Sniper Drone |
Sniper Drone |
20 May 2013, 1:00
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Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 20 August 2012 Member No.: 9268 |
This is my take on the USA Sniper Drone.
This post has been edited by Madin: 20 May 2013, 1:07
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20 May 2013, 6:03
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Rocket pods are now available Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 18 October 2012 From: North Carolina, USA Member No.: 9368 |
Hey Madin!
I want to start by saying my opinion on this matter is just about worthless, given my lack of knowledge on actual military, coding, or unit design. 1. I think the unit looks great. Like the low profile body, and extendable gun mount. Chassis looks like street patrol and demolitions drones now - nice. Minor (potential) criticism is that I don't see anything that looks like it is designed to absorb the shooting of the gun itself. Sniper rifles (I believe) have enormous recoil, and the gun mount structure looks pretty rigid on your model. Might the unit simply fall over on its back when firing? But my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it. 2. Seeing your model got me thinking. This unit is perfect for Gen/ZH. No stairs to climb. No rough terrain. But the real world is so different. My extensive, hands on, personal military knowledge (read: movies) informs me that snipers are often in bell towers, or devastated buildings, or bunkers, or even in trees. I wonder if a real world sniper bot might look something more like a big dog robot with a spindly sniper rifle turret and optics mounted on it. Alternatively, perhaps it would less ground mobile, but be able to fly occasionally, to relocate to high places, and then retract its flying apparatus (retractable blimp drone, anyone?). To really snipe I think you'd have to be able to access difficult and high up places, and be able to wait patiently for long periods of time while maintaining a low profile. In the real world probably any drone can do the waiting. But how many could do the climbing/maneuvering? Just thoughts. Nice model... would be fun to use! P |
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20 May 2013, 12:36
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
Very nice and quite true to the concept it's based on.
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20 May 2013, 15:39
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Group: Members Posts: 517 Joined: 18 March 2013 From: Spain Member No.: 9862 |
Hey Madin! I want to start by saying my opinion on this matter is just about worthless, given my lack of knowledge on actual military, coding, or unit design. 1. I think the unit looks great. Like the low profile body, and extendable gun mount. Chassis looks like street patrol and demolitions drones now - nice. Minor (potential) criticism is that I don't see anything that looks like it is designed to absorb the shooting of the gun itself. Sniper rifles (I believe) have enormous recoil, and the gun mount structure looks pretty rigid on your model. Might the unit simply fall over on its back when firing? But my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it. 2. Seeing your model got me thinking. This unit is perfect for Gen/ZH. No stairs to climb. No rough terrain. But the real world is so different. My extensive, hands on, personal military knowledge (read: movies) informs me that snipers are often in bell towers, or devastated buildings, or bunkers, or even in trees. I wonder if a real world sniper bot might look something more like a big dog robot with a spindly sniper rifle turret and optics mounted on it. Alternatively, perhaps it would less ground mobile, but be able to fly occasionally, to relocate to high places, and then retract its flying apparatus (retractable blimp drone, anyone?). To really snipe I think you'd have to be able to access difficult and high up places, and be able to wait patiently for long periods of time while maintaining a low profile. In the real world probably any drone can do the waiting. But how many could do the climbing/maneuvering? Just thoughts. Nice model... would be fun to use! P I would say that it shouldn't fall if it is make of hard materials that absorb the impact Also this wouldn't be that impratical in rl.for street figthing ,you can place it behind a cover,use the extendable gun mount to rise it only a bit and kill everything.there is a really small surface to get hit.it could also perform well in a counter sniper role-that's my point of view Great model |
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20 May 2013, 19:08
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Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 20 August 2012 Member No.: 9268 |
Thanks to everyone for their detailed comments & criticisms!
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22 May 2013, 12:30
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Orcinius Genocidalus Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 11 July 2012 From: North Vancouver Member No.: 9223 No, you move. |
Just one thing a Gun nut will tell you
Remove the holes from near the begining of the barrel. Those would make the gun literally fail -------------------- |
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23 May 2013, 16:31
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Rocket pods are now available Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 18 October 2012 From: North Carolina, USA Member No.: 9368 |
Just one thing a Gun nut will tell you Remove the holes from near the begining of the barrel. Those would make the gun literally fail Hey SKW, I am guessing that the section with holes is just supposed to be a short heat shield. If so, (and I am not a gun nut) it absolutely would not cause the gun to fail because it is an exterior (and probably non-structural) element. Googling "gun heat shield" generates hundreds of pictures in the image results section that show what I mean. Yes, they are not exactly the same, but certainly close enough. Now why a drone would need a heat shield there without having fleshy hands to burn is perhaps debatable, but there are lots of minor reasons I can think of. Just my two cents, P PS - unless we are talking about a different part of the gun. In which case, sorry about that. I assumed you are talking about the cylindrical part with the holes in it where the barrel of the gun attaches to the square-ish body of the gun. about a third of the way from the back, to the front. This post has been edited by piratep2r: 23 May 2013, 16:33 |
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23 May 2013, 20:51
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Group: Members Posts: 517 Joined: 18 March 2013 From: Spain Member No.: 9862 |
Depends on the type of firing mechanism.If is gas operated it is a fail.if it is bolt action then there is no problem
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