 LEDB drone: poorly thought out or totally idiotic?, Leaf blowers at crime scene |
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 Jan 12 2012, 03:19 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Louisville, KY (Well, Memphis, IN technically but you won't know where that is.) Member No.: 7,626  |
I'd only skimmed the text on the LEDB drone and the text finally clicked. What were they thinking? Imagine the mayhem of bringing a leaf blower to a crime scene. Now bring a super-leaf blower, with enough power to lift a ~30lb drone. that's enough to shift handguns around. Then you've got the issue of the stubby drone arm that can't grab things attached to walls without risking a rotor disk collision.
I'd think one of the small blimp drones would make much more sense as the thrust is minimal for maneuvering. |
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Jan 12 2012, 04:02 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
None of the aircraft in SR make sense (most of them should be loud as hell, too), but oh well. I always assumed this drone was for patrol and apprehension, not CSI.
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Jan 12 2012, 05:37 AM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
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Jan 12 2012, 07:59 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
That. or something like the Parrot AR.Drone
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en |
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Jan 12 2012, 11:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 983 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 326 |
This displacement issue - that rotorcraft have to displace a huge volume of air if they're to stay aloft - is a major one as far as Shadowrun rotorcraft and vectored-thrust vehicles go. To some degree, the amount of displaced air can be reduced if we assume Shadowrun's impressive materials technology, which lets us reduce the weight of the drone immensely, but you still wouldn't want to share a hallway with an Ares Guardian. Ultimately you can choose to assume a breakthrough that allows such things reasonably, or you can include the effects of propwash, and thus not use such drones in close quarters.
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