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I've not seen very many cheap RC planes or helicopters large enough to carry a significant brick of C4.

• dogma1138 10y ago
  You haven't looked hard enough, also a brick of C4 wouldn't do nearly as much damage as you would think. A cheap 100-200$ RC plane can carry 1-2kg if pushed which is considerably more than any drone at that price range. In fact older RCs could carry more since they were still petrol based newer electrical ones tend to have considerably less power on average.
  • flukus 10y ago
    > You haven't looked hard enough, also a brick of C4 wouldn't do nearly as much damage as you would think. Does it have to? It's main job in these scenarios is as a high speed shrapnel dispersal device.
    • dogma1138 10y ago
      Not effective in open environments, you need a lot of explosives. Suicide vests contain about 12kg of explosives usually and even they are only exceptionally effective in highly enclosed environments.
      • flukus 10y ago
        But suicide vests have very limited (by bodies) lines of sight to their target that they have to try and punch through don't they?
    • cyberferret 10y ago
      Yes, but then you need to carry said shrapnel packed around the explosive core. Ball bearings, metal shards, caltrops etc. all weigh a considerable amount - at least in quantities required to do wide area damage.