A modest proposal on how to deal with trains

verity_kindle , 2 hours ago

All meetings should be like this.

mindbleach , 3 hours ago

This is ludicrous over-engineering.

You land on the train in-motion, then blow it up at a random time along its journey. The range of any train is much further than the range of any drone.

einlander , 3 hours ago

Or it could carry an iron wedge underneath, land in the track, weld the wedge using thermite, and fly away. Then you wait for the train to derail.

Or you can fly multiple drones l, land them on the track, deploy large amounts of c4 or thermite, fly away and then detonate the payload to destroy the track.

ZapBeebz_ , 2 hours ago

Or detonate the payload beneath a train to destroy both the train AND the track

GBU_28 , 4 hours ago

Why the wheels? It could just sit on the tracks and wait

CanadaPlus , 2 hours ago

Yes, but then it would only work if the train was going towards it.

(In case you missed the irony here somehow, you could shell a damn train just about as well, they’re not sneaky or hard to follow)

bradorsomething , 5 hours ago

I was hoping for a drone hut with chicken feet, but this works fine too.

CanadaPlus , 2 hours ago

No, those don’t fly. You’re thinking of a mortar and pestle.