@GB_Drone Gooney Bird Drone
Gooney Bird Drone posts on X about drone, pearl harbor, if you, to the the most. They currently have [---] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries finance automotive brands technology brands celebrities stocks travel destinations social networks currencies luxury brands
Social topic influence drone, pearl harbor, if you, to the, $7846t, ukraine, this is, military, money, air force
Top assets mentioned Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) Harmony (ONE) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"@CompositesWrld Looks kinda bubbleh in there. 😉"
X Link 2021-10-29T21:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalAirHistory Jon Devore was in the same high school class as my sister up in Juneau AK. Even back then he was known as a daredevil"
X Link 2023-06-30T00:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@klaasm67 @themichaelcaine Those were the best. The ultimate anti hero"
X Link 2023-08-20T20:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@thenewarea51 I can hear this tweet"
X Link 2023-08-20T20:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MAGTravF A rotary engine petting zoo"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@USAS_WW1 All while being photographed by a Canberra"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Our local air museum has a Sopwith pup replica with an original engine. Although airworthy they never fly it. They do run the engine up on the ground though. It was modified with a throttle -- not the standard skip fire and blipping switches"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@kegrocket Ooooo Ist svelte"
X Link 2023-09-04T23:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@alpaca_rogue @RicManuelSuarez @Havoc_Six Ben Stiller. Duh"
X Link 2023-09-12T05:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@mikenelson586 The German word for salad is [--] syllables long. I just gave back [---] years to each and every one of them"
X Link 2023-09-12T07:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"On my way to Reno for my first (and last) Reno Air Race and I randomly stumble upon the checks notes only remaining Blockbuster on the planet. #WTF"
X Link 2023-09-16T04:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@thewarzonewire Now show us a video of someone using this. Rope ladders aren't the easiest to climb. Go to home Depot and buy a real ladder"
X Link 2023-09-28T04:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@DuplessisBrad @mudrmdb Game changing"
X Link 2023-10-04T18:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF @Eric_M_Murphy @br4s1d4s @David_Hambling Yeah I don't agree with many of his conclusions because I don't think he had a firm grasp of the tech . even for [----]. That said if you lump ch 13&14 together I think his message and analogy was primarily about false economy and risk aversion - specifically in the Army 1/"
X Link 2023-10-09T03:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MCCCANM Cadillac of the sky"
X Link 2023-11-07T15:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@110andbeyond Rip out the carpet and paint in truck bed liner and you can give it the car wash treatment. Just sayin. 😁"
X Link 2023-11-26T20:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@110andbeyond It's louder . but it's easy to clean and easier to deal with leaky tops. I did it to my old TJ and had zero regrets. Will do it to my JK eventually"
X Link 2023-11-26T21:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SebastianBae Congrats I still remember my dad taking us to the local general store in Alaska back in the 80s to show us his latest game for sale"
X Link 2023-12-05T00:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@DuffelBlog I will never forget the time that Ben Affleck and that collection of utterly forgettable actors assaulted my eyes and ears"
X Link 2023-12-07T20:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Yorkshire pudding All other puddings"
X Link 2023-12-12T20:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF I mean . have you had good Yorkshire pudding made from beef roast drippings Not all Yorkshire pudding was created equal"
X Link 2023-12-12T23:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@AeroPaleo @TheRealDanSharp Sans dihedral this looks like an attempt to generate a rolling moment with only rudder input. Did this version have ailerons"
X Link 2023-12-17T19:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@AeroPaleo @TheRealDanSharp Much less likely . to this day engineers of cruise missiles and loitering munitions tend to neglect vertical surface near the cg which is necessary to precisely convert rudder inputs into direction change during terminal guidance"
X Link 2023-12-17T19:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@rgpoulussen Only if they also have the sweet sweet shark tank keto ads"
X Link 2023-12-29T20:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Scottroby72 Sigh. I remember all of the hours spent carefully masking and painting D-Day markings and such on model aircraft . only to learn years later that in real life they were often painted with literal mops"
X Link 2023-12-30T06:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@flying_briann You could always drive to salt lake City. 😆"
X Link 2024-01-03T21:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SadMaj0r Did it try to sell you those weight loss pills from shark tank"
X Link 2024-01-05T23:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@limadeltaflies Never heard of Balenciaga. Googled it. Was not disappointed. 🤣"
