Remind me to give you a positive revue on the next build you post.
-Semper Fi,
Chris
Who are you talking to?
Cheers, Chris
I was talking to Jeebus, the guy with the Garand, 98K, and the light Mg he knows how re-mil. I rarely need more than a sharp #11 for home security.
Semper Fi,
Chris
I guess I have lived in Japan too long… Security isn’t one of the tops on my list… But then again, I live in the country…
Niiiiice!
man check out those new wings!
David
I think the whole discussion or re-arming the Cobra is a red herring. It’s been de-militarized to a far greater extent than just welding barrels and receivers shut. All the fire control systems are gutted of their insides and empty component boxes remain, too, so if you can re-fang this snake, you could use the same amount of cash, effort and new parts to turn any aircraft into a gunship. And whoever has the means to do that is smarter than trying it with a Cobra that is registered and watched by the FAA and DoD to ensure compliance.
I have an AK-47 that I could (but never would) convert to full auto in an afternoon. Why couldn’t someone take a small airplane, like a Little Toot Biplane or a Steen Skybolt, and mount a couple full auto AKs on the cowl. Rig a couple trigger-actuated solenoids to fire them with a crankshaft-mounted interruptor switch and you can strafe some VIPs to get your name in the history books.
But folks like us would never do that, because we have morality, ethics and no reason to be so stupid. The problem is, a lot of those Islamikazes out there are smart enough to pull off something like that. But even the slightest whiff of Jihadi in their personal background check disqualifies them from buying old Cobras. Sometimes it’s nice to have Big Brother watching.
Re-militarizing a Cobra would be considerably harder than one would think. Finding, let alone installing, the correct avionics and armament systems would be very difficult.
It could, of course, be done with the right financing, facilities, qualified ground and flight crews. But even if some nutball managed to get all of the weapons systems up and running, I’m sure bells and whistles galore would start going off the second they tried to arm the thing. It isn’t that easy to sneak TOW missiles, 20mm cannon rounds and Hydra70 rockets around the country nowadays.
Then again, it is a bit more than a project for some boob in his garage with dreams of world domination.
Jon
Re-militarizing the cobra is moot, when you can buy a fully operational Hind or similar from one of the more ethically challenged countries, and probably for less!
I work for a flying museum, and we have a few birds that the FAA, NTSB and the Dept. of Homeland Security come out every year to inspect. First thing they check are the weapon systems to make sure the avionics are out, and any weapons are de-milled. My A/C gets the most scrutiny since its an F-84F. the others are all WWII era.
I know of at least one Huey in civilian hands armed with a M-134 minigun and I’m not worried about it in the least. I know of a bunch of full auto weapons (all legal) in civilian hands, I’ve fired quite a few of them. I not worried about them either. I know of 1 U-Haul truck in Oklahoma that killed more Americans than all the legally owed class 3 firearms in the U.S. ART
The aircraft used on 911 werent carrying any military armament. ANYTHING can be used as a weapon.
Regards, Mac…Never Forget