Is this real? Alleged drone arson footage from Liveleak.

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[–]Canbot 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

This is not a drone, it is clearly a helicopter. The Chopping sound of the blades is caused by the main rotor cutting through the vortex of the tail rotor. There is clearly a huge payload of fuel on there, so this is a full size helicopter. This is most likely a helicopter built to create controlled burns to fight forest fires. Looks Chinese footage. This is likely old footage and not even in the US.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

So rather than a US government conspiracy it's likely a Chinese government conspiracy to distract from all the nasty shit they are up to. We need to be wary of this stuff going forward.

[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, it's likely just a video of a Chinese helicopter performing an operation in China.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But muh conspiracy!

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not even the raid evidence shows anything conclusive. Just that some old guy visited some sites where fires started, which just so happens to be along a logging road. Then we have unrelated video of back burn taking place from helicopter.

[–]zyxzevn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I saw another video with the helicopter in action, can't find it now.

A drone is kind of worthless to spread fires, as they can not carry much fuel. Flamethrowers need a huge amount of fuel.

[–]hennaojichan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I believe it is real but certainly I could be wrong. Those dozens of fires are not caused by climate change as the governor of California says. He is lying his ass off. I do not understand what their logic is in starting the fires. If you know, tell me please. We are being lied to on a massive scale and I feel there will be an October surprise that is not going to be pleasant. I don't know what it will be though.

[–]Canbot 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The fires can be arson, and this footage can be fake. They have nothing to do with one another. It would be a lot easier to catch arsonists if they were flying helicopters because they would show up on radar. Any fires started by the road could be done easier without the drone. Why would you fly the fuel up just to drop it back down next to you?

Areal dropping of fire only makes sense if you are trying to start fires in remote areas that can't be reached any other way. Places far away from roads. That is the opposite of what we are seeing.

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, yes, both are being used. You couldn't fly a chopper over a city in daylight shooting fire. It's better to get people high on meth for that, then use the choppers at night. As for being seen on radar, what if the people watching the radar are working with the choppers?

[–]slushpilot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That looks and sounds more like a helicopter than a drone. I really hope it's not what it looks like... but I don't know how else to explain it.

EDIT: it's a back-burn set on the uphill side of the road for fire control: https://gizmodo.com/this-flamethrowing-helicopter-is-helping-fight-californ-1722400678

[–]BestHuman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

All chinese are potential enemy. Never ever let your guards down ir they will cut throat.

[–]againstwomensright2 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

😮

[–]nothingtosee[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Found it first on twitter, just the video, googled around until I found that liveleak page. https://twitter.com/AlbertssonPetur/status/1305595019223588864?s=20

[–]slushpilot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That Liveleak user's page says "All videos I post are from popular Chinese websites"

This one on Twitter is higher quality and doesn't have the overlay text: there has to be another original source somewhere.

[–]wrongthink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Similar drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_eEO0Cvwg

Likely used in backburn operations.