Talk:MQ-9 Reaper

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1 Empty Weight?
2 Cost?
3 Operating System
4 Opinion
5 Wingspan
6 Renamed when?

[edit] Empty Weight?

What is the empty weight? 1400 kg (=~ 3100 lb) or 5400 lb (= 2450 kg)?

Corrected the weight values. --Limbo socrates 20:47, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cost?

How much is one unit?--Nemissimo 21:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, good question. A bit of googling for "Predator B" cost reveals some sources[1][2][3]. I guess it depends on who orders, how many, what ground support equipment you want, and what spare parts and other miscellanea are included. Around $8 million USD gets mentioned. Homeland Security paid $14M but they only bought one plane and had it customized. Weregerbil 09:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Or if that's too much, there's probably some New & Used ones on Amazon for much less. ¬_¬ --Wunderbear 11:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Operating System

Does anyone know what the operating system is on this UAV? My best guess is that it would be a variant of the Unix kernel, but that is only an educated guess. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lan Di (talk • contribs)

[edit] Opinion

This kind of aircraft only makes the enemy stronger, he can hack the controls away and turn the robo-plane against you. In a piloted plane you first have to brainwash the human, before it changes sides. That is hard to do. I think all allahist are now learning to become l44t hackers and radio specialists, instead of AK-47and RPG excellence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 10:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

Standard encryption and authentication algorithms make plans for hijacking F-16 more realistic. As for making someone stronger, watch videos on youtube.com - like [[4]] or [[5]]. You can find a lot of other similar videos. A lot of "allahist" die without realizing they got spotted. It is actually fun to watch how some of them try to run and/or hide and end up plain dead. So technology is working. It actually saves lives. It definitely need to be used more extensively. Sure it have it own limitations, but what is already archived is impressive. TestPilot 07:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wingspan

The Specification box at top right cites a wingspan of 66' for the MW-9 Reaper. However, the article goes on to say that the wingspan of the Predator B-003 is 84' and that the USAF bought 2 of these and renamed them the MQ-9 Reaper.

So which is it? 66' of 84'?

[edit] Renamed when?

Does anyone have a reference for when the name was changed from Predator B to Reaper? The article doesn't seem to say. - Occasional Reader 21:54, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Since I was the guy who renamed this article on 14 September 2006, I'll answer that with this link: 'Reaper' moniker given to MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle. Perhaps it should be used as a reference in the article. --Pmsyyz 03:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)