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originally posted by: Macenroe82
a reply to: HiddenIdentity
If it’s an actual drone, someone put a lot of money into that thing.
My biggest fixed wing drone, just under the size of a picnic table cost $34,000.
It has a 90km range -any direction, and 1.5 hours of battery life.
But being a fixed wing, it’s not good at abrupt manoeuvres.
Nor battling winds greater than 50km/hr.
This would drone the police are reporting would had to of been a Matice style frame, with extra battery payload.
For one, to be large enough to be visible I order to be noticed and tracked, and two having the battery power to manoeuvre that long.
originally posted by: imitator
a reply to: Macenroe82
probably a Hybrid drone... flip the switch to haul ass / conserve battery power etc.
originally posted by: RazorV66
a reply to: 1947boomer
A drug smuggling drone isn’t going to loiter over any fuel tanks or in restricted air space over an Air Force base or play cat and mouse with a police helicopter at 14,000 feet.
It’s going to go from point A to point B and maybe back.
originally posted by: RazorV66
A drug smuggling drone isn’t going to loiter over any fuel tanks or in restricted air space over an Air Force base or play cat and mouse with a police helicopter at 14,000 feet.
That's not much of an opening post.
originally posted by: HiddenIdentity
Are we STILL in denial about these craft? Even after ATIP, the Defense Dept, The US Navy and all saying they are HERE. www.thedrive.com...
You're right, a drone with such capabilities I'd expect to be very costly but if it's involved with drugs in some way, they can afford expensive drones. They even try to build submarines sometimes and those are very costly.
originally posted by: Macenroe82
a reply to: HiddenIdentity
If it’s an actual drone, someone put a lot of money into that thing.
Maybe they had a good reason as moohide suggested, but if you don't think that's what it is, who else do you think is harassing the cops for no reason? What's your theory?
originally posted by: aairman23
a reply to: RazorV66
Right! Not sure why someone would think a drug drone would harass law enforcement for no reason.
Good point!
originally posted by: Moohide
Yes it is, if it is a decoy/distraction attempt. Buzzing around a helicopter puts it temporarily at high risk and will have to focus on what the drones doing, not what it was doing.
Like the 2 car trick, if a drug carrying car gets pulled by cops a following car will ram the cop car then drive off in the hope the cop makes chase, drug car carries on.
Maybe they had a good reason as moohide suggested, but if you don't think that's what it is, who else do you think is harassing the cops for no reason? What's your theory?
originally posted by: aairman23
a reply to: RazorV66
Right! Not sure why someone would think a drug drone would harass law enforcement for no reason.
Good point!
originally posted by: Moohide
Yes it is, if it is a decoy/distraction attempt. Buzzing around a helicopter puts it temporarily at high risk and will have to focus on what the drones doing, not what it was doing.
Like the 2 car trick, if a drug carrying car gets pulled by cops a following car will ram the cop car then drive off in the hope the cop makes chase, drug car carries on.
I EXPECT that ALL rational people would desire evidence of something before they believe it. (But what constitutes evidence?)