I'm sorry... HOW much for a remote control bomb?

usedtobe · August 2023

Adey said:

Shrews said:

There's big money in arms, drugs and medical equipment.

No doubt all our politicians have shares in these industries. Especially the Tories.

Mr Blair probably has quite a few....

And many people's pension companies.

Pssst..

The Labour Party is full of tories, and Blair is absolutely a Tory!

Offset · August 2023

usedtobe said:

Pssst..

The Labour Party is full of tories, and Blair is absolutely a Tory!

Yep. "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..."

dano · August 2023

Emp_Fab said:

I love how half of you seem to think I would actually want to build a bomb. Arguing about the labour costs!! FFS!

I was hoping this would be a bit of a laugh with people suggesting prices they'd do it for, which parts they'd use or crazy modifications, but it's all turned rather snide and mean-spirited from a handful. Nice.

Maybe you should have actually have written that in your first post ?! Say what you mean!

guyinlyon · August 2023

Emp_Fab said:

I reckon I could knock one of those up in no time for no more than £6K - plus explosives.

Sure, but their's would reach the target and explode.

darthed1981 · August 2023

How much can we manage for....

Four Dreadnaught class SSBNs?

A railway to Birmingham?

Because the government are in hock for quite a few quid for both of those things, so if we can knock either up for a few grand with a roll of gaffer tape, we should at least go on Dragon's Den?

Snags · August 2023

Sporky said:

I think we can probably apply a version of Rule 47 to this. If you can think of it, there's porn and/or an Instructible already.

Rule 34.

Rule 47 of the Internet is "You will never have sex". Which could well also apply.

Sporky · August 2023

I thought rule 52 was "you can make up rule numbers as you go along"?

Snags · August 2023

Sporky said:

I thought rule 52 was "you can make up rule numbers as you go along"?

I think that was NCIS ...

Sporky · August 2023

It seemed out of keeping with the thread to say "oops, you're right - my mistake".

darthed1981 · August 2023

Sporky said:

It seemed out of keeping with the thread to say "oops, you're right - my mistake".

That's genuinely very funny.

Emp_Fab · August 2023

Of course I'm not going to actually build a bloody remote control bomb! And certainly not for the entertainment of the forum - or - to prove you all wrong when I successfully sink the Bismarck.

I wish I had an arms company though because clearly you all think that ANY price, no matter how high, is perfectly ok for anything more complex than a roller skate with a banger on it.

To repost what I wrote in the other thread...

Emp_Fab said:

I've already broken down the components and made it obvious why I think £6K is an achievable budget. Your turn to explain why you think £200,000 is a reasonable figure, and to do it better than "because it is". Is there a price point which you would consider excessive ? If they were £500,000 each, £1M each ? Would you still be arguing "Of course that's what they cost !" ? £10M ? £100M ?

Even you must surely have some idea of what needs to go into a remote-control boat to power, steer and explode otherwise you couldn't make any argument against any price - low or high, could you ? So, either you have absolutely no idea at all and would blindly accept any figure, no matter how high, without question, or you have some idea and could say at what point you think they're taking the piss. If it's the former, you have no meaningful input to this subject and certainly no basis to criticise my guesstimate and if it's the latter, let's hear it... put your estimates up.

.....and don't all turn to Thorpy for guidance, you're all taking the piss, so you give YOUR OWN estimates.

Of course, none of you will though. Far too risky that, going out on a limb and risking looking foolish.

fretmeister · August 2023

Why would we not go to Thorpy?

He’s an actual expert and sane people defer to experts.

Next time you need surgery I demand that you rely on non surgeons and refuse to defer to surgeons.

The people who haven’t tried to cost out a leading edge remote control weapon are the sensible ones. They realise they do not have the knowledge to even have a wild guess at it.

They are the smart ones.

RaymondLin · August 2023

You are trying to win a war, let’s ask a guy in wales who can’t decide on a car after 3 years of deliberations to build us a weapon.

sure, that’s smart.

Teyeplayer · August 2023

Emp_Fab said:

Of course I'm not going to actually build a bloody remote control bomb! And certainly not for the entertainment of the forum

You sunbathed naked for the entertainment of the forum (I presume it wasn’t for the entertainment of the neighbours), so why not build a boat with a few sparklers on? Bloody kill joy.

