We people of United States of America are corrupted into Drones

[AMann]

I was thinking model cost too - used to fly RC aerobatic planes and had several grand into each of them (30%-42% scale with up to 170cc gas engines). I had buddies with turbine jets and they were easily in the thousands...

170cc’s?! Thats twice the displacement of my motorcycle! (a 1968 Honda Trail 90)

 

[Jaymaharg]

170cc’s?! Thats twice the displacement of my motorcycle! (a 1968 Honda Trail 90)

Closer to your size - 85cc, single cylinder, gas on a tuned pipe. I was spinning a 27" carbon fiber prop a little over 7000 RPMs on the ground. That was a bad mother - the tuned pipe was the size of a baseball bat and ran inside the whole belly of the fuselage. Here's that bird..

 

[silverdragon]

They make kits that weigh just under 55 pounds but you need to learn how to fly fixed wing aircraft. A buddy built these for industrial work.

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Do you have any videos of the drones flying? Those mini military looking drones.

 

[silverdragon]

Closer to your size - 85cc, single cylinder, gas on a tuned pipe. I was spinning a 27" carbon fiber prop a little over 7000 RPMs on the ground. That was a bad mother - the tuned pipe was the size of a baseball bat and ran inside the whole belly of the fuselage. Here's that bird..
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This one also, any videos of that bad mother flying?

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Do you have any videos of the drones flying? Those mini military looking drones.

I think most people that see them, do so at the last few seconds of their lives.

There is this little cutie . . .

Black Hornet Nano UAV - Army Video Portal

Australian Army soldiers from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) demonstrated the PD-100 Black Hornet Nano unmanned aircraft vehicle during a training exercise at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, on 4 May 2018. The Australian Army Headquarters (AHQ) Unmanned...

video.army.gov.au

 

[dronerdave]

Do you have any videos of the drones flying? Those mini military looking drones.

Sorry not at home...seems to be two pics of the same...I'll look for video

 

[dronerdave]

Just to give you a feel for the size

 

[silverdragon]

I would love to build one that has the profile shape and size....its possible ,you agree? I would have to look into the powerplant.

 

[dronerdave]

Yeah, they are kits you build. Kind of boring to fly VLOS compared to a 3D plane but FPV is fun. Here is a different model.

Mq9 Reaper (3.000mm) FPV/UAV Composite Platform KIT

MQ-9 Reaper is one of the most iconic military drones in the world. Although we prefer more friendly civilian drones, we are proud to present highly detailed model of MQ9. This platform may probably not be the most useful (flight time, payload capability, ...) in our FPV/UAV range ... but we ca

www.onedrone.com

 

[Classic flyer]

It's an RC, or the USAF is accepting very short pilots !!
No offence to short pilots out there ?

Back in 2009 I worked at a facility in Jacksonville Fla that was converting "run-out"F-16s into drones for aerial targets for manned aircraft, interesting concept...we produced 10 of them before I left...just passing on some info.