X Link 2024-01-06T06:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Ready_Northwest Remember in Iron Eagle II when they took out a nuclear weapons compound by targeting the ventilation shaf. Wait . you could be right . TG3 is going to be Iron Eagle II-II"
X Link 2024-01-13T07:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@msrachelramsay Congrats"
X Link 2024-01-13T19:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@RANDCorporation Hey can you guys repost the one from mere weeks before the invasion about US weapons not going to help the Ukrainians K thnx. This is the best Rand parody account BY FAR"
X Link 2024-01-14T02:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ozols_aldis Pearl Harbor. The day that imperial japan declared war on a love triangle"
X Link 2024-01-14T05:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF The introduction of the tank destroyed the horse cavalry. Now the horse cavalry destroys the tank"
X Link 2024-01-21T19:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MAGTravF Now show what they look like to a cheap LWIR 😋"
X Link 2024-01-24T23:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesjhistory I've only seen the preview with the crosswind landing in Greenland and the unrealistic (and bass-ackwards) rudder movement pained me to watch"
X Link 2024-02-05T01:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Chris61172903 @jamesjhistory It would be relatively easy to have one pilot generating trajectories and control deflections for all aircraft in a movie. Why they choose to make everything look like a cartoon is beyond me"
X Link 2024-02-05T01:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SlavaUk21970442 @jamesjhistory Yeah it's annoying that the realism were talking about isn't even additional work. I wonder if the creators themselves are clueless . or that they imagine most of the audience is clueless and they would assume that accuracy is a mistake 🤷♂"
X Link 2024-02-05T05:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@aniemyer A game of chesh Weth the American naveh"
X Link 2024-03-03T02:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@salisbot It just isn't fair that the murder canoes are zigzagging"
X Link 2024-03-06T04:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TerribleMaps Kevin Costner has entered the chat"
X Link 2024-03-07T21:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@D_PaulAngel @KeikoGoblyn Los Angeles for work. Been going there a lot recently. Leaving the house at 2AM was a little rough . 🥱"
X Link 2024-03-27T15:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Ahhh Venice"
X Link 2024-04-01T00:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TerribleMaps This is a way cooler timeline mate"
X Link 2024-04-16T19:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF I know where you are. Fun fact: I consider the YO-3 in the back there to be the grandaddy of modern ISR drones"
X Link 2024-04-28T23:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MAGTravF It's possible you're the only person who's seen that movie more than me . possible"
X Link 2024-05-19T06:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PIC_Colleen @cholubaz That looks like a hot mess"
X Link 2024-05-29T14:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PIC_Colleen Yup it takes care of some of the p Factor. Closely related. if there is p Factor then there is cyclic loading of the blades and hub which is bad for propeller longevity. Less shakey shakey = happy prop"
X Link 2024-05-29T14:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF coughs Subaru Baja cough -- still dumber than a DeLorean-El-Camino"
X Link 2024-06-03T06:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalInstitute @HawkeyeFootball It's crazy how war outcomes shaped what came next. Another example: Roald Dahl flew RAF Hurricanes in Greece. He should not have survived the experience. If not then no James and the giant peach . no Willy Wonka . no Matilda . Makes you wonder what we missed out on due to war"
X Link 2024-06-03T16:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PIC_Colleen Your posts make me question my life choices. Adventure + paycheck = win"
X Link 2024-06-18T19:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalInstitute LEGEND"
X Link 2024-07-05T21:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Sharkman_Quint @hunkydory99 @Aviation_Intel Best movie ever made. No improvement possible"
X Link 2024-07-22T22:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PIC_Colleen Kinda like parents who name their kids long/unique names . which the kids will have to explain every day for their entire lives"
X Link 2024-07-24T14:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@IndefiniteLT That's a lotta Toyota"
X Link 2024-07-29T00:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@McCainJack Stock market induced oscillation"
X Link 2024-08-06T19:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Did you like it"
X Link 2024-08-13T19:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@jasonrosewell I've been looking for an alternative . but no dice. This is the best place for military drone content that isn't LinkedIn. 🤷♂"
X Link 2024-08-14T22:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MichaelStahlke @MAGTravF Raiders was great too. but how exactly does one hide on a German submarine Crusade wins by default"
X Link 2024-08-19T00:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF @MichaelStahlke"
X Link 2024-08-19T01:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF @MichaelStahlke Still makes more sense than stowing away on a U boat"
