• Nikls94@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Body of drones too big for those propellers, won’t lift off.

    Edit: if the clokers were to attack, ducted propellers are bad: worse flying and is only here for protecting meatbags

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      20 hours ago

      If they’re carbon fibre shells with LEDs in them, they could probably be that size. Fragile as heck, yes, but then drones tend to be fragile anyway. There might even be enough strength and space left over to carry something lethal.

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        3 hours ago

        I wonder how far away we are from the drones in HL2 that are essentially kamikaze food processors?

        Those were the scariest enemy for me because I could imagine them existing in my lifetime.

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          50 minutes ago

          There’s bound to be at least one metal alloy that is light enough and strong enough to replace the plastic props on most drones. And RC helicopters. The only reason they’re not metal already is that plastic is cheaper.