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There is this confusion over the word “drone”. What you say is absolutely true about quadrocopters and octocopters. It is much less true about fixed wing drone
by krisoft 5y ago
There is this confusion over the word “drone”.
What you say is absolutely true about quadrocopters and octocopters. It is much less true about fixed wing drones.
You don’t have to go all the way to a Global Hawk to get reasonable carrying capacity. Even hobby sized stuff could be used for this reasonably well. Parts are easy to acquire, they are easy to conceal, you can launch them with a catapult like setup, they can drop off their load and fly back autonomously.
I bet that it is already happening or at least there are smugglers experimenting with the tech.
- squarefoot 5y ago> you can launch them with a catapult like setup, they can drop off their load and fly back autonomously. This had me thinking about homemade disposable rockets. Either use them for cargo, or attach one to a strong enough glider, so that it can reach the desired area, release the glider (that can use maps + GPS and sensors to land safely) then proceed for a while fooling whoever would follow its heat trail. Not that I wanted to become a drug smuggler, just brainstorming. We will need all that stuff when the next reptilian invasion occurs:^)
- EmpirePhoenix 5y agoIf your target country has a large coast, there are submarine drones already https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine
- joshxyz 5y agoiirc theres a fixed wing drone ccaught by lea at mexico(?) right?
- satori99 5y agoThe Spanish police found a drone that had made trips from North Africa just a few months back. It was a hybrid fixed wing drone that could carry 150Kg. https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvwmv/look-at-this-huge-drug-drone-seized-by-cops-in-spain https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvwmv/look-at-this-huge-dru...