X Link 2024-08-19T02:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EricWelch42 The BVI is awesome We almost went back in [----] or so . but then the massive hurricane hit and we did Grenada instead. Grenada is . less awesome . but there were a few cool things"
X Link 2024-08-21T17:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Still makes more sense than a dude in a fedora stowing away on a U boat"
X Link 2024-08-30T15:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NatashaCL7 I was [--] and walking home at night next to a university campus. An older . but not old . woman pulled up next to me in a red convertible with the top down and asked if I needed a ride. I said "no I live right up there" and went on my way. You can't fix that level of stupid.😭"
X Link 2024-09-11T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ValkStrategy I am absolutely not kidding when I say that some defense acquisition decisions should be made by pitting the same dollar value of UXVs against each other in actual combat. Survivor wins"
X Link 2024-10-08T19:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I planned to celebrate my first [---] hours by circling the peaks of Mt Hood and Adams. The weather didn't cooperate so I flew up the Columbia instead. Pics are of Maryhill mouth of the Deschutes and the Stonehenge replica/memorial"
X Link 2024-11-02T22:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Kyantweets @ashleevance I like to say that Musk's biggest accomplishment is his ability to NOT screw it up. Aerospace/SATCOM requires a lot of different projects and disciplines to work in harmony. If any one thing is mismanaged it all breaks down"
X Link 2024-11-04T19:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@clark_aviation Not to worry. They weren't nearly as dangerous as the airships themselves. 😉"
X Link 2024-11-08T07:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@browncharley23 @clark_aviation Google the history of these airships including the Macon"
X Link 2024-11-08T23:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ValkStrategy I've previously marveled at how the government will create whole new agencies rather than reform the ones they already have. You see this in DOD"
X Link 2024-11-13T05:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF Yeah but no TOWs for tots provided. 5/10 points awarded"
X Link 2024-12-12T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MAGTravF I like the concept (small turbojet attritable short range) but I'll bet any amount of money that someone told the design team to combine a Skyray and a Falcon [--]. The composite parts look a wee bit exquisite as a result"
X Link 2024-12-19T00:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@philo696969 @Aviation_Intel They would be safer and more lethal if they instead lobbed $6M worth of drones towards the enemy instead of driving around the battlefield in a turbine-powered pinata. 😉"
X Link 2024-12-21T22:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EODHappyCaptain Jeebus. Did you at least have a lease on a Ford Mustang"
X Link 2024-12-30T07:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Mallard143 @UKDefJournal Why on earth would someone want that"
X Link 2025-01-09T07:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalInstitute Then he had lunch with the captain . then he took off again I think he had a [--] knot tailwind during the landing too . and fully obstructed end of the flight deck. Balls of steel. RIP"
X Link 2025-01-21T07:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Aviation_Intel Game changer is my personal trigger. I've been known to walk out of presentations if it's used"
X Link 2025-01-29T19:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@TaylorW20937519 @Aviation_Intel Paradigm shift. 😭"
X Link 2025-01-29T20:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MissionArtist Meanwhile the entire USA can't produce THIRTY M777 BARRELS per MONTH . three YEARS into the war. Remember that Pearl Harbor to V-J day was only [---] years. Pathetic"
X Link 2025-02-03T04:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@joe_wilding I rode in a WWII jeep for the first time yesterday -- a [----] Ford prototype. It's a wee bit simpler than my JK. 😆"
X Link 2025-02-10T06:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@joe_wilding Just realized that the WWII imagery is a bit ironic given that half of all jeeps were made by Ford . and Chrysler got the Jeep name in the 1980s by way of Willys and AMC . and Ford and Willys basically ripped off the American Bantam jeep design. "It's complicated""
X Link 2025-02-10T06:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@radiokaos666 @Aviation_Intel And what will they buy And how long will it take to get the hardware Maybe they will "buy" EuroDrones. 🤷♂"
X Link 2025-02-28T22:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@mttgrmm He's not a smart man but he understands what a due diligence is"
X Link 2025-03-04T11:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@NCAirspace In these parts EO/IR gimbal manufacturers are always airborne testing systems. Waaaaaaayy cheaper and more practical to put it on a Cessna than a real bird. Maybe this one is doing surveillance . maybe just testing"
X Link 2025-03-19T00:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@RonFilipkowski @grok is this true"
X Link 2025-03-25T08:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@JosephMilo20945 @FoxNews @PressSec @JesseBWatters @grok Is this comment true"
