturer; the FPV is an immersive-piloted drone usually used as a munition, at about 10 km, with indicative figures that vary widely.
DJI Mavic 3 (civilian) is 1.3 times larger than Generic FPV (5-7 inch)
Reference range: a 1.5× difference.
Size to scale
Reference range
Generic FPV (5-7 inch) * — 10 km
DJI Mavic 3 (civilian) — 15 km
Logarithmic scale from 1 km to 100,000 km.
Payload or warhead
Generic FPV (5-7 inch) * — 1.5 kg
DJI Mavic 3 (civilian) — n/a / not published
Logarithmic scale from 1 kg to 10,000 kg.
Generic FPV (5-7 inch) *
0.3 m · 10 km · 1.5 kg
Generic model: indicative figures for the typical range seen in Ukraine, per RUSI reporting; they vary widely.
DJI Mavic 3 (civilian)
0.38 m · 15 km · n/a / not published
Commercial drone widely used for frontline observation; manufacturer link range.
* Open-source estimate. Range may be control-link, flight or ferry range depending on the system; it is not a combat radius.
Figures used and how reliable they are
- Generic FPV (5-7 inch)*: 0.3 m, 10 km, 1.5 kg. Generic model: indicative figures for the typical range seen in Ukraine, per RUSI reporting; they vary widely.
- DJI Mavic 3 (civilian): 0.38 m, 15 km, n/a / not published. Commercial drone widely used for frontline observation; manufacturer link range.
* Generic FPV (5-7 inch): estimated or disputed figure; it does not come from a verifiable official data sheet and should be read as indicative.
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Sources / References
- U.S. Air Force official fact sheets for the MQ-1, MQ-9 and RQ-4.
- Baykar, AeroVironment and Teledyne FLIR public product sheets.
- RUSI reports on drone use in Ukraine.
- CSIS and IISS open-source analysis of Shahed, Lancet and Orlan.