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Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#11
I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by.

A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#12
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or smaller drones to go thru the nets. or drones that don't look like drones: http://www.mybionicbird.com/ http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/insectdrone.asp

"Bionic Bird benefits from strict quality controls that are so rigorous that each bird is built like a prototype." ....um, what?

Ehhh.... Reminds me of the story about when the Soviets were cloning the B-29 to make the Tu-4. Supposedly Stalin ordered an exact copy of the American bomber, and so the copies were made exact down to the bullet holes.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#13
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or smaller drones to go thru the nets. or drones that don't look like drones: http://www.mybionicbird.com/ http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/insectdrone.asp

"Bionic Bird benefits from strict quality controls that are so rigorous that each bird is built like a prototype." ....um, what?

A flawed prototype does no one good. Could imply that the specs are high too.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#14

I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by. A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

I'm very curious as to what the reaction was of the first pilot that was shot at. My guess is he was probably be thinking more "Wow, what an asshole," than he would be thinking that the aggressor's action makes sense in the context of war.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#15

I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by. A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

I heard bags of bricks were one of the first weapons brought to the skies. This is the type of thing prone for many apocryphal stories.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or smaller drones to go thru the nets. or drones that don't look like drones: http://www.mybionicbird.com/ http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/insectdrone.asp

"Bionic Bird benefits from strict quality controls that are so rigorous that each bird is built like a prototype." ....um, what?

I think they might not have a native English speaker. Check out the title of this official video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFS2JWUkdvw

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Bionic Bird benefits from strict quality controls that are so rigorous that each bird is built like a prototype." ....um, what?

Ehhh.... Reminds me of the story about when the Soviets were cloning the B-29 to make the Tu-4. Supposedly Stalin ordered an exact copy of the American bomber, and so the copies were made exact down to the bullet holes.

What was Stalin's reaction?

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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Seems it would be equally effective, and a lot less weight, to just drape a bunch of monofilament lines below rather than a full-on net. Those would get tangled in the "bad" drone's rotors well enough, I'd reckon.

A modern version of barrage balloons.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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Seems it would be equally effective, and a lot less weight, to just drape a bunch of monofilament lines below rather than a full-on net. Those would get tangled in the "bad" drone's rotors well enough, I'd reckon.

But then you don't get the reusability, unless you have spools and can cut the lines, which probably gets you back to the weight of a net.
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