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New Draganflyer Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Posted by timothy on from the buzz-your-local-water-tower dept.

John Jorsett writes "I've long lusted for the Draganflyer indoor-outdoor radio-controlled helicopter, but now I've got a new object of desire. Since seeing it flown on The History Channel's 'Tactical to Practical' show last September, I've been waiting for the Draganflyer Predator, modeled on the military aircraft of the same name. Electrically powered, the $750 Draganflyer Predator can be equipped with video cameras and a GPS receiver to carry out radio-controlled or pre-programmed self-guided surveillance missions of up to 20 miles range, the company claims. Time to buy my own UAV and find out what's really going on over there in Area 51."

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  1. Wrong Section? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shouldn't this have been posted under the BSD-section?

    Oh, wait, this isn't related to the Dragonfly BSD Project?

  2. ATTENTION EVERYONE: I HATE NIGGERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fucking faggots

  3. What's really going on over there in Area 51 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm betting you will regret your shortsightedness after the probings you will surely suffer.

  4. Such restrictions are already law in the US by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Posse Comitatus - read about it

  5. Re:New Hot Babe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you believe there are people who actually think she is prettier?

  6. Re:New Hot Babe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I wouldn't kick her out of bed, but she's not up to Ceren's standard.

  7. All morn the death of the rctoys server by tron21 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot effect at its fullest

  8. Follow-up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to clarify that the above is a "first post", or whatever you faggots call it.

  9. Slashdot vs. PHP by ChiralSoftware · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Slashdot wins with a knockout in the first round!

    Could someone mirror pages before aiming the unammed predatory slashdot effect at PHP pages?

    ---------
    Create a WAP server

  10. Sentance dupe by qwertyatwork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I found this one page 3...

    The first break came when I learned the types of missions the Air Force expected its next-generation aircraft to fly. The first break came when I learned the types of missions the Air Force expected its next-generation aircraft to fly

  11. bad /. joke by marshall_j · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but imagine a beowulf cluster of those suckers!