1 posted on
05/06/2019 8:27:07 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
"Claws" - Phillip K. Dick was spot on!
Regards,
2 posted on
05/06/2019 8:36:44 PM PDT by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
Interesting idea, just getting one or two claws around a power line and hanging down might be useful and fairly easy.
3 posted on
05/06/2019 8:38:17 PM PDT by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
To: BenLurkin
So, implying solar re-charge or a charge from a nearby field like a power line, phone line or the like.
Clearly it is not because the drone is tired.
So AI to a degree to find and mount the charging source which would make a drone independent of the operator for a delivery or scout operation.
What could go wrong here?
Maybe a light rail gun for self-defense against predators. Acrobatic flight so it can be aimed 360 (just in case it is necessary, you know). Can anyone spell 'Sky-net'?
5 posted on
05/06/2019 8:53:18 PM PDT by
GOPBiker
(Thank a veteran, with a smile, every chance you get. You do more good than you can know.)
To: BenLurkin
Falconry, the original “drone.”
7 posted on
05/06/2019 8:55:35 PM PDT by
Fungi
To: BenLurkin
“If you perch, for example, underneath a bridge or underneath the eaves of a building you can ride out storms or bad weather that would make it hard to fly,”
Well, DUHHHHHHHH! Birds figured this crap out oh, about 100 million years ago.
8 posted on
05/06/2019 9:18:24 PM PDT by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: BenLurkin
“Bird brained”
Maybe they can come up with some “hare brained” ideas for ground drones too.
9 posted on
05/06/2019 9:22:03 PM PDT by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: BenLurkin
Part of a course I taught many years ago. I referred to them as parasitic UAVs.
10 posted on
05/06/2019 9:33:27 PM PDT by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
To: BenLurkin
Why not tether to a helium or hydrogen filled mother ship?
A stealth mini drone dirigible. With adaptive video camera technology. It looks just like a puff of cloud.
11 posted on
05/06/2019 10:03:30 PM PDT by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
To: BenLurkin
I think drones need to be able to fly like a plane as well as a helicopter. Fixed-wing flight is much more efficient.
Birds do both.
To: BenLurkin
15 posted on
05/07/2019 3:19:17 PM PDT by
Pikachu_Dad
("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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