X Link 2025-03-26T04:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@thomasjweiss @StevenBeynon Really That's your take There's a nonzero chance we'll have a direct conflict with China in the next few years. Think of how hard we had to work for the Midway intel in [----]. Think of how easy it will be for the Chinese to get the same level of operational intel on us"
X Link 2025-03-27T04:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@auren - Literally starving. - Hungry but we can get fast food sometimes. - Let's cater every meal We gotta burn through this cash to get to series B"
X Link 2025-04-10T21:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@K4POUR @DaOfficialVigil I mean . it's half of an F-18. Doesn't even count"
X Link 2025-04-29T05:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@DaOfficialVigil Ah mean . if my spouse listened to Nickelback I'd divorce them too"
X Link 2025-05-12T04:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@StrategicTrends I'm sick of reading about the PLAN. I mean . is it an army or a navy"
X Link 2025-05-15T00:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Destroye83 NOT FUNNY. That's what scooters do when they're terrified"
X Link 2025-05-18T04:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Royals_Navy @tshugart3 It would be like Pearl Harbor because everyone ignored Billy Mitchell and Alexander de Seversky for almost [--] years before it happened"
X Link 2025-06-03T17:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EmmettLaine @RepDonBacon I think we have fundamentally different definitions. Air assets by themselves absolutely have and will continue to conduct offensive operations. Many times"
X Link 2025-06-03T23:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MedianPolitics @brithume Taranto is a much better comparison. Saying this is Pearl Harbor is just as brain dead as saying everyone you don't like is a Nazi"
X Link 2025-06-04T20:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JeffFisch Ukraine has the most utterly egalitarian drone marketplace on the planet . by a lot. It's actually kind of disturbing for war to be so clinical and transparent. Compare and contrast to US defense acquisition"
X Link 2025-06-10T04:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@brithume Honestly I can't get past her "reverse Jay Leno hair""
X Link 2025-06-10T20:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@SofiGaming Well that was curt of you"
X Link 2025-06-11T17:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalInstitute "Yugoslav" Air Force In [----] 🧐"
X Link 2025-06-19T04:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@prestonstew_ I miss Baghdad Bob. Always good for a laugh. Hope he's doing well in retirement"
X Link 2025-06-19T17:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MCCCANM Fun fact: for a given stick/trim position + CG location the aircraft will always find the same AOA -- regardless of speed and g loading. For aircraft that have very little CG shift (such as the Ercoupe) it is possible to eliminate stall by restricting elevator deflection limits"
X Link 2025-06-24T01:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JenniferEValent @grok When and why was the southern Baptist Church formed"
X Link 2025-06-24T21:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@radiokaos666 "centrifuge engineer""
X Link 2025-06-25T19:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@CATIAManikin It sounds like an investment. Just think of all of the expensive problems you will fix with it You're saving money Nay MAKING MONEY"
X Link 2025-06-25T19:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@newlooklurker @AnalyticaCamil1 We're only going to be fighting DJI Phantoms in the next war dontcha know"
X Link 2025-07-10T23:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@GrandpaRoy2 Love the Raven and DJI Phantom graphics. So nice of the operators to fly in a straight line at an elevation they can be hit at. Bless their hearts"
X Link 2025-07-12T16:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@natsecboogie @CasualArtyFan @soren_ma @neros_tech That is wrong. 3D printing is not a mass manufacturing process. It's great for prototyping and LRIP but industrial processes must be used when production goes into the hundreds of thousands. Look at Ukraine's makes/models"
X Link 2025-07-13T17:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Destroye83 What's the technical term for the level of sophistication of the forward canopy . oh yeah "half assed""
X Link 2025-07-13T19:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@itsAWilksWorld @modal_ai Noice. Thanks"
X Link 2025-07-14T18:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@bumbadum14 @grok What was the average home interest rate in 1985"
X Link 2025-07-17T19:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ArkElectron @Septentrio Any NDAA compliant CRPA GPS solutions kickin' out there"
X Link 2025-07-17T22:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @Hush_Kit @ValkStrategy What is the lift to drag ratio of the ekranoplan and how did it compare with contemporary jet transports"
X Link 2025-07-18T19:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@CasualArtyFan Keep in mind that Brave1 is starting to work with mid range (+40km) fixed wing OWA/interceptor drones. As you observe operations of these short range quads imagine how the mid range fight is going to change things. (Nothing is static) US Army methods are behind the curve"
X Link 2025-07-20T21:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@herotimeszero I like her reverse Jay Leno hair. So hambsome"
