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Death from above: Video of drones fitted with machine guns that could transform battlefield
Mail Online ^ | 4-23-2012 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 04/25/2012 10:29:58 AM PDT by cowboybeebop

In the clip ‘FPSRussia’, whose Call of Duty videos and real-life weapon demonstrations have earned him a cult following, shows off a quadrotor – a mini helicopter with four rotors - outfitted with a machine gun.

The machine is controlled by a tablet computer and FPSRussia explains that a camera on front of the quadrotor gives him a ‘birds’ eye view’ of the target.

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The future looks bright. I'm just kidding.
1 posted on 04/25/2012 10:30:02 AM PDT by cowboybeebop
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To: cowboybeebop

I love that guy’s videos.


2 posted on 04/25/2012 10:32:39 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: cowboybeebop
I want one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

3 posted on 04/25/2012 10:40:00 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (You mean we have a choice between M.R. and B.O.?)
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To: cowboybeebop

Is this guy really from Russia or is he faking the accent?


4 posted on 04/25/2012 10:42:27 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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To: Travis McGee
Over here.

Shades of "Foreign Enemies and Traitors"...

5 posted on 04/25/2012 10:51:19 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: cowboybeebop

That guy is a character. Now that’s what I call a RED-neck, pun intended, but without malice at this time. With his sense of humor, he seems like a good ole boy from the U. S.

I’ll admit, it did make me rather nervous to see him flying that thing pointed in his direction at times.


6 posted on 04/25/2012 10:54:41 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Okay, now lets see if the RNC, Rove, and Card can get him elected without their core base. Game on!)
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To: Travis McGee

Logical next step.


7 posted on 04/25/2012 10:56:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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To: cowboybeebop

Only a matter of time before that thing can fly itself ant target enemies without help.


8 posted on 04/25/2012 10:58:22 AM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: cowboybeebop

Looks fake to me. Cool idea, though.

A few months ago I read about the installation of .50-cal Barrett rifles on UAVs for long-distance precision shots. I don’t know if it ever got implemented.


9 posted on 04/25/2012 11:04:32 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (If we had a President, he'd look like Newt.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Come now, it’s not that hard to build. Large quadrarotor, solenoid, remote control electronics, M16 minus stock & grip, done. Nothing fake looking about the video (explosions obviously from planted tannerite) or concept.


10 posted on 04/25/2012 11:07:49 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Future Snake Eater; Travis McGee
Total fake. Just zoomed in on the firearm portion. FAKE AS HELL. It's a short Ar-15 upper. No receiver, no area for the bolt, no place for feeding ammo, no linkage to any ammo at all. The only mount is a rail-mount that puts the device on the bottom of the 'rotor.

Look for yourself.


11 posted on 04/25/2012 11:09:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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To: ctdonath2

Check my photo, then stand behind this as real.


12 posted on 04/25/2012 11:09:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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Video of drones fitted with machine guns that could transform battlefield
How long before - Video of drones fitted with machine guns that could transform Tea Party meetings.
13 posted on 04/25/2012 11:10:29 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Lazamataz; ctdonath2; Travis McGee

That plus the instant takeoff capability, the choppy shadows, the slight shake of the copter that’s a hallmark of a not-quite-good-enough matchmover solution (though it is pretty good). I did notice the rotors swirling in the smoke at one point, so he may have had an actual copter there for some of the shots, or he just used a little smoke simulator and physics simulator action to fake it—I’m not sure which.

It’s clear from his intro graphic that this guy knows a thing or two about CG, and he’s applied it here for an entertaining video.


14 posted on 04/25/2012 11:15:41 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (If we had a President, he'd look like Newt.)
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To: oh8eleven

Most TP guys I know are a better shot at much greater distance. Myself included


15 posted on 04/25/2012 11:17:03 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Lazamataz; ctdonath2; Travis McGee

Oh, and the unrealistic muzzle flash was a dead giveaway, too.


16 posted on 04/25/2012 11:17:05 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (If we had a President, he'd look like Newt.)
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To: Lazamataz

It’s not even an upper, but a picatinny rail fore end some tubing and a flash hider.


17 posted on 04/25/2012 11:17:50 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Lazamataz

SKYNET.


18 posted on 04/25/2012 11:28:46 AM PDT by grobdriver
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To: Lazamataz

Tragic, ‘cuz it’s so easy to make a real one.


19 posted on 04/25/2012 11:34:54 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Right. Should have noticed the lack of matching upper components. It’s a foregrip with rails, some barrel, and a flash supr.


20 posted on 04/25/2012 11:43:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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