---
title: "Get Ready: “Flamethrower Drones” Are About to Go on Sale"
description: "A company called Throwflame is about to start selling a $1,500 fully-functional flamethrower attachment for drones on Thursday."
date: "2019-07-17"
modified: "2019-07-17"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/flamethrower-drones"
categories:
  - "Drones"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "drones"
  - "flamethrower"
  - "the digest"
---

# Get Ready: “Flamethrower Drones” Are About to Go on Sale

![A company called Throwflame is about to start selling a $1,500 fully-functional flamethrower attachment for drones on Thursday.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flamethrower-drones.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image:  Throwflame\</em\>*

## This Is Fine

Quick: close your eyes, and focus on the greatest problem facing the world today. If you, like us, thought about how you can't buy a [fully-functional flamethrower](<https://futurism.com/china-has-equipped-drones-with-a-flamethrower>) attachment for your drone, you're in luck!

That's because Throwflame, a company that makes, well, flamethrowers, is poised to release the TF-19 WASP on Thursday, [according to *The Verge*](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20697157/the-flamethrower-drone-will-soon-be-a-thing-you-can-buy>). That's a $1,499 fully-functional flamethrower attachment for drones that can shoot a 25-foot stream of fire for 100 straight seconds — which is troubling news for those of us who enjoy not being on fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07rtBip9ixk

## Nuclear Approach

Throwflame says that these fireslinging drones will be good for agricultural burns, grassland management, obliterating wasp nests, and, ironically, training firefighters, [per *BoingBoing*](<https://boingboing.net/2019/07/16/turn-your-drone-into-a-flameth.html>).

For people who are getting bored of their Boring Company "[Not a Flamethrowers](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-flamethrower-california-ban>)," it's important to note that the TF-19 WASP isn't a full drone — it's just the flamethrower attachment. But fret not, because Throwflame says it'll soon also begin selling fully-assembled, firebending drones for $1,000 to $10,000, depending on what customers are looking for.

In the meantime, we think we'll stay inside for a bit.

**READ MORE:** [The flamethrower drone will soon be a thing you can buy](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20697157/the-flamethrower-drone-will-soon-be-a-thing-you-can-buy>) \[*The Verge*\]

**More on good ideas:** *[New York Senate Passes Flamethrower Ban](<https://futurism.com/new-york-senate-flamethrowers-ban>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)