X Link 2025-07-20T23:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Havoc_Six @Aviation_Intel Yes there is a long history of this. We had to buy French fighters in WWI (USAAS) . we didn't properly focus on armored tactics until years after Blitzkrieg was reduced to practice . too much focus on horse cavalry and tactics early in WWII. It would be nice to get it right"
X Link 2025-07-21T18:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Havoc_Six @Aviation_Intel And no this is URGENT. The war in INDOPACOM will be different . but it will be similar in many ways. Look at mid-range fixed wing interceptors and OWA in Ukraine. We need to be learning from this shit and we are at least [--] years behind the curve"
X Link 2025-07-21T18:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Havoc_Six @Aviation_Intel Did you ever read "Scales on War" (2016) by Ret Maj Gen Bob Scales He basically threw up his hands because the US Army couldn't get basic ISR sUAS for patrols in Afghanistan. "It's not popular mechanics . it's friggin' WalMart""
X Link 2025-07-21T18:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Havoc_Six @Aviation_Intel But Taiwan is only 100NM from China -- that's easily within reach of battery-powered fixed-wing sUAS. It will be different but it will be the same. And there would likely be a land war in Korea and elsewhere so the short range fight WILL be important"
X Link 2025-07-21T18:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Havoc_Six @Aviation_Intel Given the implicit corruption in the system -- congressional lobbying . VC cash . requirement sausage making . etc. I'm not hopeful. My main hope is that PRC is even more incompetent than we are. There is a good chance of that actually"
X Link 2025-07-21T18:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Oathlords @Mud_and_Blood "There are two kinds of warfare: asymmetric and stupid." (A tale as old as time)"
X Link 2025-07-21T20:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@kestrel_can @MidOfficer Naw engineers are the mother of invention. You just need a bit of desperation to convince everyone to finally get the f--- out of the way"
X Link 2025-07-21T23:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TheTNHoller @TulsiGabbard Whenever I see her I can't take my eyes off the "reverse Jay Leno" hairdo. Can't . look . away . gah"
X Link 2025-07-23T19:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@blorg @NotWoofers *less shitty tank for jungle warfare (until the other guy gets a few drones . then it gets shittier)"
X Link 2025-07-24T17:16Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@NotWoofers Even less fun if he gets blowed up by a $500 FPV drone . which has a radio linked to the internet . and is piloted by a pilot sitting in his urban air-conditioned apartment in his tighty whities somewhere on the planet"
X Link 2025-07-24T20:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@SocialistCereal @blorg @NotWoofers "wires get stuck""
X Link 2025-07-24T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@thewarzonewire This will be super useful for when the drone operators and artillery systems trying to murder them are less than a km away . and in line of sight . and completely unprotected . and not 20km away"
X Link 2025-07-30T19:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ValkStrategy When shall we expect PDR 2035"
X Link 2025-08-05T23:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@GrandpaRoy2 It's amusing that for the past [--] years they have been trying to maintain relevance by slapping on LEs and "long-range" munitions. My dudes. The drones don't need you. It's just as dumb as the late 1930's when the US (horse) Cavalry was trying to use armor as an auxiliary"
X Link 2025-08-07T18:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@midwestern_ope I mean . Indiana should also be black because it's literally "the crossroads of America." That is . the only reason you could possibly have for being here is if you're going someplace else"
X Link 2025-08-09T00:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@KenFlorida3 @GrandpaRoy2 But . but . the $500k Roadrunners will save us. And we will sweep them from the skies with HPMs . as long as the enemy doesn't blow them up . because that wouldn't be nice "
X Link 2025-08-09T23:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@GrandpaRoy2 There's a 1950's era Jeep at the local museum. It has a 105mm recoilless rifle in the back that would have been capable of penetrating the front mantlet of a Tiger II. Same vibes"
X Link 2025-08-11T19:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@EKF110 @heatloss1986 @evolutropy @CalumDouglas1 Yup. Stanley Hooker wrote 150hp equivalent benefit at [---] mph which is 150lb thrust. I don't recall which Spitfire he was talking about but it related to the decision to use [--] stage supercharging on the Wellington MkVI instead of turbocharging"
X Link 2025-08-14T06:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@VR_NSR500 @DanielR33187703 In [----] a single Scaneagle aircraft with a 9" MWIR was $500000 . so half is $250k before inflation. Yup. Simpler/cheaper. Carbed engine . cube autopilot . less exquisite payload . Himera radio . the works. Endurance doesn't defend against interceptors. Speed helps"
X Link 2025-08-15T00:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@clark_aviation You don't need to have the best plane if yours is the only one that shows up to the war. 😉 The craziest thing in Charles Lamb's book was the part where they were based in the mountains in Albania -- behind enemy lines"
