MQ-1 Predator Drone: The Eye in the Sky 

Got an upvote just because you tried for a while now to get the video about gps

It sure is, and unlike most of the videos, it will be about something we actually make use of.

Yes! A mega project for sure!

Fun fact: Most of the GPS satellites used in Europa are part of China's BeiDou network.

Not just the GPS but even the 2 other positioning systems that is up there too.

If a MiG pilot got shot down he wouldn’t be talking anymore 🤣

More like, I just got shot down... Im going to hear it from my Commander tomorrow morning

and the Avenger? lol

Especially as the Reaper has mounted the ARGUS-IS sensor since 2014. PBS's NOVA was permitted limited access to the ARGUS program back in 2013. The capabilities revealed were staggering in their implications. Imagine what the US government didn't want known. You could easily fit highly capable LiDAR in that mount, and I'd bet ground-penetrating radar is possible, too.

@@terenceconnors9627 see this is why civilian owned surface to air missiles need to be commonplace

@@sibire8284 I'd lay odds you'll be able to find plans online for one built using commercial off-the-shelf parts within 2 years, if something's not already available. The real challenge is stabilizing the electronics against the accelerations involved; some kind of non-conductive polymer similar to what's used in naval electronics might do the job. Rockets, sensors, motors, CPUs, you can purchase them all on-line. Explosives are a different issue, one that would probably have you talking with the FBI and BATF. Enjoy that discussion.

@@sibire8284 every site the us goverment could use for drone is known. The people could shut down all the runways in a month.

And here it's mistakenly called "Roberts Bridge" Plus i've read somewhere it's rumoured to being made into a movie, if that's correct then it should be awesome.

I was about to write the same thing. 😅

Came here to see if anyone has already caught that before I comment!

To be fair, it is a 4cyl turbo-prop engine, it's just not a turboprop engine...

@@richardmillhousenixon No, just drop the "prop" from your description. It soesn't matter if it has a - in it or not, it's just wrong and missleading. Trust me, I was a ground engineer for a major airline for 37 years.

@@tigersharkzh It is a 4 cylinder turbo(charged) propeller engine. It's not a turboprop because its not a turbine engine, but it is a turbocharged propeller engine meaning it is technically a turbo-prop, just not a literal turboprop

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It is more manpower intensive than any manned aircraft system. Especially when you consider that analysis that goes into all of the data collected.

@@johnp139 - I totally agree! There a "human in the loop" every phase of the operation. Unfortunately, I've had many conversations with civilians and (sad to say) military folks that think these aircraft are operating as some kind of autonomous Transformer, making decisions and firing munitions on their own. I'm sure you will see comments in this thread that display that belief.

@@SlocketSeven to extent yeah, its probably true. There is always a possibility that the UAV can lose its satellite link to the ground control station, this starts a lost link procedure where it will be programed to go or fly a certain course. So its possible that it was programed to fly to this airport under no ones control.

@@voodoo148 - I concur. Every UAS that I am aware of has some sort of emergency procedure like this for a "lost link" situation. It will usually loiter in a designated (safe) location to avoid interference with other aircraft and give the operators time to correct the problem and notify others (higher-ups, airfield, etc,...). An automated emergency recovery would occur typically when the aircraft's fuel level hits BINGO.

@@UAVChief it depends if its been programed correctly www.independent.ie/irish-news/missing-chad-drone-may-have-tried-to-fly-home-26497563.html whoops!

Yeah my bad, must have accidentally hit the B key haha

Yeah was going to comment this. Great book as well.

Glad I wasn't the only one questioning that

Yes. I thought of the same thing too and wanted to comment it. But saw your comment and decided to like it instead.

On You Tube, they don't let facts get in the way of a good story. I call It - Pseudo History and Pseudo Science. Thanks for the video Dr, Felton!

No

The rouge plant is mega too. Vertically integrated steel mill and autoplant. Mmmmmm.

Yeah the Rouge plant would also be good

Wasn't he awarded TWO medals of honor? Or am I wrong?

@@detectiverohan No, just the one, and it took a HELL of a lot of work to get him that one, including reviewing the footage from the Predator that was overhead at the time. The Navy Seal who abandoned him on the ridge was given a MOH a few years earlier, for tactically abandoning TSgt Chapman on the field of battle. Chapman survived long enough to destroy a machine gun nest, and fight until his last breath, preventing the Taliban fighters from engaging his team's helicopter. He's the first Airmen to be awarded a MOH during the Afghan war/GWOT.

@@MaceTrek given a MOH for leaving a man behind? How does that work? Doesn't sound right to me.

@@rorschach7507 It's a pretty crazy story, the US Navy/Seal Community fought Chapman's award of the MOH, believing it would damage their reputation, alot of people believe that Slabinski should have stayed behind to recover TSgt Chapman's (still living) body, but that he retreated in an unbecoming way, and they navy covered that up by submitting him for an MOH himself. The book Alone At Dawn by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz goes into some of this, though, it could be considered slightly biased (Lori Longfritz was TSgt Chapman's sister).

