The drones are turning on us

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/17/drone-navy-ship-california/3617687/

James Cameron warned us there would be days like this.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[swisschris62 0]

This is only the beginning....

[normiss 881]

Dude! It's all backwards when we fly it back to the ship!
WTF?

[champu 1]

The MQ-9 has become the stock image of "a drone" regardless of what the news story is about. Given recent trends in journalism when it comes to stories that involve details of a technical nature, it wouldn't surprise me that much to see pictures of an A380 or a 747 on an article about a 182 crash landing with the caption "This is an airplane. An airplane crashed today."

It doesn't say what it was, but if they're referring to it as a target drone, it was likely a BQM-74. On the downside, they can move a lot faster than an MQ-9 and potentially cause more injuries and damage. On the upside, they cost about 1/40th of what an MQ-9 costs. Either way, glad to hear no one was more seriously injured.

[kallend 2,129]

I keep mine locked in the basement when they look uppity.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[ryoder 1,590]

Are those LEDs all over that thing?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[kallend 2,129]

ryoder

Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[champu 1]

Next question... Is that Lake Mcdonald?

[kallend 2,129]

champu

Next question... Is that Lake Mcdonald?

Yes it is.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[ryoder 1,590]

kallend

***Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[kallend 2,129]

ryoder

******Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

Yes - could do that.

But probably shouldn't

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[turtlespeed 226]

kallend

*********Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

Yes - could do that.

But probably shouldn't

Is that a rack that would hold twin 9mm?
And a trigger mech?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[kallend 2,129]

turtlespeed

************Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

Yes - could do that.

But probably shouldn't

Is that a rack that would hold twin 9mm?
And a trigger mech?

You'd need a heavier machine to take the recoil (Newton's 3rd law etc). Would be OK as a rocket launcher though.

Here's some video I took showing what a dreadful place Chicago is.
vimeo.com/70505638?utm_source=email&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_campaign=7701&email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfDE3YjNmNDlh

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[turtlespeed 226]

kallend

***************Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

Yes - could do that.

But probably shouldn't

Is that a rack that would hold twin 9mm?
And a trigger mech?

You'd need a heavier machine to take the recoil (Newton's 3rd law etc). Would be OK as a rocket launcher though.

Here's some video I took showing what a dreadful place Chicago is.
vimeo.com/70505638?utm_source=email&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_campaign=7701&email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfDE3YjNmNDlh

I saw that before - good shots . . . Hmmmm - Rockets . . . do you have a channel available for ignightors? I have several small estes mini's.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[kallend 2,129]

turtlespeed

******************Are those LEDs all over that thing?

Yes. It looks eerie flying at night.

You know, there is a house about 6 miles South of Longmont that would be fun to fly that over.
Do you think it could carry a speaker and play "Ride of the Valkyries"?

Yes - could do that.

But probably shouldn't

Is that a rack that would hold twin 9mm?
And a trigger mech?

You'd need a heavier machine to take the recoil (Newton's 3rd law etc). Would be OK as a rocket launcher though.

Here's some video I took showing what a dreadful place Chicago is.
vimeo.com/70505638?utm_source=email&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_campaign=7701&email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfDE3YjNmNDlh

I saw that before - good shots . . . Hmmmm - Rockets . . . do you have a channel available for ignightors? I have several small estes mini's.

Yes.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.