X Link 2025-08-15T07:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@BilGriffith @museumofflight Have you been to the Pearson Air Museum It's quite small . but free and there's a monument commemorating the flight there"
X Link 2025-08-27T19:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@AuthorPeterPike @reshetz I think the wording is fine. Sure the grenade dropping drone headline a few weeks ago . and implementation . merited getting raked across the coals but this A2A demo is actually a very important step for the US Army"
X Link 2025-08-29T20:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@CasualArtyFan Air-to-air is super important. The progression in Ukraine is following what happened in WWI - WWII in some ways. Most recently we are seeing the rise of multi-role quads and fixed wing types . essentially "fighter bombers". That is . designed for A2A . but can ground pound"
X Link 2025-08-29T20:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@caleb_ursarctos @CasualArtyFan @Chieftain_armor Yes on this. And Kasserine pass was years after we started preparing for WWII . and the US Army suffered from the inaction of the careerists for a surprisingly long time after Pearl harbor"
X Link 2025-08-30T19:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@brollbenny @CasualArtyFan This is a good point. Much new R&D finding comes through civilian/congressional. Since early GWOT it's been much easier to sell defensive measures to "protect the troops" than it is to sell "flying murder bots" to preemptively kill their attackers. This is a very real symptom"
X Link 2025-08-30T19:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@thekaylahaas Yes . but that has more to do with just being a cat than being a cat in the hat"
X Link 2025-09-07T01:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@NavalInstitute Was it fixed by Chuck Norris IYKYK"
X Link 2025-09-22T04:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@ajmahler @Andercot Hmmm maybe they went to the same school as the engineers who designed the Chrysler Pentastar engine. Those geniuses completely missed "rocker arm fundamentals" week"
X Link 2025-10-03T06:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PIC_Colleen I am intimately familiar with the performance characteristics of this engine family. Fun fact: the compressor shaft consumes 1800hp at sea level and 100% RPM (1591). Even while idling. And this boys and girls is why turboprops want to fly HIGH"
X Link 2025-10-06T15:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@airmainengineer @Fahadnaimb The pilot walked away. -✅ The airplane was reusable. -✅ 10/10"
X Link 2025-10-07T02:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@shashj The pictured MRR heli (along with LRR) wouldn't survive against much cheaper AFU or russian interceptors. Still exquisite cost-plus slop that's years behind the curve"
X Link 2025-10-09T19:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PZanoff Yeah I have a [--] pro 4x4. The precision is good. (Cutting out flat stock and surfacing soft tooling) The stock Carbide compact router was garbage - bearings shot - using a Makita now with good results. It limits how fast I can hog out material but good enough for prototypes. 👍👍"
X Link 2025-10-12T22:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@cljack I mean . pilots are obsessive about fuel and oil. I have those words in bold/capital letters on my checklist and I recite my quantities during my last walkaround. But yeah . I bought my wife a toyota specifically so I wouldn't have to work on her car. She's checks the oil. 👍"
X Link 2025-10-16T18:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Justin_Nomura_ Vert der ferk. I grew up in Alaska and I was known to jump into snow drifts naked at 3AM . but you just know I was immediately hightailing it back inside. This guy's intense 😆"
X Link 2022-12-21T23:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@sambendett Get rid of the truck and it would be perfect"
X Link 2025-02-05T18:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@egold1026 @univrsle @jimsciutto We have assets of at least $269T and a net worth of at least $124T. Most of our debts are to checks notes ourselves. What are these serious problems you are talking about"
X Link 2025-02-19T22:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@mikenelson586 Exactly. I don't know if you recall but the hot mess of a movie called Pearl Harbor implied exactly that"
X Link 2025-02-20T17:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SilenceInPolish I like to joke that if we manufactured all of our things with 3D printing people would LOSE THEIR MINDS with the invention of casting forging injection molding thermoforming and composite molding. 3D printing has its place . but not there"
X Link 2025-02-20T19:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TiltAtGiants @DOGE @DOGE_USDA @DOGE_SSA We have total assets of $270T a net worth of $124T and most public debt is to ourselves . but go ahead and try to take the money from old people that they put in"
X Link 2025-02-21T19:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@NickJFreitas The USA has $270T of assets and a net worth of $124T. (positive) The top 1% of Americans have a net worth of $50T. How did it get this way When will it finally 'trickle down' Why does the GOP like to whip regular people into a frenzy and then ask them to sacrifice more"
X Link 2025-02-25T19:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Bricktop_NAFO The math checks out. (Assuming the old exchange rate from livres to pounds sterling . and current exchange rate from GBP to USD . and a 6% interest rate it comes out to $258T) 🤣"
