The AI-generated cat pictures thread
01-14-2015, 10:22 AM
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Either that or the crank does not share a pin between opposing cylinders and they are firing together, but that sounds pretty dumb.
I tried to find a pic using Google-sensei but all I found was this
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01-14-2015, 11:35 AM
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You know, I look at things like that and the following thoughts run through my head:
1: Some guy built that in his garage. It clearly has a significant payload-carrying capacity.
2: Lots of people now have access to remotely operated drones with return video feeds.
3: While most such aircraft noted in (2) above are limited in range and duration by the power of their radio transceivers and the capacity of their batteries, an aircraft as noted in (1) above would be capable of carrying powerful radio equipment and large fuel stores. Within reason, its range would be limited only by line-of-sight over the horizon, and even that could be overcome by the placement of the base station in a mobile platform, such as the back of a minivan. With minimal coordination, control could even be passed between multiple base stations en-route.
4: There are people in this world who wish to cause harm to the general populace and sow terror and chaos for a variety of political and social purposes. In general, they are limited by technical means.
5: I see no actual reason why the people noted in (4) above could not take advantage of points 1-3, to create a land-guided cruise missile capable of delivering a very large conventional explosive payload to venues such as the Superbowl, the new-years-eve festivities at Times Square, the World Cup, an Olympic stadium, etc. Casualties would be massive.
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1: Some guy built that in his garage. It clearly has a significant payload-carrying capacity.
2: Lots of people now have access to remotely operated drones with return video feeds.
3: While most such aircraft noted in (2) above are limited in range and duration by the power of their radio transceivers and the capacity of their batteries, an aircraft as noted in (1) above would be capable of carrying powerful radio equipment and large fuel stores. Within reason, its range would be limited only by line-of-sight over the horizon, and even that could be overcome by the placement of the base station in a mobile platform, such as the back of a minivan. With minimal coordination, control could even be passed between multiple base stations en-route.
4: There are people in this world who wish to cause harm to the general populace and sow terror and chaos for a variety of political and social purposes. In general, they are limited by technical means.
5: I see no actual reason why the people noted in (4) above could not take advantage of points 1-3, to create a land-guided cruise missile capable of delivering a very large conventional explosive payload to venues such as the Superbowl, the new-years-eve festivities at Times Square, the World Cup, an Olympic stadium, etc. Casualties would be massive.
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01-14-2015, 11:47 AM
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$300? Thats big ballin'. Gotta get those Chinese clones
433Mhz ArduFlyer2.5.2 LEA-6H UAV System with Annunciator
I still dont have GPS on any of my setups. No excuse, just being cheap and stupid.
As for putting your FPV "ground station" in a vehicle. Im pretty sure that is how they pulled off this little stunt.
either that or they have some mountain penetrating radio setup
433Mhz ArduFlyer2.5.2 LEA-6H UAV System with Annunciator
I still dont have GPS on any of my setups. No excuse, just being cheap and stupid.
As for putting your FPV "ground station" in a vehicle. Im pretty sure that is how they pulled off this little stunt.
either that or they have some mountain penetrating radio setup
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01-14-2015, 11:49 AM
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3: While most such aircraft noted in (2) above are limited in range and duration by the power of their radio transceivers and the capacity of their batteries, an aircraft as noted in (1) above would be capable of carrying powerful radio equipment and large fuel stores. Within reason, its range would be limited only by line-of-sight over the horizon, and even that could be overcome by the placement of the base station in a mobile platform, such as the back of a minivan. With minimal coordination, control could even be passed between multiple base stations en-route.
It's entirely possible (and cheap) to construct a semi-autonomous aircraft and fly it (almost) around the world using satellite based navigation and commands.
Just provide a destination and optional waypoints, it will go there.
Those things can stay aloft for days.
Mind boggling stuff.
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01-14-2015, 11:55 AM
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$300? Thats big ballin'. Gotta get those Chinese clones
433Mhz ArduFlyer2.5.2 LEA-6H UAV System with Annunciator
As for putting your FPV "ground station" in a vehicle. Im pretty sure that is how they pulled off this little stunt.
either that or they have some mountain penetrating radio setup
I still dont have GPS on any of my setups. No excuse.
433Mhz ArduFlyer2.5.2 LEA-6H UAV System with Annunciator
As for putting your FPV "ground station" in a vehicle. Im pretty sure that is how they pulled off this little stunt.
either that or they have some mountain penetrating radio setup
I still dont have GPS on any of my setups. No excuse.
That and I've purchased most of my hardware used/broken and repaired it. I may need to buy one of the rctimer setups for my wooden beater or my Supercub and see what kind of damage I can do.
