fossilesqueTech 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 tracking
UnderpantsWeevilNotably absent… the explosives.
But sure, if you are wondering how folks out in Yemen or Gaza managed to retaliate against their oppressors for so long, this is a textbook example of how and why. What’s being proposed is collection of technology we’ve had since at least the 1960s that’s slowly made its way into civilian circulation.
Also…
Khojayev’s just-launched prototype has no effectiveness track record
I mean, we’re seeing what “just-launched prototypes with no effective track record” have accomplished on the Ukraine-Russia front-lines and it’s a decidedly mixed bag.
I think a harder question to answer is “Who would be interested in putting one of these into practical use?” And that gets to the real value-add of a Stinger MANPAD. Namely, the humans willing and practiced enough to use it.
RememberTheApollo_You can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware and improve it vs something that might be thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands to deploy.
You can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware
Khojayev’s just-launched prototype has no effectiveness track record
:-/
I mean, time will tell. To date, this particular iteration of technology has a 0% success rate in doing anything but farming clicks.
lightnsfwWe got another scary 3d printer headline for dumbass politicians to use as justification for regulating them!
There isn’t much there that can’t be done with PVC and bent aluminum sheeting.
Hamas famously uses water pipes for their rockets (no idea about the propellant, payload or control systems though)
Don’t expect a bunch of moron politicians to understand that though. They’ll see this think it’s a golden opportunity to “PRoTEcT tHE chILdREn!”
Unless they’re going to ban heating elements and stepper motors I’m not too worried.
It probably wouldn’t be too good for Bambu Lab so I wish them luck in their lobbying effort. They could buy a veto from Trump for a few hundred thousand USD in the worst case.
I mean, yeah, that’s why regulating it is stupid. But it will still cause problems for a lot of people if they start fucking with them. Not everyone has the time/talent to build their own 3d printer. It took me months to get mine working back when I did it and it was a kit. Trump can’t veto state laws.
Trump can’t veto state laws.
True, but I bet state lawmakers are even cheaper.
It also has a 0% failure rate.
Not according to Wayne Gretzsky