Nice drone

I have built that fuselage., just like it. And I actually have a copy of those rear wing, but I use it upfront. Note the simple push prop in the rear.  I can reproduce this machine for about $250, but at lower lift capability. I might build that exact drone, to half scale, I think.  Military drones have ten foot wingspan.  That fuselage likely cam from a commodity carbon fiber tube. I have seen them advertised. Also, I think those wings are available in carbon fiber from one of the more expensive kits. I could make either wing in my garage with a vacuum bag, resin, and carbon fiber rods and sheets.

Going to carbon fiber adds another $500 to the cost. Anyway, the technology is driving my new company, ByAir, to fabulous wealth. I am going to be a zillioniare.

How do we shoot them down? With a drone just like it except it has a shotgun running down the center of the tube. Putin's idea, and he should be selling the system like crazy now.

Look at this drone:

That is a half scale version of some other drone. It is over five feet in wingspan, cost $130, online, with no electronics. I can take that model, disassembled, use it as a forms and weave the same part as a carbon fiber wrap. Boost the motor to ten HP, and carry a 150 pound load of stuff.

I can make that kit with Dollar Tree foam, dowels, glue. Make it in a day, less than ten dollars. But it will not have quite the lift.

Solution to the threat? The second amendment gives us the right to have these drones connected to a regulated militia.  They will have smart cards, counterfeit proofed, proven to fly safely over public roads only.  The cop drones shoot down the drones that cannot prove their place in the regulated militia.

NASA make drone:

Boeing's X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator shows off its unique lines at sunset on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA DFRC.

Credits: Boeing Photo / Robert Ferguson

The two X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstration aircraft were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the United Kingdom to Boeing's specifications. The subscale prototypes have a wingspan of 20.4 feet, with prominent vertical fins and rudders at the wingtips and elevons along the trailing edges of the wings. The 523-lb. gross weight aircraft are powered by three small model aircraft turbojet engines providing a maximum combined thrust of about 160 lbs. The X-48B has an estimated top airspeed of 118 knots (139 mph), a maximum altitude of about 10,000 feet and a flight duration of about 40 minutes.

Boldface is mine. Those engines likely cost 3 grand each, maybe less.   20 foot wing span is high, the smallest delivery drone on the market is about ten feet span. Recon drone can be five feet in span.  Regulations will limit the main wing span to about 20 feet. The 523 gross weight seems high for carbon fiber, they may have mused another material. 

Cheapest price is two grand. Here is another place where NSA is very stuck, commercial drone is a great productivity tool, but we need Secure ID to make it work. 


Anyway, here is an official news story about the things.


DRONES GROWING THREAT