The Mega Hurtz, Now all we need is some Autosofts Options

[Makki]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMz4EIzP22k

[Chrome Tiger]

I have a nice mechanical tripod-mounted M4 that would look really nice on one of those...

[CanRay]

Seeing it tow the Hummer, makes me wonder how good it'd be for pulling cars that are stuck in snow or ice. Be a good tool to have in the bed of a truck for that.

On the flip side, this is how it starts. Next thing we know, we're in a cave somewhere listening to John Conner on the radio.

[Mr Clock]

I'm a bit sketchy on the notion that the thing can punch through walls, but I love seeing it run around with a gun on it. Moar droens for the corpse sec!

[nezumi]

My only question is how long the battery lasts (oh, and what's the price tag?)

[Chrome Tiger]

Hmmmm. We need smaller reactors...

[Stahlseele]

Cute . . as long as you stay out of it's firing arc, run up to it and tip it over.

[Chrome Tiger]

Just watch out for the perimeter defense flechette launchers!!!

I do believe we might be loading this thing with enough gadgets to weigh it down. Just like AR15 newbs, Tactical Overaccessorization... Does all sorts of stuff, but weighs a ton in the process.

[KarmaInferno]

Reminds me of the stuff made by Howe & Howe Tech.

Just watch out for the perimeter defense flechette launchers!!!

I do believe we might be loading this thing with enough gadgets to weigh it down. Just like AR15 newbs, Tactical Overaccessorization... Does all sorts of stuff, but weighs a ton in the process.

It was towing a Hummer.

I dun think even a few hundred pounds of gear is going to bother that thing much.

Also, they showed the base model easily righting itself when it rolled over. With a little more engineering, they could probably make a turret shaped so it'd be able to self-right itself even when armed.




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[Chrome Tiger]

Yeah yeah. I am allowed to poke fun at the rolling ball of accessories! Though I question it towing a Hummer. Maybe for a very short distance on a flat surface and at great expense to the batteries. Not saying that reduces your comment about it being able to carry a lot of goodies, just an opinion on towing the Hummer.

[Stahlseele]

by the way, how does it have enough grip to tow the hummer?

[Chrome Tiger]

Gecko superstick tires!

[KCKitsune]

Not saying that reduces your comment about it being able to carry a lot of goodies, just an opinion on towing the Hummer.

Yeah, but if the hummer is 4700 lbs, and say you put on 320 lbs of gear on the drone and still only use a fraction of the energy needed to tow a hummer.

Now for 320 lbs you should be able to get a Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher, camera and turret mechanisms, and 144 grenades. Not a bad bit of hurt done by a robot. Swap out the grenade launcher for a .50 cal and have some fun.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Totally Awesome... Order me a Dozen of them... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smokin.gif)

[CanRay]

All I can say is that "The Future Is Now".

My Father is a cyborg, after all.

[CanadianWolverin...]

I'm a bit sketchy on the notion that the thing can punch through walls, but I love seeing it run around with a gun on it. Moar droens for the corpse sec!

As someone who has done a bit of framing, that was a properly built interior wall, it really is no problem punching through those. It doesn't even appear to have been a load bearing wall. Exterior walls with the sheathing and siding might be a bit more trouble based on what those components materials are (particle board is crap, slightest bit of dampness and it is little better than bread crumbs and I never want to see finger joined 2x4 or 2x6 nominal studs or joists but people are putting that crap in, the cheap bastards). Even masonry isn't worth much. Only the insulated concrete, rebar enforced footings, pads, columns, and walls might be something that could resist it for a while and that really depends on the quality of the concrete with additives and setting conditions like if it was vibrated just right to reduce pockets and temperature and humidity/water level variances didn't fuck with the curing process too much.

Yeah, I get it, most people don't realize how paper thin their homes are. We don't build post and beam log homes and tamped earth structures with boulders in masonry much anymore and concrete bunkers are only in fashion for militia and well-to-do wealthy paranoids.

Forget the bot, I could probably blast through a wall with just a tiny bit of effort and that is before I break out any tools.

[CanRay]

Yeah, but you could send the bot while sitting in your nice bullet-resistant HMMWV or APC a half-mile away. To paraphrase the old military maxim usually said about ammunition, "Drones are cheap, life is expensive."

Of course, with the right equipment, have it set the breaching charge, and you get the best of both worlds.

And I'm well aware how pathetic modern building is. Most Canadians are. My 100+ year old home stands firm and warm compared to a lot of buildings that just finished construction. And that's without "Modern" insulation, and a few issues we're slowly fixing (Mostly involving windows. Always problems for heat retention.).

[Draco18s]

by the way, how does it have enough grip to tow the hummer?

Hummer's in neutral. You or I could have probably pushed it (it's getting it moving that's the hard part, keeping it moving is easy).

[Stahlseele]

Yah, i know, but how did it get it to move from standing still, without losing tracktion with it's own tires?

[CanRay]

Funny story, we had to fix a friend's truck in the middle of the street back home, and the guy that was doing the actual work underneath it didn't want to get the leaky fluids all over his outfit.

"Move the truck." "How? It won't even start." "Put it in neutral, and I'll push it." "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

Simple solutions sometimes.

Again, it does make me wonder how well it'd could get vehicles unstuck. Maybe a few of them working in concert could get a car out of deep snow or something if they were tracked instead of wheeled.

[Stahlseele]

Well, especially if the tracks/tires were spiked for additional grip, it should probably work reasonably well . .

[Draco18s]

Yah, i know, but how did it get it to move from standing still, without losing tracktion with it's own tires?

Very slowly. Speed and Torque are inversely proportional.

[CanRay]

Kick the transmission into Low, and there you go!

[Makki]

with patience you can pull anything

[KCKitsune]

with patience you can pull anything

OK... that was fraking crazy!

Just goes to show you that, yes my friends, this little drone CAN tow a Humvee.

Now back to what you would put on this little sucker.

I still like the idea of a belt-fed grenade launcher. Or a ramped up version of the laser weapon from "Laser Pistol" thread. I mean you are carrying a whole lot of batteries already. Just put on the turret and off you go.