I wish I didn't believe it

[pecunium]

I like toys, and things which go boom, and even "bang" as much as the next guy (heck, perhaps more than most), but it never occured to me to make a Flying .45.

I mean, no; just, no.

A guy took an RC helicopter, fixed a .45 Colt to it, added a video camera (so he could see what it was pointing at), and hooked up an actuator so he could actually fire it, while flying the helicopter.

The mind reels.

Comments

[wetdryvac.livejournal.com]

Dear sweet kittens of unhappiness. I can see making remote weapons platforms for military applications, but... while on watching the video that platform is a hell of a lot more stable than expected, I still am more or less appalled.

The accuracy... um... also better than I was expecting...

...and still appalled. I've been party to some robot/RV designs for doing other things, and the points of failure on something that doesn't also happen to be flying are numerous. Here's hoping he doesn't get someone killed. That thing is, in my limited technical opinion, pure idiocy.

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

Yup. I suppose the .45 is triggered by remote control, but the person who does the triggering is responsible for the bullet, wherever it may go.