Offset · August 2023

Teyeplayer said:

Emp_Fab said:

Of course I'm not going to actually build a bloody remote control bomb! And certainly not for the entertainment of the forum

You sunbathed naked for the entertainment of the forum (I presume it wasn’t for the entertainment of the neighbours), so why not build a boat with a few sparklers on? Bloody kill joy.

Come on Emp, I was looking forward to this build. Give it a crack.

After all, it's not like you didn't start it or anything... :-)

TTony · August 2023

Emp_Fab said:

Far too risky that, going out on a limb and risking looking foolish.

In some things, it's wise to defer to the expert.

So, for building bangy things, that's Thorpy.

Whereas, for looking foolish, there's someone else who's way better at that.

Brio · August 2023

OK. Isn't it time to lock this thread before it gets nasty(er)?

Teyeplayer · August 2023

Brio said:

OK. Isn't it time to lock this thread before it gets nasty(er)?

Oh come off it, what’s nasty about asking a man to build a boat that he has claimed he could build to a tighter budget than the major military superpowers? If Emp lacks that much of a sense of humour he really should stick to posting threads about guitars.

fretmeister · August 2023

It’s not nasty.
With the amount of threads like this that Emp posts I can only assume the reaction is one he desires.

Snags · August 2023

RaymondLin said:

You are trying to win a war, let’s ask a guy in wales who can’t decide on a car after 3 years of deliberations to build us a weapon.

sure, that’s smart.

To be fair, I think Emp's trying to win a war too, although I'm not sure how many people are fighting.

Benm39 · August 2023

Please don't close this thread, it's bringing tears of pure joy to my tired old eyes!

darthed1981 · August 2023

How much do we reckon we could turn in Fat Amy for?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II

Benm39 · August 2023

Would it not be cheaper still to just use a swan... they'll break your bloody arm soon as look at you, never mind if you wound it up first by saying there's a bunch of toffs on that there boat wot eat your kind... game over.

darthed1981 · August 2023

Benm39 said:

Would it not be cheaper still to just use a swan... they'll break your bloody arm soon as look at you, never mind if you wound it up first by saying there's a bunch of toffs on that there boat wot eat your kind... game over.

Better idea - have you seen the size of a Sturgeon? The Russians eat all their KIDS?!

Teyeplayer · August 2023

darthed1981 said:

Benm39 said:

Would it not be cheaper still to just use a swan... they'll break your bloody arm soon as look at you, never mind if you wound it up first by saying there's a bunch of toffs on that there boat wot eat your kind... game over.

Better idea - have you seen the size of a Sturgeon? The Russians eat all their KIDS?!

Sturgeon with Catherine wheels and sparklers! Now we are talking.

Philly_Q · August 2023

Benm39 said:

Would it not be cheaper still to just use a swan... they'll break your bloody arm soon as look at you, never mind if you wound it up first by saying there's a bunch of toffs on that there boat wot eat your kind... game over.

And where better to launch it from than Swansea?

Image: https://cdn.swanseacity.com/sites/default/files/styles/cc_2000x1125/public/2022-05/Soccer%20camps%20-%20Foundation.jpg?itok=_QqtGgx-

Modulus_Amps · August 2023

Having designed a large range of equipment for offshore use I can guarantee you could not build that for £6k.
£6 might be the fee for one of the regulatory bodies just to get the first unit signed off.

Benm39 · August 2023

Modulus_Amps said:

Having designed a large range of equipment for offshore use I can guarantee you could not build that for £6k.
£6 might be the fee for one of the regulatory bodies just to get the first unit signed off.

Pfft, we didn't leave the EU to be bogged down by the need for regulatory bodies... Gentlemen Jim's emporium of wondrous hand-bodged things will have us ruling the waves before you can knot a hankie, or I'm not John Bull...

Brio · August 2023

If you ARE John Bull can I have the money back for that rubbish printing set I bought in 1965?

RaymondLin · August 2023

Modulus_Amps said:

Having designed a large range of equipment for offshore use I can guarantee you could not build that for £6k.
£6 might be the fee for one of the regulatory bodies just to get the first unit signed off.

But are you a Practical Man like our Emp here? Have you actually built stuff with your own hands?

lol

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