7/9/2003: GoldenEye, a remarkable aircraft - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2006, 09:54 PM

On the same track, but the family tree is branching.

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On the left in this image is an illustration of the Honeywell Defense and Space Electronic Systems Unmanned Air Vehicle prototype. The Micro Air Vehicle shown at right, is a prototype developed under a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Advanced Concept Technology Development contract.

The MAV was recently deployed with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii for testing.

It has successfully demonstrated ducted fan technology that meets the FCS Class I UAV requirement for a small, back-packable UAV that provides "hover and stare" capability.

Hover and stare!

Wait'll Homeland Security get hold of this.

milkfish · 05-27-2006, 05:59 AM

So it's something for peering in second-storey sorority windows then?

MaggieL · 05-27-2006, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Wait'll Homeland Security get hold of this.

"Wait"? :-) you don't think they have them already? Probably got four of them in this.

Actually, as flying robots go, this one's kinda big and clunky.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2006, 11:41 AM

Not for the military. Those teeny tiny flying robots haven't made it out of the lab because the controls are too complicated, the operation in real weather too unreliable to make them useful.
But that said.....they're coming, THEY'RE COMING....

MaggieL · 05-27-2006, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Not for the military.

Of course not. But in the hands of a pro you can use something smaller and quieter.

jaguar · 05-27-2006, 01:05 PM

I always hoped that in The Future my pizza would be delivered Hiro Protagonist style, not some funny looking jet. You can get a lot of HE in two coke cans.

Undertoad · 03-24-2012, 10:51 AM

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But eventually these things reach down to us, the little people, when they get consumerized.

"Hi, China Inn, may I help you?"

"I'd like a number 7, and an egg roll."

"OK, what is your location?"

"45 West Pine."

"No, latitude longitude."

"What?"

"Never mind, your phone sent it. Your order will be in the back yard in 90 seconds."

This is here.

GunMaster357 · 03-24-2012, 12:31 PM

Question 1) can it deliver if you move to another location?
Question 2) can it deliver to a running vehicule?

That would add a whole new dimension to the concept of drive-in... and quite a few holes in a lot of windshields, no doubt.

Undertoad · 03-24-2012, 02:29 PM

That's a good question. In this country most tacos are eaten in moving vehicles.

footfootfoot · 03-24-2012, 04:14 PM

D-

You'll put your eye out.

Undertoad · 04-21-2013, 10:33 AM

Since Tacocopter never really took off, ha-ha,

This is here part deux

Gravdigr · 04-22-2013, 02:12 AM

That's probably where they got the idea.

And the funding.

05-27-2006, 11:41 AM	#34
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not for the military. Those teeny tiny flying robots haven't made it out of the lab because the controls are too complicated, the operation in real weather too unreliable to make them useful. But that said.....they're coming, THEY'RE COMING.... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-27-2006, 01:05 PM	#36
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I always hoped that in The Future my pizza would be delivered Hiro Protagonist style, not some funny looking jet. You can get a lot of HE in two coke cans. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

03-24-2012, 12:31 PM	#38
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Question 1) can it deliver if you move to another location? Question 2) can it deliver to a running vehicule? That would add a whole new dimension to the concept of drive-in... and quite a few holes in a lot of windshields, no doubt. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

03-24-2012, 04:14 PM	#40
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	D- You'll put your eye out. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-22-2013, 02:12 AM	#42
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That's probably where they got the idea. And the funding. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-27-2006, 05:59 AM	#32
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	So it's something for peering in second-storey sorority windows then?

03-24-2012, 02:29 PM	#39
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's a good question. In this country most tacos are eaten in moving vehicles.

04-21-2013, 10:33 AM	#41
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Since Tacocopter never really took off, ha-ha, This is here part deux

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