Radio-controlled airgun picks off unsuspecting rodents, children

While it's no big deal when militaries establish sentry gun perimeters to protect their own backyard, crafting a slightly less dangerous version for your own property deserves its share of credit. While USB rocket launchers (even ones with lasers) are fairly potent at livening up your mundane office environment, their short range (and harmless nature) won't do you much good if you've got rodents (or mischievous kids) rummaging around your grasslands. Enter the RC Airgun, a remote controlled shooter that can be dictated from afar to take out any unsuspecting trespassers whenever you deem worthy. While details of its construction are scant, we certainly applaud the engineering efforts here, so be sure to click on for a few more pics, or hit the read link for some sweet video action.

[Via Slashgear]

[hypoxide @ Nov 30th 2006 9:51AM]

Close your freaking parenthesis!

[GJP303 @ Nov 30th 2006 3:23PM]

Where, I've been looking it over a couple times and find no problems w/ parenthesis..

[Ipaq3115 @ Oct 27th 2007 2:38PM]

What are you talking about???
They are all closed up...

[nick @ Nov 30th 2006 9:54AM]

Engineering is appreciated... but usefulness.. hmmm.. isn't there something less violent and more precise.. what if it's your cat? or your dog?

Isn't there something like a sound that only rodents can hear or maybe just maybe.. a mousetrap?

(nicholas)
http://www.tingog.com

[Darren @ Nov 30th 2006 10:02AM]

HTML went wonky, we're working it out, sorry!

[Matt @ Nov 30th 2006 10:17AM]

Hey RC means Radio Controlled not Remote Controlled. And that thing has an antenna (see pic 2) so it is Radio Controlled.

[jay.viz @ Nov 30th 2006 10:37AM]

This was made two or three years ago and has motion tracking: http://www.thesentrygun.com/

[R @ Nov 30th 2006 10:50AM]

What is it actually shooting? BBs? Pellets? Whatever it was, it was (eventually) puncturing that paper in the video.

If it's motion-tracking, I'd love to have one to keep the neighborhood kids from cutting across my freakin' grass. Though, the way kids are these days, that might actually ATTRACT the Jackass-watching crowd.

[Matt @ Nov 30th 2006 10:53AM]

It was shooting 6mm plastic BBs

heres a pic of some

http://www.airgunsbbguns.com/photos/LESOFT-PPKG01-2T.jpg

[Cameron Campbell @ Nov 30th 2006 1:32PM]

There's a motion activated sprinkler at Lee Valley that might work.

[Cameron Campbell @ Nov 30th 2006 1:32PM]

There's a motion activated sprinkler at Lee Valley that might work.

[Charles @ Dec 7th 2006 6:18PM]

add night vision, i'll build one!

[nicleT @ Nov 30th 2006 2:25PM]

Guns, guns guns. Shoot, shoot, shoot !

Totally insane !

[LukeA @ Nov 30th 2006 3:23PM]

Step 1: build one of these
Step 2: Attach to iRobot Create
Step 3: $$Profit$$$$

[Glenn @ Nov 30th 2006 11:55PM]

"isn't there something less violent and more precise."

Violence is ALWAYS the answer!

[Laine Stahr @ Dec 9th 2006 5:16PM]

Iam the guy who made this particular "system" we'll call it. It is a $17 "Airsoft" gun from walmart with a Castle Creations Pixie speed control, an 8 cell NiMh battery and a 5 channel reciever. The laser is a $2.00 laser pointer from the dollar store. If you have any questions, get in touch with me on www.rcgroups.com. My user name there is Lmopar69.

Laine