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    The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    So, another government builds similar drones, calls them Aliens, and we end up with a real-lfe version of Aliens versus Predators. #design
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/11/09

    @Roklimber: ...Vs. Terminator! a three way smack down of awesome! #design
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft

    I think this sweet bastard is currently in development: #design
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    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    11/12/09

    @PVIII: What is that? It looks nightmarish... #design
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    Image of PVIII PVIII
    11/12/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: It's an unmanned stealth bomber. Be afraid. Be very afraid. #design
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    Why are they called Predators? They look more like a xenomorph, with that lack of "eyes" #design
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    The radar bulbs on the front of them always remind me of Giger's Alien. #design
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/10/09

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    It's Kaliba. Everyone get down! #design
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    See these things flying all the time - for some reason, they look odd. Can't really put my finger on why. #design
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/10/09

    @Dunny0:
    1: The apparent 'cockpit canopy bump' is too far forward.
    So they look 'cab forward' like a Lamborghini vs a Ferrari.
    So your 'eye' tells you the centre of gravity is in the wrong place and it shouldn't fly.

    2: They adopt a different flight 'attitude' because there is no pilot's eyeline to be flown 'around'.
    So they look like they're 'pointing' in the wrong direction to be flying where they're going.

    3: In flight there is a lack of dynamic pilot control inputs.
    So they don't look like they're being 'flown'.

    4: There is no pilot's helmet visible.
    So there is no perceived 'eye contact' with the pilot.

    5: It's a machine. #design
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/11/09

    @Dunny0: you see em outside your cave? #design
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft

      #design
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    11/10/09

    @OW-Holmes: Bringer of Fear: I was hoping someone would post this. The alt-text on that particular comic is killer too. #design
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    Ooh! The Predator drones! So purty...

    Predator in da house, yo, indeed. #design
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    Something about the cockpitless design - like a building with no windows - makes them look so much more sinister. #design
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/10/09

    @Gann: I think it'd be scarier if we put happy faces on the forward fuselage. #design
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/10/09

    @Skunky: Something in the tradition of the Tank Killer?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/10/09

    @Gann: Hellz, freakin, yeah. You just made my day. :3 #design
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    11/10/09

    @Gann: Oh hell yes. #design
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/10/09

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    I am all for these crafts being used killing scumbag terrorists who are cowards and would never face a man eye to eye.give em a taste of their own medicine and bomb them to t he stone age for all I care.
    And they keep the good guys safe and the bad guys can keep watching the sky. #design
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    Image of Mr_Noyes Mr_Noyes
    11/10/09

    @gorehound: "Killing people only tends to annoy their relatives." #design
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/11/09

    @gorehound:

    Terrorists are certainly jerks, but they face men eye to eye all the time.
    -Kle. #design
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Soaring Beauty Of Drone Aircraft
    Time for a Predator /ED-209 hybrid.

    Sure it might have problems with identifying who is surrendering or not and its indiscriminate use of force, but it will inadvertently make the wait times for border crossing so much easier. #design
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