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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What uh... happened during the tests..?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

IIRC they found that it wasn't viable for the role it was designed for. There wasn't any catastrophic failures that I remember.

The version I remember is that it was meant to be a quiet way to have a moving elevated guard post. It wasn't quiet.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I can only imagine. ✈️🙉

[–] CTDummy@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”

[–] hihi24522@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”