fossilesque@mander.xyz to TechnologyEnglish · 4 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-square220linkfedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down111cross-posted to: 3dprinting[email protected]
arrow-up1699arrow-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 TechnologyEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square220linkfedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting[email protected]
minus-squareGammelfischlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 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-up2·3 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.