Didn’t it explode on September 1st? Not October?

Idk, its nice to only fill up my fuel tank every 3-4 weeks when I get 33-38 mpg...

More of this please...

Ugh, make a slick quiz UI for me to use first, this doing math thing is silly

I’ve got extra thick tin foil for you in exchange for bitcoins

Nah, equal levels of terrifying I’d suppose. As for the Kamikaze, I kinda doubt that these drones are designed for multiple use and once they run out of fuel (batteries?) they are kinda disposable if deep enough over enemy territory. If there’s a FOB nearby I suppose they could always just crash in a pile there when…

Of course not, why let them suspect a thing!

Idk, I think putting 2 ounces of high explosive in them and having them detonate inches from someone’s head would be rather effective targeted weaponization. Decent way to kill the one guy in the room instead of everyone. If it flys slow enough and is agile enough, it might be able to go through windows turn in…

Ain’t that the truth, gibberish indeed. There’s three main ways to compensate for a change of CG. 1 would be to actively compensate by moving another mass object - typically accomplished by moving fuel between tanks. 2 would be to change the size of the control surfaces, for instance if you had the center of gravity…

Yeah that’d be rather different. Volunteer augmentation is rather common and a pretty good methodology, as it lets the full timers get there asap and start putting water on the fire, 1000 gallons is probably all they carry though across 2 trucks. Volunteers could then perhaps specialize in the “support functions” of…

Makes sense, competing requirements are always at odds with each other.

Eh, what do they know...

Well i mean, a penny is worth like 1.9 cent’s worth of raw materials to begin with once it’s be sized to within tolerance...

Yeah, easier to build at back though and with modular launchers and the payload being moved around by onboard conveyors it can compensate / drop evenly.

And mark one in the column that says we should have just procured the 747 CMCA, and a way to have the rotary launchers able to carry GBU-39 small diameter bombs or Mk-80 series bombs. There. All of the capability, longer range much lower lifetime cost, equal survivability, higher payload. Hell it’d make sense to do it…

Just another cost of doing business, as long as its not exploitive licensing it should still be profitable

Get Lease to Own financing on 5 Frobots, 3 year financing is common in the frozen desert machine industry. that’s $50k/year and machines are your biggest upfront cost, but none is upfront. Lease 12 square feet in 5 locations that are very busy but all within short distance of each other, think no more than 300 yards…

Where in the country is your town, those numbers seem pretty low to me.

I think you’re wrong.

Ohh yeah, forgot upkeep costs. lets call that 10% of initial cost/year = another $30k added to yearly costs! that’s like, 1.5 new Quint trucks worth of bond payments...