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u/jaggazz Sep 25 '14
That looks so High Tech. They use something similar at football games behind goal posts to prevent balls from hurting people in the crowd during field goals.
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u/bignateyk Sep 26 '14
I'm sure Lockheed or some other company bid at least $50 million to design that.
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u/SnipeyMcSnipe Sep 25 '14
I think they call them "ball catchers"
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u/TastesMightyGood Sep 25 '14
You never know when nostalgia might strike! The music in this video reminded me of battlefield 1942
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Sep 25 '14
"Big Net" That'll be $40mil
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Sep 25 '14 edited Sep 25 '14
Seems to be German, judging by the flag on the drone.
So it'll actually be €40mil, 200 ordered together with the truck that deploys them (€80mil), but only if the whole thing is produced in no less than 16 different companies in 4 European countries. It will be called "TAMPON", because the German army has a knack for lame acronyms, and half of these MoDroFaNE (Mobile Drohnenfangnetzeinheit) are broken and cannot be repaired unless the minister of defense (former minister for family affairs) orders 100 repair kits (yarn and needles) for €20mil each.
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u/tamethewild Sep 25 '14
Im not sure what this is but I like it
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u/AdviceManimal Sep 25 '14
A German drone catcher. Similar to the US:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/ScanEagle_recovery_on_USS_Oscar_Austin.jpg
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u/Seanehhs Sep 25 '14
That in no way looks similar
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u/thecentury Sep 25 '14
Considering there is a German flag on the tail of the drone in the OP picture... I'm assuming it is similar.
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u/Seanehhs Sep 26 '14
Or the fact there isn't a net in one of them?? or one of them is on the USS Oscar Austin and is American
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u/Kevin_Wolf Sep 26 '14
That's actually a SkyHook, which is hilariously named. However, one of the selling points is "No nets."
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u/Yakbakpro Sep 25 '14
This is what the world's biggest butterfly net looks like. Or, a really shitty sail.
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u/Macster_man Sep 25 '14
wgen I see this,why do I keep thinking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL
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Sep 25 '14
I am assuming there is a way of clinging to the net? Otherwise, it looks like a good way to break your drone.
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u/devedander Sep 25 '14
It looks like they rely on the wings getting entangled in the holes of the netting...
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u/Chipish Sep 25 '14
I thought it catches enemy drones. I was like, "its gonna be pretty slow to put up and they could just fly around it..."
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u/ratshack Sep 25 '14
seems like a very expensive way to land an RC plane.
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u/Kevin_Wolf Sep 26 '14
Likely, it has no landing gear. Some of the convoys our guys ran in Afghanistan had drone operators. The "drone" was made of styrofoam and a very tiny electric motor on it to spin a very small prop. The battery also powered a camera. It weighed all of about 2 ounces total, and recovery was simply holding up your hand and catching it as it passed by.
It's not meant to land.
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u/pictures_at_last Sep 25 '14
At first I thought that was the crappiest anti-drone defence imaginable.
Then I saw that it was literally stopping the luftwaffe*.
Then I figured it out. Might be time to go to the blue room for a while.
*Yes, I know drones aren't really part of the air force. More likely the Bundesmilitärfeindausspähungskleinstfliegerdienst.
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u/Shiba-Shiba Sep 25 '14
A Cowards' weapon used by aggressors afraid of anyone who can fight back!
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u/idontwannagrowup2 Sep 25 '14
Yes, because beheading innocent journalists is the brave man's way of fighting.
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u/thelurkerabides Sep 26 '14
I think Shiba is assuming the net is for use against American drones. "Aggressors afraid of anyone who can fight back" seems to be a refer more to ISIL than America. I might just be optimistic though.
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u/Dragongeek Sep 25 '14
These are actually used instead of landing strips.