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RC Helicopter Modded 45 Caliber Handgun Will Probably End In Disaster [VIDEO]
Gizmodo ^
| 11 Dec., 2008
| Gizmodo
Posted on 12/10/2008 8:25:09 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
This modded Bergen Gasser EB remote-controlled helicopter has a handgun on its nose. Yes. A handgun. And as you can see in the video, it can also be fired remotely.
On its own, the Gasser EB is a mean, noisy machine. At 54 inches long, it's equipped with a 34.5-inch (800-millimeter) blade, and a gasoline engine powerful enough to resist the drag of a hefty handgun. Which is precisely what the owner of this beast, Jim Simmons, added to it: A Springfield 1911-A .45 caliber weapon.
Simmons also added a remote-controlled firing system. And if you think that's pretty stupid because the pilot on the ground won't be able to aim, think again: He also added a gun-sight digital camera. In other words: This is a fully-armed mini-UAV, which you can actually use to fly anywhere, aim, and fire at whatever target you want.
Yeah, this is exactly how documentaries about loads of dead people start.
VIDEO: [LiveLeak]
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; copter; rc; uav
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
To: Squantos
That little .45 version didnt look to accurate did it ......:o)We can say the same thing about the Wright Brothers first airplane. But there's nothing wrong with chasing varmints with unarmed RC helicopters. That might be a good application for mounting digital camcorder on the copter, and watch the after-action video.
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:07:40 PM PST
by
300winmag
(Overkill never fails)
To: 300winmag
I think I would change the design to use a MetalStorm barrel. No moving parts. Electrically fired. A 16 barrel array could fit in the space required for the 1911.
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:08:29 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: gaijin
"Its the future! they are already trying to put single-shot Barrett-like sniper rifles on very small UAVs." The Lon Horiuchis of this world would be proud. Sadly in an Obama admin, things like these are far more likely to be used domestically than on some foreign battlefield.
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:10:05 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Anyone considering buying me a Christmas present might want to keep this in mind - only with a MAC-10 instead of a 1911.
:o)
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:11:19 PM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: 300winmag
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:12:06 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
When R/C helicopter mounted handguns are outlawed, only outlaws will have R/C helicopter mounted handguns.
In the future, you will know your death is imminent when you hear the sounds of either the helicopter video or this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
Skynet is coming.
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:16:59 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
I would build up a rotary wing platform with this in mind.
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:20:02 PM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(Americans should lead America, its the right way.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:28:23 PM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(Americans should lead America, its the right way.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Didn't click the video, but did they have Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries playing in the background when they were flying that little sucker?
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posted on
12/10/2008 10:33:32 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Self-ping for later entertainment.
To: MyTwoCopperCoins; Eye of Unk
I can’t believe I’m the first to say this on this thread:
You’ll shoot your eye out with that thing.
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posted on
12/11/2008 12:57:11 AM PST
by
Kevmo
(Palin/Hunter 2012)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Only if no one is shooting back. A pellet gun could take that thing down.
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:04:26 AM PST
by
Shooter 2.5
(NRA - Vote against the dem party)
To: brushcop
Re: I can see some good anti-gang uses.
And what happens when gangs get use of them?
Guns should always be fired when held. Period. I am an NRA member but remote-controlled firing of guns is silly and dangerous.
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:06:03 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Little known fact: Barack Obama translated into Kenyan means "Jimmy Carter")
To: al baby
Probably looses a little air speed. One of my co-workers was a Huey gunner during Vietnam, and he told me that they fitted a Vulcan cannon to an airship, but they lost so much airspeed when they fired it that it was hard to keep in the air, so the 86’d it.
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:10:38 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:11:08 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Red in Blue PA; smokingfrog
I can see some good anti-gang uses /
SARCASM Don't get wrapped around the axle. Now, feel better?
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:32:06 AM PST
by
brushcop
(We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
This is cool. I wonder if I could do something similar with a Carbon-15? Remove the stock, use either a 16” pencil barrel or a carbon-fiber wrapped barrel. Hhmmm...
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:41:46 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Getting past the "gosh-geewhiz" factor, I see at least two isses which should be addressed before a serious consideration:
1. Engine/rotor noise reduction, or
2. Installing a lomger-range weapon.
As it stands, it's a neat little tech demo; however, a bad guy would hear the bugger (assuming normal background noise levels) way before it would get within effective range, thus allowing a chance for evasion.
Now, imagine a DASH-sized helo using the same target acquistion/lock tech equpped with a Barrett rifle or a Hellfire...
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posted on
12/11/2008 5:44:17 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
To: Tijeras_Slim; martin_fierro; dighton
This is JUST what Slim needs for Christmas.
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