To be honest, we’re surprised this hasn’t been tried before — then again, maybe it has! But what we do know is that the folks over at Flite Test have rigged up an electric Airsoft gun to a large RC airplane, aptly called The Kracken.
The planes are a scaled up version of their own FT Versa Wing, which feature two props, giving them the ability of differential thrust. Not only were they able to strap a semi-automatic Airsoft pistol on top, they also have two GoPros filming the action and giving the gunner a POV for shooting down the enemy plane! Don’t worry though, the enemy plane features its own weapon — A permanent marker! This hardly seems fair though, as the closer the marker gets, the easier shooting down the plane will be!
Don’t take our word for it though, check out the awesome video for yourself, after the break.
Not impressive enough? Earlier this year, Flite Test also produced a plane with a built in afterburner!
[Thanks Jon!]
Has anyone built an object recognition / facial recognition turret?
http://realsentrygun.com/
here is an open source one -> http://projectsentrygun.rudolphlabs.com/
Oh and realsentrygun.com ??
That guy is a real PITA.
Post anything on your website or forum that contains keyword ‘turret’, ‘airsoft’ or ‘tracking’ and you’re bound to get tons of posts just like the two above. He’s worse than viagra ads.
looky here ->
http://www.freelancer.com/u/marketerseofreel.html
…or to save you time allow me to quote it >> ‘realsentrygun.com is currently #10 on google US for the keyword sentry+gun. Your job is to make it 3rd. Here”s the catch: no payment plans, no multi-step payments. Just one flat price that gets paid only when the requirement is met. It”s your job to research the site and the keyword to see if it is doable before bidding.’
Badass. the realsentrygun was used by valve
According to the main page, “Vavle” also used it…
now you see what I am talking about?? Just wait a few days and and 80% of comments here will be his
basically a cool thing but they should disposable rounds. not so cool that all the plastic balls lands in the wild and got eaten by animals or so. anyway, cool vid.
Rabbit rounds!
This turret doesn’t seem that well made…not too functional and not well designed for this platform.
But it’s still a pretty cool idea :)
When is version .01 *ever* all that good? This is hackaday, not finalproductreadyformarketaday.
They could’ve done a few things that would have taken longer – maybe PWM on the servos to allow more than 3 angles to aim at, and another servo for vertical aim. The guy originally designed it for a quadcopter, IIRC, which is a totally different platform. This would have been fine for that. But on an airplane, he could have made a few small changes to make this project 400x better.
That guy seriously thinks the shooting plane’s projectiles are slowed by moving forward? Did he consider that the chasing plane is moving forward at the same speed? Physics fail.
It’s flite test. They make well-produced entertainment, not really useful technical advice.
Also, yes, this has been done many times before, including airsoft, fireworks, and even a .22
First airsoft, then Nerf! Will someone think of the children!
What do you think is more effective on children, then? Paintballs? BB pellets?
(c:
I’m just kidding!!
I’m more interested in the goggle that they put on. Can they really see from first person view from the model planes? In real-time? Using what wireless technology?
Yes they can. It’s called first person view/video (FPV). A small camera’s video feed is sent to a transmitter on the plane. A receiver on the ground (goggles or small screen) will display the feed in real time to the pilot.
Hi HackJack,
Somewhere on their site – I wasted SO MUCH TIME at work yesterday – you can find a magic gold box in a video called “rc 305 5.8g av receiver” use your google-fu and its a cheap enough but for what you get
Now to make my own FPV goggles.
Twibz
They are most likely using Fatshark FPV goggles. They normally run off the 5.8 or 2.4 ghz band. With little power and high gain you can acheive flights over miles. (provided your wireless remote controller doesn’t give out first).
Source: I own one.
Man this is taxing to watch, all the fake ‘acting’ they attempt and then two slow planes they try to keep lined up so he can hit it while they continue with their tiresome banter.
Had to skip then stop early.
Try being a bit more real guys.
HOLY CRAP GUYS U ARE THE COOLEST PEOPLE EVER
Editor’s note: This is obviously link spam, but approved anyway for obvious reasons.
what.im 8 idont understand
Your comment doesn’t add to the discussion, and it’s in all caps…but it contains a link to your blog, which people might go to through your comment.
So you’re not adding to the discussion, but you’re taking users to your site.
It’s cool that you’re active on the internet, btw – when I was 8, we still only had 56k dialup through AOL, and blogs weren’t really a thing. Keep on doin’ what you’re doin’!
Sure thing
Oh hey I know Kenny. These guys are in Cleveland?