View Full Version : Spooky use for small rotorcraft
r44heli
6th Feb 2012, 22:05
This is an interesting development of model helicopters...
A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors - YouTube
Staticdroop
6th Feb 2012, 22:25
Very impressive:D
Bravo73
6th Feb 2012, 22:34
Arghhh. Skynet comes one step closer. :sad:
fijdor
7th Feb 2012, 00:36
A lot closer than you might think :ooh:
JD
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv196/jacdor/skynet.jpg
Flyting
7th Feb 2012, 05:41
the future of modern warfare....
Agaricus bisporus
7th Feb 2012, 09:08
Bye bye the Red Arrows...
Imagine that scaled up with a dozen of those Sukhoi things doing simultaneous backflips!
Wow, it's the BBC Micro Turtle for the modern age!
http://blog.geeksaresexytech.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/turtle2.jpg
Keepitup
8th Feb 2012, 15:05
Wow, cool and scarey at the same time :ooh:
r44heli
9th Feb 2012, 09:24
Aggressive Quadrotors Part III - YouTube
Agaricus bisporus
9th Feb 2012, 17:47
As a matter of interest, how/why is a dozen toys flying in formation "scary"? Impressive. Clever. Spectacular, yes, but scary????
GoodGrief
10th Feb 2012, 08:59
These things are concept.
Increase their size and power a bit, squeeze the logic a bit further, equip with cameras and/or even guns and they are the perfect tool for crowd control or even total control.
Any politician's wet dream...
r44heli
10th Feb 2012, 09:19
Maybe its because I don't actually see them as toys...
Cloud Chaser
10th Feb 2012, 09:24
Concept you say, I don't think so......
sUAS for Northern Ireland Police force | sUAS News (http://www.suasnews.com/2011/11/10181/suas-for-northern-ireland-police-force/)
BBC News - Police in Northern Ireland consider using mini drones (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15759537)
.....and previously tested in Liverpool about five years ago!
Keepitup
10th Feb 2012, 09:31
Cloud Chaser
Sorry you are right, but haven't they crashed a few as well?, as far as I am aware they use them in the states also to catch speeders on the lonely long highways.
A friend of mine was caught out by this, and asked the question, how did they know he was speeding, turned out they have the drones patrolling
Keepitup
Agaricus bisporus
10th Feb 2012, 09:37
Keepitup, sorry. I saw the emoticon and thought, as one would with such a bizarre post that it was tongue in cheek.
Total control? Of what? Why can't/don't real helos do that?
Oh dear. Keep taking the pills or those little green men will get you, if the ones in white coats don't get there first.
edit as I've just looked up Terminator. How old are you? Twelve? I can see that life must be a bit of a worry if you believe every trash movie you see is true.
ps. go see the Day of the Triffids and imagine where growing carrots got us! We should have thought...Oh how silly of us!
And as for Chemtrails :ugh:
zondaracer
10th Feb 2012, 16:53
Did you see how the whole swarm went through that simulated window? Put explosives on all of them and you have a new attack weapon to clear out a building/cave/room with known badguys.
tartare
11th Feb 2012, 07:29
Don't know if you saw the video of cruise missiles flying in formation that was accidentally shot by a Harrier pilot in the gulf years ago. The capability for Uav's to fly in formation has existed for quite a while - it's just kept reasonably quiet!