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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on November 18, 2013, 04:06:25 PM

Title: F16 Drone -- AWESOME!!!!
Post by: JuST Peter on November 18, 2013, 04:06:25 PM
Boeing has converted six F-16 fighter jets that were sitting in mothballs for 15 years.  Take a look at this short 3.5 minute video and see this remarkable feat.
 
Click on the link below:

http://video.boeing.com/services/player/bcpid1173939806001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAAukPAlqE~%2coAVq1qtdRjwBrIkHYj2MSytJiEK9s5fy&bclid=0&bctid=2684464741001 (http://video.boeing.com/services/player/bcpid1173939806001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAAukPAlqE~%2coAVq1qtdRjwBrIkHYj2MSytJiEK9s5fy&bclid=0&bctid=2684464741001)
Title: Re: F16 Drone -- AWESOME!!!!
Post by: Marcus on November 18, 2013, 04:15:23 PM
That's awesome...

It's the way wars will be waged. Everyone sitting in their offices fighting a war half a world away.

(seemed all those hours I put into Xbox Battlefield 3 will finally pay off)
Title: Re: F16 Drone -- AWESOME!!!!
Post by: Biggles on November 18, 2013, 05:04:07 PM
It makes excellent sense in that it can carry more fuel (the pilot's weight, at least- not a huge amount at the rate they burn it) and pull as much Gs as the plane can stand- far more than a human can.  It can fly more accurately than a human can, as demonstrated in the landing.