Drones

[Terrierman]

I saw drone racing on TV the other day while waiting for an oil change.  I've also seen people win real money playing video games.  What has our world come to.  It's all not real.  None of it.  I feel sorry for our children and grandchildren.  At least most of them.  We need to keep our kids in touch with the real world.  Somehow, some way.

[Devan S.]

I watch drone racing from time to time on TV. Pretty neat actually. 

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, Devan S. said:

I watch drone racing from time to time on TV. Pretty neat actually. 

Yeah drone racing is totally real. I like it.  Can’t do it but I like it. 

[Johnsfolly]

I have watched it as well. some of those courses are awesome. To Ricks' point that is a live video game. Just look at the pilot's faces when they crash their drone.

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

I have watched it as well. some of those courses are awesome. To Ricks' point that is a live video game. Just look at the pilot's faces when they crash their drone.

Yeah I guess it would be a live video game. No different than deep fishing with one of those high dollar graphs. 

[Mitch f]

Hypersonic missiles  are quite scary as well.

[slothman]

On 11/25/2019 at 7:57 PM, Terrierman said:

I saw drone racing on TV the other day while waiting for an oil change.  I've also seen people win real money playing video games.  What has our world come to.  It's all not real.  None of it.  I feel sorry for our children and grandchildren.  At least most of them.  We need to keep our kids in touch with the real world.  Somehow, some way.

You know, I saw a football game on tv today too. Can you believe that people are paid millions of dollars to play a game. Just like it is hard to believe that professional video game players exist, it is equally mind-boggling that there are professional fishermen and professional, baseball, football,basketball, etc. players. Video gaming is the next new sport and it is becoming BIG business.  There is some crazy money being made in video gaming, both competitively and just by playing and videoing it then posting to YouTube.

[fishinwrench]

A retired chief of police from some town in NY makes 3k a month doing a Facebook Live 10 minute conversation from the front seat of his car about various things in the news every day, and then putting it on YT.  He probably made about 5k just rattling on about the Jeffery Epstein drama.  

And then, according to my wife's friend, there is some gal that shares videos of stuff that her pet ferret does....and was recently able to quit her full time job at a pharmacy.   

Nobody has a reason to live broke anymore.  🙂👍

[Gavin]

Have no clue about civilian drones.The military has been playing with then for 30 years. Eye in the sky, and some payload if needed. Hellfire rockets are small and they pack a punch.

[Quillback]

You would think drones and UAV's would be the wave of the future for the military.  With F-35's at $100 million each and the new Raider B-21 bomber estimated at $530 million each soon to start production (and you know the cost will increase), seems it would be lot less expensive to develop UAV's capable of handling air combat instead of these incredibly expensive manned aircraft.