Staff Sgt. Chris Fessenden, on patrol in Afghanistan, says a radio-controlled hobbyists' truck, sent to him by his brother and a friend in Rochester, Minn., saved six soldiers' lives. The soldiers used it to check for roadside bombs on patrol, and it set one off.
All mine are nitro too, a bit loud and troublesome. Electric would work much better.
Back a few years ago my brother got his Army unit into RC trucks and planes while in Iraq, then he started the Kandahar RC club in Afghanistan. Using them like this makes sense, its like a UAV but it can see things a plane cant. They have some cool little UAVs that look like hawks, you program it, launch it, it comes back, and you download the video. You would think the Army would set the ground units up with trucks like this, but then again nothing simple works in the Army... The USAF doing it would cost $10k per truck, they would only go 15 mph, but they would probably be quiet..lol.
There are a few real time remote video cameras out now, so you can have POV from the vehicle. With a couple additions you could give it the capability to look up or around. Very cool idea.
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