And yes, you have no excuse for no GPS
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01-15-2015, 05:35 PM
You know, I look at things like that and the following thoughts run through my head:
1: Some guy built that in his garage. It clearly has a significant payload-carrying capacity.
2: Lots of people now have access to remotely operated drones with return video feeds.
3: While most such aircraft noted in (2) above are limited in range and duration by the power of their radio transceivers and the capacity of their batteries, an aircraft as noted in (1) above would be capable of carrying powerful radio equipment and large fuel stores. Within reason, its range would be limited only by line-of-sight over the horizon, and even that could be overcome by the placement of the base station in a mobile platform, such as the back of a minivan. With minimal coordination, control could even be passed between multiple base stations en-route.
4: There are people in this world who wish to cause harm to the general populace and sow terror and chaos for a variety of political and social purposes. In general, they are limited by technical means.
5: I see no actual reason why the people noted in (4) above could not take advantage of points 1-3, to create a land-guided cruise missile capable of delivering a very large conventional explosive payload to venues such as the Superbowl, the new-years-eve festivities at Times Square, the World Cup, an Olympic stadium, etc. Casualties would be massive.
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1: Some guy built that in his garage. It clearly has a significant payload-carrying capacity.
2: Lots of people now have access to remotely operated drones with return video feeds.
3: While most such aircraft noted in (2) above are limited in range and duration by the power of their radio transceivers and the capacity of their batteries, an aircraft as noted in (1) above would be capable of carrying powerful radio equipment and large fuel stores. Within reason, its range would be limited only by line-of-sight over the horizon, and even that could be overcome by the placement of the base station in a mobile platform, such as the back of a minivan. With minimal coordination, control could even be passed between multiple base stations en-route.
4: There are people in this world who wish to cause harm to the general populace and sow terror and chaos for a variety of political and social purposes. In general, they are limited by technical means.
5: I see no actual reason why the people noted in (4) above could not take advantage of points 1-3, to create a land-guided cruise missile capable of delivering a very large conventional explosive payload to venues such as the Superbowl, the new-years-eve festivities at Times Square, the World Cup, an Olympic stadium, etc. Casualties would be massive.
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01-16-2015, 09:19 AM
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Fully and semi autonomous drones are already being used to smuggle drugs across the U.S. / Mexico border. The intelligence community is already trying to develop countermeasures associated with future potential MASCAL attempts by fully autonomous drones currently available at consumer price points.
In theory, a radio-guided missile could be disrupted by directing large amounts of broad-spectrum RF noise at it, though of course you'd have to know it was there, and have a broad-spectrum RF generator conveniently lying around at that exact instant.
As for GPS-guided solutions, I hadn't seriously considered that possibility as it seemed a lot more complex to build and operate reliably, but I'm not sure how you'd counter it.
Unrelated thing that Scott needs:
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01-16-2015, 10:38 AM
There are 2 ways you could divert a GPS tracking system, either by jamming or overrunning the signal with your own fake GPS signal. Unless they have very smart GPS units, they won't know the difference and you can have it redirect wherever you want.
Radio jamming doesn't occur with broad spectrum noise as it takes too much power. Jammers are very smart and designed to disrupt certain signals.
Spectracom GSG 6 Series Multi-Channel Multi-Frequency GNSS Simulator, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo L1, L2, L2C, L5
GM20 Military Jammer Used Against Remotely Detonated Bombs
Radio jamming doesn't occur with broad spectrum noise as it takes too much power. Jammers are very smart and designed to disrupt certain signals.
Spectracom GSG 6 Series Multi-Channel Multi-Frequency GNSS Simulator, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo L1, L2, L2C, L5
GM20 Military Jammer Used Against Remotely Detonated Bombs
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01-16-2015, 10:55 AM
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Here are some comments from the second link above:
I'd say he's right and it's enjoyed a 100% safety record right here in good ol' North America.
I am using this jammer for almost two months already. I've bought it on my son's advice. He said that it is the best tool when it comes to protection from all those IED's and terrorists. And I'm glad that while buying this device I support the same technology that saved my son's life a couple of times back there in Iraq.
I was using similar devices during my service in Iraq. Those devices were much older still they saved my life along the missions when we were patrolling the area with my team. There are so many IED placed along the roads in Iraq you wouldn't believe! If not these jammers I would probably be dead already.
So when I came back to USA I wanted to have such device beside me even in peaceful time. It served me the good turn there. And I found this jammer. It is even more advanced that those I remember from the army so I bought it without hesitations. I use it since then and it works just great.
So when I came back to USA I wanted to have such device beside me even in peaceful time. It served me the good turn there. And I found this jammer. It is even more advanced that those I remember from the army so I bought it without hesitations. I use it since then and it works just great.
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01-16-2015, 11:19 AM
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