fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square215linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareGammelfisch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoDamn and the Dept of Fucked Up Wars pays $1 to 1.3 million for a Tomahawk cruise missile. I am fully aware MANPADS are much smaller. The article below the DIY MANPADs was interesting too. MIT researchers used a 3D printer to build an electric motor!
minus-squarePatrikvo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoA Tomahawk cruise missile is 5m tall, Printing that would take quite some time.
Damn and the Dept of Fucked Up Wars pays $1 to 1.3 million for a Tomahawk cruise missile. I am fully aware MANPADS are much smaller.
The article below the DIY MANPADs was interesting too. MIT researchers used a 3D printer to build an electric motor!
A Tomahawk cruise missile is 5m tall, Printing that would take quite some time.