I need to think about this
Drones, like all planes, should be made to spawn on the runway. They have landing gear modeled, I believe. If they have to take off and cruise to the battlefield, the problem of them spawning in SAM range instantly is solved, isn’t it?
They should leave them as they are for free SPAA farming and get the good feeling of revenge from when they were running rampant in lower br’s on release.
No vehicle type should be resigned to worthlessness, regardless of its reasoning. Drones would still be SPAA fodder, but at least they’d have more chance to do something if they got ground takeoffs. They would still be much less effective than any typical CAS vehicle.