X Link 2025-03-10T22:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@sendcutsend @therobstoddard @cyrophant @yacineMTB NOICE. I heard a rumor that you guys stopped. I haven't ordered in awhile . but will definitely do so again in the future"
X Link 2025-10-14T22:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@mattdykema And just about everything was cast and forged -- requiring only final operations. 😉"
X Link 2025-10-21T19:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@user_ops @Aviation_Intel the X-13 Vertijet has entered the chat"
X Link 2025-10-22T01:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@marcosluis2186 @zachglabman I work an hour from the center of Portland. Most times I can click the order button at 6PM . then by 11AM the next day I have my parts -- despite not having asked for or paid for next-day-shipping It's F-ing miraculous"
X Link 2025-10-22T17:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@RealCynicalFox Yeah. All warfare is positional. One could say maneuver is the process of trying to attain better position -- when environment force structure and willpower allow for it. Jungles mountains Islands and forests will certainly make it spicy"
X Link 2025-10-24T03:18Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@isaiah_p_taylor Japan was considered to be low quality . until the CB750 motorcycle in [----] . cars in the 80s . stereos . TV's . batteries. Yup"
X Link 2025-10-24T06:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Daamianski You know . air's less dense at high altitude = happy airframe and happy engines"
X Link 2025-10-28T22:12Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@pronounced_kyle LOL. Every [--] years like clockwork. WWI . German airships/L100/101 . AERON III . Skyship . LEMV . this thing"
X Link 2025-10-29T00:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@JehffMacbook @boxcardavid Interesting comparison. Fun fact: Spectra/Dyneema are used in high-performance sailboat rudder control systems because stiffness/weight is better than steel. Not used in planes because of fire . environmental . certification . etc -- probably"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@FrForcesEstonia @NATO @NATOJFCBS @hqmncne @MoD_Estonia @FranceOTAN @france_estonia @armeedeterre @EtatMajorFR Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@B_Barbarian @McMasterDaily @mattufacts I've cut a slot in a 6mm socket before to install a spring latch that had an angled wire coming out of the top of a 6mm hex. Real men grind it themselves 😆"
X Link 2025-11-01T04:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EricIdle Interesting. My kids watched Casper for the first time tonight. 😉"
X Link 2025-11-01T06:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@ValkStrategy I've always called them "FT's" - fungible tokens. In a world where people will invest in a jpeg a robo airplane is way sexier. . and I designed a lot of parts for an early one"
X Link 2025-11-01T15:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SpencerGuard Yuuup. Note: - Ukraine had a prewar GDP about the same size as Cuba. - Their production objective for this year is [--] million drones. (mostly FPV quads) - Obviously INDOPACOM is different . but many theaters will be similar . and these concepts will evolve to accommodate"
X Link 2025-11-03T16:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@hw97karbine Don't forget the Aerovel (now Airbus) Flexrotor. A few years back it set the absolute endurance record for all VTOL aircraft. (now it's #2) I am . somewhat familiar with this platform . https://www.suasnews.com/2017/10/thirty-two-hour-flight-record-aerovel-flexrotor-vtol/ https://www.suasnews.com/2017/10/thirty-two-hour-flight-record-aerovel-flexrotor-vtol/"
X Link 2025-11-04T00:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@anduriltech So uh . why didn't your test pilot manually flip it back into "hover" again 🧐 (Former tail-sitter rotorcraft test pilot here)"
X Link 2025-11-14T21:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@IlirAliu_ Anyone else hearing "Super Mario Brothers" as they watch this"
X Link 2025-11-14T23:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JasonPremoMFG I used to race on a Yamaha sailboat. True story"
X Link 2025-11-17T21:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@timfarmer The local museum has a complete and airworthy L-bird collection. They keep a DVD playing next to the display with assorted footage - including the Brodie system. Super cool. One could say it lives on with the Boeing/Insitu skyhook system. A bit more compact though 😆"
X Link 2025-11-18T00:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@boxcardavid "Save money by injection molding your own XT60 housings Follow me for more life hacks""
X Link 2025-11-19T16:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EricWelch42 Similar story with the (now Airbus) flex rotor. That aircraft set the absolute VTOL endurance record of [--] hours in [----]. (Now 2nd place) The FR config is better because it has less frontal and wetted area . and has one rotorhead instead of [--]. Anduril makes some . odd claims"
X Link 2025-11-19T23:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@RealCynicalFox From an engineering perspective it is useful to design systems patterned after such leaders. Favor attack and active defense over passive and static defense. Design for mass manufacture. Design for logistics. "Get thar the fustest with the mostest.""
