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Crop duster attack plane!
« on: November 05, 2014, 04:22:20 pm »
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-29/air-tractors-crop-duster-other-planes-revamped-for-military-use

OH BOY! Due to sales not going well some company that makes crop dusters decided to expand into defense industry.

They have already sold weaponized crop dusters to Saudi Arabia to be used in anti-terrorism war as ground attack planes. Let's face it. Against terrorist this actually is a functional weapon. They have no or little anti-air weapons, no functional air force and countries are already using attack craft against them. This just does it for the fraction of the price of an A-10 Warthog.

But I am still laughing at the idea of an crop duster loaded with rockets and machine guns... Again, it is a slow flying plane that can land in dirt fields. Perfect for the job it is being advertised for. BUT I CAN'T STOP GIGGLING AT THE IDEA!



Teeheehee! Look at that plane. It is SO cute!

When I first saw a photo of it I thought it was built by some Syrian rebels or African warlord or something. Kinda like the technicals and gun trucks that are already used in third world countries.

Warning: Do not read the comments in the article. Half of them are screaming that Obummer (sic) is going to use them against US citizens. (apparently missing the fact that the planes are not built by US goverment or marketed to them.) And the other half are just racist.
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2014, 04:27:12 pm »
I wonder if those comments would be saying the same things if it were a Republican president. Almost certainly not.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 04:34:53 pm »
There's a market for everything, I guess.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2014, 04:45:55 pm »
Given the tactical situations it will address, this concept has merit.   I guarantee if this plane comes zooming toward you about 50 feet off the ground, you ain't going to notice whether it's Star Wars or Fred Flintstone.
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2014, 05:11:51 pm »
Confession: I think drones (the smaller ones) are actually kind of adorable.

Still, though, I wouldn't want to see that flying at me.
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2014, 05:50:43 pm »
A bunch of girls in Polikarpov Po-2's scared the Germans so bad they earned the nickname Night witches.

The Po-2 was/is a converted crop duster.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2014, 06:26:01 pm »
A bunch of girls in Polikarpov Po-2's scared the Germans so bad they earned the nickname Night witches.

The Po-2 was/is a converted crop duster.

Night Witches?

That's fucking awesome.
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2014, 06:32:15 pm »
The problem with the niche it's going for (a multipurpose aircraft the can use small airstrips) is already filled by the little bird, Huey, and md 500.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2014, 06:35:36 pm »
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2014, 06:38:03 pm »
I think the thing that it beats those with is price, since I can imagine it's a lot less pricier to outfit a crop duster plain with a machine gun than it is to build a Little Bird or a Huey.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2014, 06:59:25 pm »
Wouldn't a OV-10 be far more versatile for the role sought?
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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2014, 08:42:44 pm »
I wonder if this'll lead to a re-enactment of the scene from North by Northwest.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2014, 12:52:36 am »
I think the thing that it beats those with is price, since I can imagine it's a lot less pricier to outfit a crop duster plain with a machine gun than it is to build a Little Bird or a Huey.
True, I suppose there's plenty of tiny African/Mexican countries that would be happy to buy the planes.

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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2014, 12:58:11 am »
I think the thing that it beats those with is price, since I can imagine it's a lot less pricier to outfit a crop duster plain with a machine gun than it is to build a Little Bird or a Huey.
True, I suppose there's plenty of tiny African/Mexican countries that would be happy to buy the planes.

"Mexican countries".


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Re: Crop duster attack plane!
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2014, 01:11:00 am »
I think the thing that it beats those with is price, since I can imagine it's a lot less pricier to outfit a crop duster plain with a machine gun than it is to build a Little Bird or a Huey.
True, I suppose there's plenty of tiny African/Mexican countries that would be happy to buy the planes.

"Mexican countries".


Sure, there's South Mexico, North Mexico, Mexistan, the Poeples a Democratic Republic of Mexico, Mexopolise, New Mexico, Mexunburg, and New Mexico.