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Old 11-01-2007 | 08:44 AM
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Default RE: When does a RC plane become a drone?


ORIGINAL: Pat Roy

Mith,

You wouldn't normally hand a loaded gun to someone you knew wanted you dead, so why do people want to discuss easy to build upon uas designs and technology here in an open forum?
Because I know what kind of "gun" I am handing him. Compared to the equipment needed to do reliable/repeatable missions, our UAV equipment is like comparing a 357 magnum revolver to a toy gun shooting suction cup darts.

As for easy to build on, that just isn't so. Try it with the equipment available to model builders and you will see what I mean. After doing it for many years, it still thrills me just to see my airplane fly within 300 feet of it's intended path.

Sorry, but the threat you are referring to is so miniscule that I am not worried about it.

D.W.