# Carpet-bomb your neighborhood! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558 "2004-05-28T19:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/1 "2004-05-28T19:20:07Z")
OK, not really. But I bet you could with [this bad boy](http://www.scalerchelis.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=2382&s) and a few tweaks. I am _seriously_ impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/2 "2004-05-28T19:21:51Z")
Dammit. I meant this for MPSIMS. Can a mod please move? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/3 "2004-05-28T19:39:15Z")
Now that’s a hobby! I remember hearing years ago about how someone was killed when they were hit by a model plane. Until seeing that pic I couldn’t understand how that could have happened. Now I know. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/4 "2004-05-28T22:12:25Z")
All you need to do is arm it with a “Davy Crockett” nuke, with [this guy](http://www.yojoe.com/action/92/wildbill2.shtml) glued on it. “I’m gonna get them doors open if it harelips ever’body on Bear Creek!” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/5 "2004-05-28T23:04:11Z")
Ya know…if I sucked in my gut a bit, I think that thing could carry me to Vegas for the weekend! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/6 "2004-05-29T05:21:59Z")
The thread seems to have been culled, or something. [Here’s a link to Google’s cached version](http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:batEMK6Nz7UJ:www.scalerchelis.com/forum/index.php%3Fact%3DST%26f%3D17%26t%3D2382%26s+&hl=en). That thing is _crazy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/7 "2004-05-29T07:57:20Z")
> [@Dewey Cheatem Undhow](#): > > OK, not really. But I bet you could with [this bad boy](http://www.scalerchelis.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=2382&s) and a few tweaks. > > I am _seriously_ impressed. I saw that masterpiece on a CD that was made at an R/C jet rodeo in Texas. That thing really is an eye catcher. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/8 "2004-05-30T01:16:38Z")
Indiscriminant dropping of shag carpeting on residential areas is a violation of international treaties and common decency. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/9 "2004-05-30T04:08:16Z")
> [@Dewey Cheatem Undhow](#): > > Dammit. I meant this for MPSIMS. Can a mod please move? O.K. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/10 "2004-05-30T12:01:20Z")
These guys have way too much time and money on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/11 "2004-05-30T18:04:52Z")
Here are some other links [with video](http://www.wren-turbines.com/news.htm) and some [stills](http://www.wren-turbines.com/pictures_planes.htm) (scroll down a bit). ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-bomb-your-neighborhood/247558/12 "2004-05-30T18:07:55Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > These guys have way too much time and money on their hands. Actaullly the money is up there in the air, just waiting to turn into a very expensive puzzle.