fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down14cross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-linkTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 hours agoIt’s not a MANPAD really. The sensor package has no IR sensor (or radar unit) and no way to proximity fuse. It has GPS, accelerometer and barometric pressure. It’s more like a rocket powered artillery shell than an anti-air weapon. Or, given the lack of payload, it’s more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 hour ago it’s more like a high speed burrito delivery device. See, now you’ve got my interest.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 hour agofuture Taco Bell vs future Del Taco during dinner rush:
It’s not a MANPAD really.
The sensor package has no IR sensor (or radar unit) and no way to proximity fuse.
It has GPS, accelerometer and barometric pressure. It’s more like a rocket powered artillery shell than an anti-air weapon.
Or, given the lack of payload, it’s more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
See, now you’ve got my interest.
future Taco Bell vs future Del Taco during dinner rush: