Thursday, September 9, 2010

Thoughts on Drones

Photoshopped?

I was thinking about a previous blog article above if you click on "photoshopped?" above.

Though it is true that a Predator drone's top speed is 135 miles per hour in level flight, since it doesn't have a pilot on board and is likely stressed for whatever the equipment (electronic and mechanical can bear) then a photo like the one in (photoshopped) the blog article above could theoretically have been taken by taking a Predator drone up to it's altitude limit and flying straight down. I'm not sure what the top speed of one is without it flying apart but it likely could reach the speed of sound with full power flying straight down. If this photo on the (photoshopped?) article you could click above isn't photoshopped this is one explanation of a photo like this from flying straight down at near  supersonic speeds where clouds around a plane naturally form at times. Pulling out of a dive like this might kill a human from G stresses but wouldn't in this case because there is no pilot on board.

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