Posted on 06/01/2013 9:08:53 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
People who are willing to blow them selves up is impossible to prevent, but that part doesn't even enter this conversation about RC planes.
The 911 scenario was easy to carry off, box cutters were not prohibited items at the time.
Heathens slicing up flight attendants may seem hideous to you and I, but to them it is a method...which we now recognize.
They obviously had a high expectation of success, ergo it was not improbable.
You can't say that in your scenario.
WMDs in Iraq? ORLY???
Oh come one. Every retard knows there were no WMD’s in Iraq.
That’s what happens when they only ask the retards.
Are you active in the hobby? I know R/C pilots who could put a 2 lb “payload” on target at 3/4 mile with traditional “Line Of Sight” techniques. The local R/C field has banned “First Person View” flying. http://timpa.org/
Also remember this from about 2 years ago- http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/29/could-model-airplanes-be-next-terrorist-weapon/
Its not improbable, it’s happening.
I was a long time ago, and I’m sure things have changed greatly.
But we’re talking about a moving target here, one that in all probability is traveling at a high rate of speed..
“All you’d have to do to take down a plane is fly one close to the engine inlets with an explosive on board. You don’t even have to get dead on target as the engine will likely suck it in without it being really close.”
You don’t need onboard explosives as numerous bird-strike airplane crashes demonstrate.
See the link at my tagline and FR thread below for more information on how mini-copters with GPS can be used to target airliners.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3015719/posts
“Question: How would you even get a toy RC plane within miles a plane traveling 150+ knots on the ground let alone in the air?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3015719/posts
“FAQ: The V1-VR Terrorist Runway Kill Zone (RKZ) Frequently Asked Questions”
The RKZ is a zone on an airport takeoff runway between two points called V1 and VR that every large multi-engine jet aircraft, such as Air Force One, must pass through while taking off.
If any two engines on a large multi-engine jet can be disabled in the RKZ by a terrorist attack, the aircraft will not be able to gain enough altitude to return to the airport and will almost certainly crash. The availability of inexpensive, GPS-guided autonomous model aircraft and helicopters (drones and UAVs) that are capable of precisely targeting the runway path of each jet engine in the RKZ makes terrorist attacks increasingly probable.
The intake fan diameter of the GE CF6-80C2 turbofan used on Air Force One or a 747-400 is 93 inches (2.36 m) or nearly 8 feet wide (7 ft 9 in).
The latest drone, UAV, model aircraft and model helicopter GPS autopilot systems are designed to enable autonomous flight and incorporate location accuracy enhancement technologies called DGPS and WAAS. These GPS enhancements enable a location accuracy radius within the radius of a 747 engine intake ( 1/2 of 2.36 meter diameter = 1.18 meters, or 1/2 of 93 inch diameter = 3 ft 8.5 inches).
ping to my comment and the link at my tagline.
Model planes with "first person view" (where a video camera on the plane feeds back to the controller) would make it viable to kamikaze an airliner. Even if the controller has a 1-in-10 chance of getting a hit, you just try N times (or have N planes) until you succeed.
I’m not the one who needs convincing ;)Scares the dookey out of me what could be done with $500 and a well stocked hobby shop.
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