RC terror attack plot

[Scotvar]

Just saw this on the BBC website:

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23045561]BBC News - German police reported to have raided Islamist network[/url]

Hope it doesn't cause any knee jerk reactions.

[EtheAv8r]

It should not create any knee jerk reaction. The payload capability is not very high and accurate delivery improbable. There have been lots attacks using cars (high payload with easy and accurate delivery) but no restrictions on private car use, or banning of rucksacks etc. No doubt some in the media may get a bit silly but it won't last long. We hope!

[BASS 666]

i hear what you say about payload but i would hate to be in a gathering and have a small home made c4 bomb dropped on me....

[Scotvar]

That's an excellent point about the availability of cars and the size of the payload. I guess it could come down to a committee risk assessing the use of RC models and deciding it could be worth limiting the access to such models. I hope not but unfortunately we do now live in a society where knee jerk reactions can be common place. Like you say though, hopefully it won't last long and no doubt it (sadly) won't be long until another way of delivering 'terror' is tried.

Paul

[Mark_T]

It isn't the first such case and there was no overreaction previously so I'd be surprised if there was this time.

[EtheAv8r]

We have seen the same with full size light aircraft, visits from the plod and even special branch to small strips and concern that GA could be easily used by terrorists. But fact is even with most light aircraft, payload is limited (you simply won't get off the ground if overloaded) and accurate delivery, though much better than an R/C (though a really good FPV team could be pretty accurate) is still problamatic. You can be far more devastating with a well placed car or van or lorry. However a big R/C helicopter or fixed wing with a small but powerful payload, though ineffective against a building, could reap much havoc in a place crowded with people in an open space.

[Scotvar]

RC terror attack plot

It's a sad indictment on the modern world that we have to worry about all these things. I guess if you can think of something it can be done.
As for over reactions I guess I don't have too much faith in certain people in charge of certain areas. I work in an industry heavily controlled by health a safety and knee jerk reactions are so common and more often than not the root cause of the problem is over looked.

Fingers crossed no one individual ruins this great hobby of ours.

Paul

[VOLT]

[video=youtube_share;59ttSwYNspw]http://youtu.be/59ttSwYNspw[/video] then when ya done with the shells, fly the heli into the crowd of terrorists with explosives but only detonate once ya have chopped a few heads off ...

[Mark_T]

Hardly surprising that this sort of delivery mechanism is being considered by terrorists, when the leaders are busy dodging Predator drones back home ...

[cjcj1949]

I think our models are a long way down on the list of things to ban. It's not very difficult to produce terror and chaos in todays world.