why do we still use flare guns when lasers exist? these frickers can shoot out a beam of light bright enough to blind any pilot in line of sight, and it's a no brainer to follow a laser beam back to its origin.
because the first thing that a pilot thinks about when they see a 100w laser in the sky is "what a fricking douche bag, I hope he doesn't point it at me and burn my retina".
Also doesn't work that well at daylight (at least a flare gun makes a loud sound, unlikely to make a pilot see where, which is why you usually also have a mirror in a emergency kit, so the pilot can see a mirror flash, which might be a lot harder to do in real life...).
Personally a GPS radio or any device that connects to satellite can be used for signaling an SOS would be far more useful than a laser pointer (but far more expensive).
Use it at work for showing points of interest on construction sites during the day (for example damage on elevations on building blocks) .
Once used it during a small concert, reflected it in chandelier to make it more entertaining.
I dunno, how many watts does it output?
If it's enough I'd use it to destroy any camera used as part of a vaccine checkpoint system because they are pointless, unhelpful, and a violation of human rights.
The legal limit is 5mW here so it can't be more than that, unless that's actually easy to bypass on these models.
As it happens the vaccine checkpoints here don't rely on cameras, either, since they're all one time and usually enforced only by your employer.
>The legal limit is 5mW here so it can't be more than that
All "5mW" lasers on eBay are easily 10x that. Plus most green laser pointers don't have IR filters, so you'll get 10x that of invisible IR output. There really needs to be a crackdown on this stuff.
Serious Q. How do these disable cameras. Do they just fry the sensitive parts of cameras i.e. 'retinas' or...? It would be interesting to have something that can detect cameras and just fry everyone it encounters.
same way they would get damaged if you pointed the camera into the sun, basically. Overheats the sensor. The laser can manage this with a much lower total power output because that whole output goes to the same tiny spot.
bought one off ebay a couple years ago wen lockdowns kicked in, came from wuhan amusingly, use it to ping police helicopters, I live in a high rise where everyone owns one so good luck finding me porkins
How do people supposedly blind pilots with this? How do you even aim well enough to hit a plane, let alone somehow magically hitting the retina of a pilot in a plane going 1000km/h?
IDK
When I used to buy cheapy green lasers from China, many of times they got shined directly into my eyeballs.
Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
I can't imagine those same lasers actually blinding a pilot given how inaccurate most people are and how defocused the beam must be at that range.
The worse that I can imagine it would be if someone actually managed to hit the wienerpit would be like a very green camera flash which would be a little disorienting when your adjusted to a dim wienerpit but not actually blinding.
You have never turned on a bright light in the middle of the night when your pupils are dilated? Imagine something 100x brighter. Even if it's just for a split second it will have a lasting effect.
IDK
When I used to buy cheapy green lasers from China, many of times they got shined directly into my eyeballs.
Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
I can't imagine those same lasers actually blinding a pilot given how inaccurate most people are and how defocused the beam must be at that range.
The worse that I can imagine it would be if someone actually managed to hit the wienerpit would be like a very green camera flash which would be a little disorienting when your adjusted to a dim wienerpit but not actually blinding.
>Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
LMAO. Sorry to break it to you, but your retina is scarred.
IDK
When I used to buy cheapy green lasers from China, many of times they got shined directly into my eyeballs.
Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
I can't imagine those same lasers actually blinding a pilot given how inaccurate most people are and how defocused the beam must be at that range.
The worse that I can imagine it would be if someone actually managed to hit the wienerpit would be like a very green camera flash which would be a little disorienting when your adjusted to a dim wienerpit but not actually blinding.
They don't mean "blind" as in actually cause blindness, temporary or otherwise, just that it makes difficult to see when it's shining in your eyes and the beam is wide enough at that range to make it easy to hit planes and helicopters.
cleaning my bum
Kill Darth Vader
>Kill Darth Vader
jedi scum
Annoying my neighbors
Annoying his neighbors cat
Annoying the cat
definitely not on your own brother, you sick frick
Takedown police drones.
suck my wiener
telescopes
Those are great for causing instant permanent eye damage to yourself and others
why do we still use flare guns when lasers exist? these frickers can shoot out a beam of light bright enough to blind any pilot in line of sight, and it's a no brainer to follow a laser beam back to its origin.
