fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square221fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down112cross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1700arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square221fedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
minus-squareGammelfisch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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.