abramthrust
abramthrust t1_je5k8qc wrote
Reply to comment by 870223 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Exactly.
abramthrust t1_je5fmab wrote
Reply to comment by 870223 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
>But can kerosine melt steel beams?
Assuming you're not just memeing:
Not a mettalurgist, but IIRC it's can't fully melt structural steel, but it can weaken it until it no longer has the excess load bearing capacity to remain stable.
If Memeing: no one has conclusively proven that LiPo battery fires didn't cause the world trade center collapse...
abramthrust t1_je5ar04 wrote
Reply to comment by slowslownotbad in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
They fly less like an aircraft and more like the most manuverable helicopter you've ever imagined.
Doubly so for the ones capable of 3D flight model (props can spin backward)
abramthrust t1_je5acx2 wrote
Reply to comment by 870223 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
TBH, yes.
They both take about the same pilot training (hrs wise) but FPV is far less destructive (and headline grabbing) than hijacking a plane full of people.
As a bonus*, the plane is already a bomb with all the fuel onboard. FPV terrorist has to make his own warhead.
*"bonus" is a highly subjective word here.
abramthrust t1_je2cccw wrote
Reply to comment by CygnusX-1-2112b in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
FPV pilot (recreational) here.
The reason you don't see more FPV drones used in attacks is that they are quite difficult to fly, and as such skilled enough pilots are relatively hard to come by.
I am fairly certain that the FPV drone attacks we are watching are from people who were pilots before the war and are using the skills they already have.
abramthrust t1_j9po85o wrote
Reply to comment by SleepingBowl in New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times as much methane as they report to government. by avogadros_number
If we didn't want them to lie, we'd punish them for it or something...
abramthrust t1_iyasxq8 wrote
Reply to comment by ygofukov in Man who slashed stranger’s throat on CTrain avoids federal prison term by I-Am-Not-A-Hunter
As per the Indian Act of 1876 (still in force today) it's the only term that bears any legal significance in Canada.
abramthrust t1_je631w3 wrote
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You'll go nowhere and own nothing (except your iPhone) and be happy.