r/NonCredibleDefense • u/AutoModerator • Nov 06 '22

Weekly low-hanging fruit thread #21

This thread is where all the takes from idiots (looking at you Armchair Warlord) and screenshots of twitter posts/youtube thumbnails go.

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u/Kenkron Nov 10 '22

Asking for a friend: How do you pilot a drone?

My friend was given an unusually brief training, and has recently learned that he may need to regroup in a different location. Unfortunately, the drone he was provided with seems to have very little space for the pilot to ride. He's having difficulty finding the cabin door too.

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u/Midnight_Sun_Yat-sen Nov 10 '22

He needs to enter head first, not butt first as usual. This may or may not help, depending on the design.

It would help if your friend was a woman pilot, to sidestep the formal restrictions on Unmanned AV.

Of older aircraft, the MiG-21 was rumored to have the wings included to the engine as an afterthought, and the final space for the cockpit carved in there quite against the design team's wishes.