New Draganflyer Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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."

Comments

Does this matter?

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice to see people have time to waste while world economies have gone to shit, the environment is on the verge of collapse and people around the world are dying just to survive.

Amen, brutha. Fly that copta and feel -good about it. You've earned it. It's all about -you-! Nothing else matters.

Re:Into north korea--airplanes

[KlausBreuer]

>I have fantasized about loading up a model with flyers and then leafletting north korea or some other freedom-of-information deprived hole.

I don't think you'd make very many friends with this idea. And I'm not just talking about North Korea.

See, politics is an art form. It is actually very difficult, a lot like walking on a rope.
No, I'm not talking about the simplistic crap spewed by major public figures. I'm talking about the quiet people in the background, who have dedicated their whole lives to this. They would not want you to interfere, especially with something so crude. You might actually damage things.

Don't believe me? Read Bismarck "Gedanken und Erinnerungen". AFAIK german only, sorry. And usually out of print because, really, who cares about politics anymore? It's all so very easy: we're the good guys, and they're not...sigh. Like Fernau said: we need people who can play chess, not tic-tac-toe.