They’ve already got a drone grand-prix going. It would require greater parcels of land to stage but with infrared it is also possible to have various classes of dogfight drones. Something like,,,,

Apache v tank style team melee’s

Jet-drone dogfighting

More standard quad-drones kitted out for counter-detection/search and destroy

I just thought I’d put the idea up for dissection and development. Seems a better area for developing technology familiarity in the community than the high end of technology is currently providing to civilians.

I’d like to see Wookie’s entry!

CrazyNeutrino said:

I’d like to see Wookie’s entry!

I’m sure it would be formidable. At what I can’t be certain.

Postpocelipse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

I’d like to see Wookie’s entry!

I’m sure it would be formidable. At what I can’t be certain.

Confusing the Enemy

it would need to be autonomous to dog fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyGJBV1xnJI

I’ll also posit formation drone dancing as a possible future Nerd-Olympic event. So I also have to suggest a Nerd-Olympics(equal opportunity is only fair……..).

hexacopters would be better

if one motor flakes out it could still limp home

in the future you might find quad copters will race across the landscape to take out line targets

small drones will be used for assassinations

wookiemeister said:

it would need to be autonomous to dog fight

No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

wookiemeister said:

hexacopters would be better

if one motor flakes out it could still limp home

in the future you might find quad copters will race across the landscape to take out line targets

small drones will be used for assassinations

Still not getting it. It doesn’t need to ‘limp home’ because it would be within a competitor zone. Read the OP properly.

• No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

Or you could just play a computer game for the same effect…

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

it would need to be autonomous to dog fight

No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

to win?

no

furious said:

• No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

Or you could just play a computer game for the same effect…

You don’t get the same social effect of encouraging youth into tech areas(of greater significant value).

• You don’t get the same social effect of encouraging youth into tech areas(of greater significant value).

Unless they coded the in game craft…

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

it would need to be autonomous to dog fight

No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

to win?

no

You don’t understand the concept of regulation and handicapping in tech/motorsport do you? You have to regulate the design to place limits that must be overcome on each type of competition.

furious said:

• You don’t get the same social effect of encouraging youth into tech areas(of greater significant value).

Unless they coded the in game craft…

That would be covered under greater/lesser value to the community…….

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

No. The whole point would be for a team to build, in this case, jet powered drone that can be controlled from remote goggles and fought by the team pilots. You seem to be missing the point of competitive development.

to win?

no

You don’t understand the concept of regulation and handicapping in tech/motorsport do you? You have to regulate the design to place limits that must be overcome on each type of competition.

I thought formula 1 cars had spinning blades on their wheels

what sick bastard took the spinning blades off formula 1 cars ?

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

to win?

no

You don’t understand the concept of regulation and handicapping in tech/motorsport do you? You have to regulate the design to place limits that must be overcome on each type of competition.

I thought formula 1 cars had spinning blades on their wheels

That’s Formula-RC(Roman Chariot)……….

wookiemeister said:

what sick bastard took the spinning blades off formula 1 cars ?

Probably the guy who took out a family member in the pits with them………

wookiemeister said:

hexacopters would be better

if one motor flakes out it could still limp home

in the future you might find quad copters will race across the landscape to take out line targets

small drones will be used for assassinations

Are there any quadcopters that can still fly on three rotors?

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

hexacopters would be better

if one motor flakes out it could still limp home

in the future you might find quad copters will race across the landscape to take out line targets

small drones will be used for assassinations

Are there any quadcopters that can still fly on three rotors?

Can be done.

A while ago a friend and I built some radio-controlled military aircraft (including jet-engined and propeller-driven), and fitted them with home-made, working air-to-air rockets, designed to self-destruct if they hadn’t hit their target after a given time, and used them for aerial dogfights. The rockets were launched from the remote control handset (which was purpose-designed and built.)

We managed to destroy about 20 model aircraft each.

Wocky said:

A while ago a friend and I built some radio-controlled military aircraft (including jet-engined and propeller-driven), and fitted them with home-made, working air-to-air rockets, designed to self-destruct if they hadn’t hit their target after a given time, and used them for aerial dogfights. The rockets were launched from the remote control handset (which was purpose-designed and built.)

We managed to destroy about 20 model aircraft each.

If you aren’t making that up that is completely everything I’ve wanted to do since I was 13……..

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

You don’t understand the concept of regulation and handicapping in tech/motorsport do you? You have to regulate the design to place limits that must be overcome on each type of competition.

I thought formula 1 cars had spinning blades on their wheels

That’s Formula-RC(Roman Chariot)……….

don’t make me laugh

no really don’t , I’ve got a cracked rib and a bad cough

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

hexacopters would be better

if one motor flakes out it could still limp home

in the future you might find quad copters will race across the landscape to take out line targets

small drones will be used for assassinations

Are there any quadcopters that can still fly on three rotors?

badly I believe

Postpocelipse said:

Wocky said:

A while ago a friend and I built some radio-controlled military aircraft (including jet-engined and propeller-driven), and fitted them with home-made, working air-to-air rockets, designed to self-destruct if they hadn’t hit their target after a given time, and used them for aerial dogfights. The rockets were launched from the remote control handset (which was purpose-designed and built.)

We managed to destroy about 20 model aircraft each.

If you aren’t making that up that is completely everything I’ve wanted to do since I was 13……..

Or in my case since I was 55. Feeling jealous.