Seeing as Bin Laden was shot years later... I wonder who it was?

"Probably Bin Laden" 😂

Can I put one in my GoKart?

@@palethorpe01 yes but it'll never fly 😁

@@MisterAndrewBuckley well that depends on how hard I hit the kerbs...

This was just recently used to kill the current…. (Well not current anymore) leader of the taliban.

Naughty dictators get the aerial slap chop

Whats the NVH like 😂 . . . . . jk man

When I was in Afghanistan a soldier let me use the remote viewer for the camera, the tablet sized piece with microwave transceiver

🇺🇲👍 thanks for your service 🍻

I was in Huachuca while they were testing the Israeli drones way back in '96. The Army gave me the option of becoming a drone pilot. I opted to be 96R1P instead.

RIP Warrior-A. 😭

Reminds me of a song.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QDFTHiJR63U.html

Yeah, I wondered about that myself, but I'm 80 and subject to doubting my memory. I thought I recalled that the Predators in the war zones were controlled from here in the US. Thanks. Stay safe. Happy Holidays!

That's the 12-hour loiter combat radius. They can be controlled from anywhere with a satellite connection. This script seems like it was edited down from a much longer original by someone with no contact with the original author and little knowledge of the subject.

@@Markle2k I know a little about these aircraft and know that they can stay in the air for a long time. There is a phrase that is used about these aircraft which is "you can run if you want to, you will just die tired" Meaning they can follow a target for longer than you can stay awake to give you an idea of how long these can operate. The MQ-9ER (Extended Range) has external fuel tanks and larger wings that greatly extend its time in the air. What this video missed is how many versions there are, and how many different countries now have these aircraft. Also to be very clear these are permitted to fly over US airspace without an escort (another plane) since they lack a sense and avoid capability. Basically they don't have radar and don't know what is around them at all so they can fly into a tree, a mountain, a building or another plane.

@@henryv.3272 There are other drones and the MQ-9 has been exported, but the USAF has put the MQ-1 into unrecoverable storage. None were exported. They stripped them of their avionics, and, of course, the mobile control units were designed to be able to be used with future drones.

Oil refineries in general are absolutely fascinating.

Hovensa in st croix was pretty massive too

"A 4 cylinder turbo-prop" got my attention, you said it much better though.

Editing...

yep and they got the power of the trent wrong too

Same thing I was just about to say but you already said it lol.

G'day, SighMann is a mindless Talking Head, who unblinkingly unthinkingly unhesitatingly says whatever his pet tame Scribe "Danny"writes for him. Danny should have to write out 1,000 times ; "Turbo-CHARGED Does NOT Equal Turbo-Prop...!" They also neglected to mention the brand new Predator which flew off from Abdurdistan to Iran and landed at an Air Force Base, while defecting to a Team of Radio & Computer Experts from China. The Proletariat must nyet be peturbedski, y'see...! Such is Life Happy Solstice Festival. ;-p Ciao ! Such is Life

Funny how they still manage to murder so many children with them still 🤔

Is this the type of drone that during Obamas years killed so many innocent people?

Actually came here to say the same. I don't usually comment, but that one grated on me.

Yeah... The rotax isn't a turbo prop. Hell, he even showed the cylinders 🤣

Came here to say the same. It was actually a highly modified 914 with an aftermarket high altitude turbo that was positioned on the top of the engine instead of the bottom. It was also fitted with an aftermarket fuel injection system. The engines were converted by Rotech in Vernon British Columbia

@@Esser44 Thanks for the extra info, that's really cool... I've been to Vernon lol

Did you serve during 2009-2014, I was a mq1 sensor op. We probably talked in mIRC

@@thegoober8797I also operated the Mq1. I served from 96-16.

pffft...salsa would be envious of the fine material those blades create ;)

The aftermath of the cars look metal as fuck, you can literally see where the blades cut through the car roof...

He probably meant "turbocharged" Engine

I was looking for this comment. This is what I thought but who knows what is actually true ever

They also wrote “Libia”, as opposed to, Libya*

@@quokka7555 Just sloppy in IMO. I think Simon is just churning these out too fast w/o doing enough research.

We have an amazing millennial generation

Business Blaze Mega Projects Side Projects Top Tenz Today I Found Out Biographics Geographics Highlight History Xplrd Visual Politik EN The Simon Whistler Show I may have missed one. Visual Politk EN is now hosted by someone else. The Simon Whistler Show hasn't had new content for a while.

In the first golf war, Iraqi soldiers in Kuwait surrendered to an RQ-2 Pioneer drone which had been launched from the USS Missouri and was used to spot the location to aim the 16 inch battleships guns at.