d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 See my avatar. Hope Ed Furlong has his **** together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Whenever people start putting to much faith in drones I like to remind them of this: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38857999/ns/us_news-life/t/navy-drone-wanders-restricted-dc-airspace/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Whenever people start putting to much faith in drones I like to remind them of this: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38857999/ns/us_news-life/t/navy-drone-wanders-restricted-dc-airspace/ how does that compare to say the F-35 problems? there are always issues to address with any tech......and drones are just tech. I would caution on putting too much faith in technology, but the capabilities sure are sweet ain't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 how does that compare to say the F-35 problems? there are always issues to address with any tech......and drones are just tech. I would caution on putting too much faith in technology, but the capabilities sure are sweet ain't they The difference is there was a pilot in the F-35. Fire Scout lost all control. And then the system that tells it to fly home if comms are lost failed. If there is a pilot in it, he can at least aim it into the ground before the aircraft starts doing whatever it wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The difference is there was a pilot in the F-35. Fire Scout lost all control. And then the system that tells it to fly home if comms are lost failed. If there is a pilot in it, he can at least aim it into the ground before the aircraft starts doing whatever it wants. unless it's fly by wire fails, then you have a very expensive smoking pile. (of course triple redundancy helps prevent that) drones are not going to replace pilots,they are going to enhance capabilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mocountyskins Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Drones=evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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