What I had in mind was to get the drones (or balloons or kites) to trail carbon fibre strings studded with nanodiamonds to saw into the wing or rotor of any military plane or helicopter unlucky enough to pass below. Like fighter kites but updated to more modern technology.

mollwollfumble said:

Postpocelipse said:

Wocky said:

A while ago a friend and I built some radio-controlled military aircraft (including jet-engined and propeller-driven), and fitted them with home-made, working air-to-air rockets, designed to self-destruct if they hadn’t hit their target after a given time, and used them for aerial dogfights. The rockets were launched from the remote control handset (which was purpose-designed and built.)

We managed to destroy about 20 model aircraft each.

If you aren’t making that up that is completely everything I’ve wanted to do since I was 13……..

Or in my case since I was 55. Feeling jealous.

What I had in mind was to get the drones (or balloons or kites) to trail carbon fibre strings studded with nanodiamonds to saw into the wing or rotor of any military plane or helicopter unlucky enough to pass below. Like fighter kites but updated to more modern technology.

Its probably a real and cheap method to take out multi million dollar jet planes

Cymek said:

mollwollfumble said:

Postpocelipse said:

If you aren’t making that up that is completely everything I’ve wanted to do since I was 13……..

Or in my case since I was 55. Feeling jealous.

What I had in mind was to get the drones (or balloons or kites) to trail carbon fibre strings studded with nanodiamonds to saw into the wing or rotor of any military plane or helicopter unlucky enough to pass below. Like fighter kites but updated to more modern technology.

Its probably a real and cheap method to take out multi million dollar jet planes

bombers fly too high for kites

high altitude balloons with a few air to air missiles slung underneath is another option

some balloons will be armed , others won’t

an aerial minefield will mean incoming aircraft won’t be able to know which balloons are harmless and which aren’t

you might have circling drones with very long wings for lift powered by solar

the drones circle around endlessly dropping air to air missiles as the enemy approaches

sure you might be pop off a few missiles but counter measures can be dropped by hundreds of these things filling the sky with chaff

friendly aircraft will fly into the minefield being covered by the drones above and around

australia would be better off fighting a defensive war assuming a looming battle for foreign owned assets in say 30 years time

an australian government comes to power that promises to nationalise foreign owned assets , the foreign power with most to lose objects and decides to seize back the nationalised assets

australia then fights a war to stop aerial bombardment

ICBMs strike the major capitals with conventional warheads MOAB or FOAB style , in a war of assets the cities are of no consequence, the assets are in the agricultural/ mining output, most likely mining sites would be seized back after a first strike crippling the cities causing law and order to break down after three days of power losses and no running water

a counter strike by australian ICBMs hits foreign assets as a tit for tat blow

australia readies its armed forces (a sizeable number of casualties were taken in the first strike on military bases)

foreign subs land troops on to the mainland to disrupt railway lines/ road networks , collapsing a bridge across a motorway chokes traffic, planting timed explosives in the rubble keep clearance crews away

IR non-destructive weapon systems wookie. This thread is about the possibility of drone dogfighting competitions.

most likely the powerstations of australia will be hit in the first strike

QLDs power system is something like 90 percent run by coal – the coal fired stations will be hit and base load drops out, zone substations also being knocked out most likely the 132KV / 11KV types – when these things fall over no one gets power – they take too much time to put back together (a second strike on the site to kill utility workers should be expected)

water plants, dams, water treatment plants, the handful of oil refineries are hit

australia strikes back with its own ICBMs causing light damage

military targets such as major bases airforce/ navy/ army are hit on our side

australia decides to concentrate on high value targets such as power stations to cause disruption

resistance fighters deployed in northern territory to cause havoc amongst an invading force, they are used to target naval forces trying to land troops

I wish you’d stick to the thread subjects wookie.

the battle of australia begins as the foreign airforce sends bombers over to guide bombs to site in real time

Postpocelipse said:

I wish you’d stick to the thread subjects wookie.

its already gone off subject

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

I wish you’d stick to the thread subjects wookie.

its already gone off subject

Till you took the reigns it had only pulled over to the kerb to check tyre pressure.

ladies and gentle , please return to your seats – this a hijack

wookiemeister said:

ladies and gentle , please return to your seats – this a hijack

lojack…….

I am so looking forward to the day I can watch a criminal drone being chased down by a police drone, all filmed by a news drone.

It’s gonna happen, sooner rather than than later, and on that day I’m gonna know I’m living in a sci-fi future.

esselte said:

I am so looking forward to the day I can watch a criminal drone being chased down by a police drone, all filmed by a news drone.

It’s gonna happen, sooner rather than than later, and on that day I’m gonna know I’m living in a sci-fi future.

Hell yeah!!! Bring on bladerunning!

esselte said:

I am so looking forward to the day I can watch a criminal drone being chased down by a police drone, all filmed by a news drone.

It’s gonna happen, sooner rather than than later, and on that day I’m gonna know I’m living in a sci-fi future.

When I see Hare Krishna’s dancing past a hovering police vehicle………..

Postpocelipse said:

esselte said:

I am so looking forward to the day I can watch a criminal drone being chased down by a police drone, all filmed by a news drone.

It’s gonna happen, sooner rather than than later, and on that day I’m gonna know I’m living in a sci-fi future.

When I see Hare Krishna’s dancing past a hovering police vehicle………..

“My drone’s seen things you wouldn’t believe…”