I've only ever seen those drones on the ground. Would love to have a play with one ... Sorry, put one through its paces.
I suspect what he has is a quadcopter type thing with a camera that maybe links to his phone?
gold rover
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I'm not a good enough gamer to play with those things. I remember the fuss every time I broke, oops I mean redistributed parts of , smaller things. Imagine the hissy fit if I btoke one of those.
BTW anyone know when the shunter is coming along to put this thread back on the tracks?
Dopey
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yea big bugger it is
@Dopey https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/mq-9a-reaper/
@gold rover valid point. Got mugged down memory lane there. Done f*ck all to mine other than a weekly shop whilst staring at the SRS light and thinking I must fix that one day.
@gold rover valid point. Got mugged down memory lane there. Done f*ck all to mine other than a weekly shop whilst staring at the SRS light and thinking I must fix that one day.
Dopey
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Yea seen them I used to go to the Arm shows (I was a chauffeur) and take high ranking officers there, and walk around at shows, some deadly stuff there, used to watch manoeuvres and testing things too, and go to bases that don't exist!!!
frog hopper
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Interested to read all the comments re;- rifles/cadets etc.
I was in the air cadets early to late 60's, my dad started to try telling me how to shoot when I was first going to the ranges, of course at 13 I knew it all anyway.
Then about 20 years ago I learnt that he had shot for the army at bisley, then 7 or 8 years ago I found out he had been trained as a sniper with the Lovat Scouts.
Last year he was awarded the French Legion d'Honor (Chevallier class) just before he died, for what he did during D Day. ??
It was while we were scattering his ashes on his favourite hillside that his last remaining brother told me they used to use the hillside as an amateur shooting range before my dad joined up. He also told me my dad had been range warden at the outdoor range where we went as air cadets, obviously years before.
I always knew he was a hard bugger, but he never told me any of this, had to find out from others. Almost a wall of silence. I guess there were things he didn't want to remember.
Used to love the old Mk 4 Lee Enfield, shot countless thousands of rounds. Still pretty good if I can see the target.
I was in the air cadets early to late 60's, my dad started to try telling me how to shoot when I was first going to the ranges, of course at 13 I knew it all anyway.
Then about 20 years ago I learnt that he had shot for the army at bisley, then 7 or 8 years ago I found out he had been trained as a sniper with the Lovat Scouts.
Last year he was awarded the French Legion d'Honor (Chevallier class) just before he died, for what he did during D Day. ??
It was while we were scattering his ashes on his favourite hillside that his last remaining brother told me they used to use the hillside as an amateur shooting range before my dad joined up. He also told me my dad had been range warden at the outdoor range where we went as air cadets, obviously years before.
I always knew he was a hard bugger, but he never told me any of this, had to find out from others. Almost a wall of silence. I guess there were things he didn't want to remember.
Used to love the old Mk 4 Lee Enfield, shot countless thousands of rounds. Still pretty good if I can see the target.
Datatek
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People of our parents age did not constantly replay their experiences, I new little of my fathers wartime experiences or of his brother who was killed in WW1, I have found out quite bit since.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Enfield No.3 open sights are best 
My p38 is just working... can’t explain it but it just does! Haven’t really done anything to it, checked tyre pressures they are fine too. Year of tlc seems to have done the job
Maybe in January I can save up for some new bits and cut a hole in my boot
My p38 is just working
... can’t explain it but it just does! Haven’t really done anything to it, checked tyre pressures they are fine too. Year of tlc seems to have done the job Maybe in January I can save up for some new bits and cut a hole in my boot
Errrrrr, now where should I start.
Not really up on computer stuff, we only had tablets when I was at school, made of stone they were and you had to write on em with a hammer and chisel !
My grandfather said nothing. When my father died I found letters from my grandmother where they mentioned him waking up at night with terrors. My father said after the war sometimes a man would breakdown in church and everyone would just stare at the floor, wait for him to get it together and then carry on and pretend it had never happened. Now of course they would call it PTSD. Then they were weak and in some cases pitied.
Still, moving back to cars, drove the Rangie. Jag has failed on ball-joints. Balls!
Tenebreaux
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Water cooled?
