Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 573197)

Uh huh!

I was just talking with a friend who's a flight instructor for Insitu and it sounds like it would be slightly entertaining.

Originally Posted by Spiffav8 (Post 573209)

I know a few guys at Insitu. This kind of tech is a long ways from a ScanEagle. I get a laugh out of how many of their operators think they are pilots. Similarities, but still different worlds.

Originally Posted by Spiffav8 (Post 573193)

At the rate things are going these days, that's not far from the trooth. From what I've heard the software in the F/A-18E/F is insane. It won't accept any inputs from the pilot that will exceed the limitations of the aircraft or that would cause it to do something weird like tumble. I even read an article where a pilot lost control of one and "let go" of the controls... the airplane righted it self and then the pilot took over again. Imagine all that combined with a remote pilot using nothing more than an XBOX or PlayStation controller!

Hmmm..... how do I get that job? Pretty sure I could work from home.

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab (Post 573213)

haaaa taking out a MiG-35 in your pj's would be cool.