X Link 2025-11-22T19:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MAGTravF This is a thirst trap"
X Link 2025-11-22T19:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MAGTravF I just want to know if people dog-ear the pages and write notes in their books"
X Link 2025-11-23T21:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@cljack A friend got both his 5yo and 3yo to learn by "letting go" on a very shallow hill. (just enough so they didn't need to pedal) I didn't learn until I was [--]. I wish someone had explained counter-steering to me at some point . but maybe I'm just slow. 😅"
X Link 2025-11-25T19:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@StevenSimoni It's a turkey shoot"
X Link 2025-11-25T23:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Tough . but fair"
X Link 2025-11-25T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@shiels_ai @ColbyBadhwar The wild thing about the OP is that a grass fire at Pendleton (one of a handful of designated UAS test sites) could be the result of a 100% successful interception by this single-use kamikaze vehicle. It's probably the single dumbest thing I'm going to read today"
X Link 2025-11-28T20:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@c_mperman @Hush_Kit With L-band Starlink and Eutelsat readily available that seems like such a niche application these days"
X Link 2025-12-02T20:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Aviation_Intel Hundreds of thousands . in two years Ukraine had a pre-war GDP about the same as Cuba and they buy 100k every [--] weeks or so"
X Link 2025-12-03T01:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@1974PJM @Hush_Kit He saved us when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. 🫡"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@prestonstew_ Idiots. Why would we waste our time with that. We are going to Chuck-Norris our way into the next war with dune buggies that pop a couple $500k LE's into the air. sarcasm obviously"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@YukonK9 Why would you gimbal the charge when quads "gimbal" themselves Ukrainian ESAD is cheap. It's a board - not a moon rocket. How often do you need a FLIR If you need range do fixed wing . not a super expensive battery"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@prestonstew_ BMW Toyota IYKYK"
X Link 2025-12-13T21:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@Powerslave59 @DavidDeutschOxf @TerribleMaps Well . they did capture and torture Allied POW's . so there's that "
X Link 2025-12-14T02:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@DabsMalone @Firestorm_Labs Even if you print a bunch of airframe sections. which you must bond . you still need boxes of servos engines misc hardware fuel pumps power management adhesives get software updates autopilots pitot tubes . It's hard enough in an air-conditioned building in WA"
X Link 2025-12-20T01:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@KTB_500 This is raw for me. This same bogeymanism is what hobbled the US drone industry [----] - 2015ish and ceded the sUAS autopilot and consumer drone markets to overseas suppliers. Some military drone companies had to test illegally or go belly up . according to a friend . 😉"
X Link 2025-12-22T19:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@timfarmer Ooof. Low AR and tons of excess surface area"
X Link 2026-01-01T18:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@emm0sh @NileMcmillion @gak_pdx Exactly. DFM DFL. Boring manufacturing. Boring logistics. . And as we say in the drone biz: "another boring flight""
X Link 2026-01-06T04:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@allencontrol They'll be even more afraid when there are more castings and sheet metal in those systems. 😉 WWII . but with circuit boards"
X Link 2026-01-13T21:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MinuteofZombie What does Anduril sell that is cheap 🧐"
X Link 2026-01-15T16:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@KTB_500 Bingo. Always attack. Even in defense attack." Even better if you have no crew to be killed. 😉"
X Link 2026-01-19T20:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @chr1sa @AirshowD @grok Are you suuuuuuure this isn't a Grumman Avenger that hit a Ray Vans RV 🧐"
X Link 2026-01-20T19:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@CasualArtyFan Warheads on foreheads. We'll need millions of them. All shapes and sizes transported to the fight in all kinds of ways"
X Link 2026-01-21T16:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
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