If a full size jet couldn’t destroy the pentagon, what damage is a 1/100 scale model going to do and how much “payload” could it carry. Seems like bs to me.
If they can instill fear and make people change their daily habits and lives, that is a win, win for them at very small cost.
I’m thinking it was likely WHAT he was going to put IN those *bombs*. You wouldn’t need explosives to damage a building — just the plane itself... Loaded with whatever you wanted to put in there (biological/chemical?). Low-life scum... I’m really glad they caught him.
The RC jets Ferdaus was intending to use were 1/10 scale. I fly both RC airplanes and helicopters. Below is a recent video of me flying my electric powered 1/4 scale Extra 330SC, which has a wingspan of 72”, a length of 72” and weighs in at 10.14 lbs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6WjR4Sx9Bw
The 330SC could easily transport 2 lbs. of explosives. Sure, 2 lbs. of C4 won’t bring down the Pentagon, but it could still kill many people upon detonation. Also, one coule easily fly an RC airplane loaded with explosives into a crowd of people. The threat of using RC aircraft as a terrorist weapon is very real. However, my fear is that this incident will cause a knee-jerk reaction by the Obama Administration and/or Congress to heavily regulate the use of RC aircraft. Just as with guns, there are responsible owners and there are criminals.