Batteries
because the first thing that a pilot thinks about when they see a 100w laser in the sky is "what a fricking douche bag, I hope he doesn't point it at me and burn my retina".
Also doesn't work that well at daylight (at least a flare gun makes a loud sound, unlikely to make a pilot see where, which is why you usually also have a mirror in a emergency kit, so the pilot can see a mirror flash, which might be a lot harder to do in real life...).
Personally a GPS radio or any device that connects to satellite can be used for signaling an SOS would be far more useful than a laser pointer (but far more expensive).
Muh batteries
I live next to a military airfield, so probably blinding army jets
Blind the moped zoomers that make too much fricking noise at night
Use it at work for showing points of interest on construction sites during the day (for example damage on elevations on building blocks) .
Once used it during a small concert, reflected it in chandelier to make it more entertaining.
People like this are why I support regulating these things more aggressively.
Lasers are good if you have an actual reason to use them that's not just fricking around, and you are extremely diligent about proper safety.
I have one, haven't used it in a while. Mine may be more powerful than pic, it requires a key to turn on.
Theyre meant for riots
They're useless in a serious situation. You'll get shot faster than you can aim your pencil dick laser at a person's eye.
become a glowie
I dunno, how many watts does it output?
If it's enough I'd use it to destroy any camera used as part of a vaccine checkpoint system because they are pointless, unhelpful, and a violation of human rights.
they cost like 8$ and can be imported, theyre under the legal limit, 4 watts
The legal limit is 5mW here so it can't be more than that, unless that's actually easy to bypass on these models.
As it happens the vaccine checkpoints here don't rely on cameras, either, since they're all one time and usually enforced only by your employer.
>The legal limit is 5mW here so it can't be more than that
All "5mW" lasers on eBay are easily 10x that. Plus most green laser pointers don't have IR filters, so you'll get 10x that of invisible IR output. There really needs to be a crackdown on this stuff.
Serious Q. How do these disable cameras. Do they just fry the sensitive parts of cameras i.e. 'retinas' or...? It would be interesting to have something that can detect cameras and just fry everyone it encounters.
same way they would get damaged if you pointed the camera into the sun, basically. Overheats the sensor. The laser can manage this with a much lower total power output because that whole output goes to the same tiny spot.
bought one off ebay a couple years ago wen lockdowns kicked in, came from wuhan amusingly, use it to ping police helicopters, I live in a high rise where everyone owns one so good luck finding me porkins
That's not a good idea. Locating you from a helicopter is way easier than you think. Also 'lasering' an airplane is a crime.
id rather just buy a lep light
I've been thinkink of a project with those mfs. maybe in summer
Mount it to my gun and make it point where the bullet will go
pointing at air planes.
I own that exact one and I use it in summer nights when doing star gazing with the bros to point shit out.
aim it at goalkeepers during critical moments in the game
zapping the shiny dots out of the sky
How do people supposedly blind pilots with this? How do you even aim well enough to hit a plane, let alone somehow magically hitting the retina of a pilot in a plane going 1000km/h?
IDK
When I used to buy cheapy green lasers from China, many of times they got shined directly into my eyeballs.
Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
I can't imagine those same lasers actually blinding a pilot given how inaccurate most people are and how defocused the beam must be at that range.
The worse that I can imagine it would be if someone actually managed to hit the wienerpit would be like a very green camera flash which would be a little disorienting when your adjusted to a dim wienerpit but not actually blinding.
its pointless trying to harm someone with one of those as one person, you need a mob all pointing lasers in on direction, then you can burn anything
You have never turned on a bright light in the middle of the night when your pupils are dilated? Imagine something 100x brighter. Even if it's just for a split second it will have a lasting effect.
>Didn't suffer any temporary or permanent damage.
LMAO. Sorry to break it to you, but your retina is scarred.
They don't mean "blind" as in actually cause blindness, temporary or otherwise, just that it makes difficult to see when it's shining in your eyes and the beam is wide enough at that range to make it easy to hit planes and helicopters.
No, I like my retinas as they are.
This will make a fine addition to my collection.