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Re:Gremlins by Shivetya on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:09PM (#17863732)
I just figured recovery could be sky hook or similar, have a cable out there that the drone snags and then it gets pulled in. I cannot imagine the hell of trying to fly in the turbulence behind a C130
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Re:Gremlins by lainga on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:16PM (#17863772)
We tried that in the 20's with airship carriers. It was hard even at airship and biplane speeds.
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Re:Gremlins by NegativeLatency on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @08:55PM (#17864299)
And in the 30s, 40s, 50s. It’s an enduring dream.

One of my favorite parasite fighters https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin

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Re:Gremlins by VectorLock on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @08:49PM (#17864264)
The Fulton recovery system only had one fatality in its uses. And recovering a UAV is more durable than a squishy meat bag human.
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