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Bold Eagles: Angry Birds Are Ripping $80,000 Drones Out of the Sky
Wall Street Journal ^
| September 29, 2017
| Mike Cherney
Posted on 09/29/2017 9:47:51 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Eighty THOUSAND Dollars??? As in $80,000?
Either that number is off by an order of magnitude, or I’m clearly in the wrong business.
To: wrench
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posted on
09/29/2017 10:59:39 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
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To: nickedknack
Because most drones fly at something like 40k feet.
Thats a tad bit high for a bird.
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:03:34 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Burn. It. Down.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:14:41 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(*slam is a political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
To: C19fan
Eagles are tough birds. The Mongolians use Golden Eagles to hunt wolves.
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:16:24 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Vermont Lt
The long range UAVs such as Global Hawk fly high. I’m thinking about the tactical battlefield drones that operate under 2,000 feet or so.
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:35:59 AM PDT
by
nickedknack
("Your time is up!")
To: Mr. K
Or a giant pair of eyes on the wings.
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:39:44 AM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: puppypusher
I watched a flock of crows harassing a red tail hawk one day. The crows were darting in and pulling away and one made the mistake of going under the hawk. It was like a Dauntless dive bomber in a near vertical dive when that hawk hammered the crow. Nature in action.
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posted on
09/29/2017 11:45:43 AM PDT
by
sarge83
To: SES1066
The idiot paid $80,000 for that toy? A fool and his money...
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posted on
09/29/2017 12:14:08 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Windflier
The idiot paid $80,000 for that toy? A fool and his money... I am inclined to think so 'foolish'. It is a business operation and probably has (had) a miniaturized steady-cam and precise GPS for mapping. This is Australia and the setup is probably, even with the drone, cheaper than a surveyor crew if the purpose was mapping. Other uses probably also cheaper than human crew. Looks like, unlike the rotor-types, it could get quite high and thus needs expensive electronics for piloting and auto-return?
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09/29/2017 12:22:18 PM PDT
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SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: SES1066
...probably has (had) a miniaturized steady-cam and precise GPS for mapping. Looks like, unlike the rotor-types, it could get quite high and thus needs expensive electronics for piloting and auto-return? Still...$80,000?
Maybe that's in Australian dollars. In this country you can buy a real airplane for $80k.
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09/29/2017 1:52:44 PM PDT
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Windflier
But then you’d have to pay a man to fly the plane. After about 100 hours, or so, an unmanned drone gets paid for if you’re not paying for the pilot.
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posted on
09/29/2017 1:56:33 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
But then you’d have to pay a man to fly the plane. After about 100 hours, or so, an unmanned drone gets paid for if you’re not paying for the pilot. Maybe, but at the end of the day, I'd still have my pilot, my $80k plane, and the survey job would be done.
This guy has a broken toy that was taken out by a bird!
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posted on
09/29/2017 2:06:58 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: lee martell
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posted on
09/29/2017 4:24:57 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(This Space for Rent)
To: Windflier
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posted on
09/29/2017 4:29:46 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/29/2017 5:49:42 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Mr. K
They need to arm those drones with a little bitty tail gunner.
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posted on
10/01/2017 3:50:08 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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