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$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by markhahn »

throw0101d wrote: post #421
defrost wrote: post #398

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Expanding on that, for interest: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array * https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2003/02/11/294058... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-role_Electronically_Scan... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail Somewhat interesting in that the Pentagon did not want the E-7 (as a replacement to the E-3): * https://www.twz.com/air/e-2-hawkeye-replaces-usaf-e-3-sentry... nominally because it wanted to spend the money on more E-2s, which can operate on smaller and rougher airfields, which would be handy in (e.g.) the Pacific where tiny islands don't necessary 'fancy' runways…

little unclear what drove the E-7 thing - my impression is that accelerationists on the political side wanted to push for space-based defense, and drove the attempt to cancel.

it is a reasonable point that any airborne radar is an attractive target to long-range missile. and that if your radar is in space, it's a different, less available class of missile to attack it (and also that so far treating space as contested is taboo).

the recent loss of THAAD radar should also make people rethink how to make an emitter that survives the first round of missiles.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by markhahn »

mothballed wrote: post #508
pjc50 wrote: post #475

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This is a large component of the alt-right, isn't it. > much less complicated than say something like trying to juggle a dentistry practice while driving the 2 kids to school events and then going home to patch drywall on the house There is genuinely a group of people who'd rather fantasize about mass murder than do chores. Every now and again one of them actually picks up a gun. Then some school kids never have to g…

>This is a large component of the alt-right, isn't it. I couldn't tell you. YPG was dominantly left-wing and looked up to the former communist 'Apo'. I imagine the phenomenon is fairly politically universal. >There is genuinely a group of people who'd rather fantasize about mass murder than do chores. Every now and again one of them actually picks up a gun. Then some school kids never have to go to events, or anywher…

re right vs left: the usual metaphor here is red-brown alliance.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by tekne »

shepherdjerred wrote: post #510
bagels wrote: post #428

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You need a license for most frequencies.

I wonder if there’s an argument to made regarding the second amendment

Don't think the second amendment covers firing

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by palmotea »

embedding-shape wrote: post #403
CryptoBanker wrote: post #395

In the two test launches shown in the video, the "missile" doesn't fly straight nor does it demonstrate ability to be "guided" by the launcher towards any particular target. It's also incredibly slow. There are children's rocket kits that fly significantly faster than this.

Yeah, neither article nor the video itself talks about "accuracy" AFAIK, which seems like a kind of important thing in this whole concept, otherwise it's just a "horizontal rocket launcher" which is cool I guess, but not so close to a MANPAD. The video is also cut in a way so you cannot tell that the launch seems to have been a complete failure? The rocket is vertical at the last frame: https://i.imgur.com/e2Kld6I.pn…

> Yeah, neither article nor the video itself talks about "accuracy" AFAIK, which seems like a kind of important thing in this whole concept, otherwise it's just a "horizontal rocket launcher" which is cool I guess, but not so close to a MANPAD.

Yeah, it seems to be trying to hew too closely to the conventions of existing missiles.

A way more practical home-made "MANPAD" would probably be more like these Ukrainian drone interceptors: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/10/what-are-the-ukrain.... 200 mph and 3 mile range is not bad, and definitely better than whatever the OP is.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by Forgeties79 »

pasquinelli wrote: post #528
Forgeties79 wrote: post #523

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I think the last couple of elections have shown us how powerful online discourse can be. I don’t think it makes sense to pretend internet discourse doesn’t bleed heavily into the real world. Look at the influence QAnon, for instance, has had on the MAGA movement and the Republican Party at large.

i think exactly the opposite and your comment literally made me laugh out loud, but there's a wide range of views out there.

I understand we disagree here but telling someone you’re laughing at their views is incredibly rude. If you don’t want to have a respectful discussion then we can both just move on.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by JKCalhoun »

swiftcoder wrote: post #424

When everyone started working on 3D-printed guns, I was sitting here thinking that if it comes to actual revolution, one is going to need anti-tank/anti-air a whole lot more than (relatively easy to acquire) small arms... Nice to see movement on this front

"Nice to see movement on this front…"

Good luck. Hoping to fight off tyranny, instead some nutters will probably down a commercial flight.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by thunfischbrot »

rpcope1 wrote: post #430
mothballed wrote: post #423

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It's life imprisonment just to possess a launcher (not even the rocket) that is intended to launch a rocket/missile that guides towards an aircraft. And the guy has another youtube short where he explicitly says the intended guidance system is cameras that update the location of a missile and then he shows a real drone and also the emblem of an aircraft as intended targets for this guidance system, while also calling…

That man must really hate his dog. I'm sure there's some ATF agents just salivating to Waco this guy.

"This guy 100% must be in Ukraine. It would be one of the few places in the world where you can feel relatively safe right now to not just design but build and launch and even better, publish documentation on the web of you doing such. Surely there is NO WAY person is in any other country."

looks at his github see's he is a US college student

Yeah he's likely going to jail.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by b345 »

mkoubaa wrote: post #530
b345 wrote: post #494

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The Russian revolution is not a good example if you are talking about the October revolution. It cannot be stated objectively that it turned out to be worse, and, in fact, for many replacing the czars with the Bolsheviks led to a lot better living conditions.

Tell that to the 60 million people who died in the Holodomor.

Holodomor was the result of several unfortunate events including the Ukranian kulaks burning their produce to protest collectivisation, a natural famine and misjudgement of the State.

If the responsibility of Holodomor lies solely with the USSR, the nexus between the NATO and occupied Palestine are responsible for at least a billion deaths, going by your intellectual honesty standards. I have factored in death due to military interventionism, gun laws, and capitalism related deaths (death from being uninsured, hunger, poverty).

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by ebcode »

tekne wrote: post #534
shepherdjerred wrote: post #510

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I wonder if there’s an argument to made regarding the second amendment

Don't think the second amendment covers firing

That’s why we’ve got the tenth.
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