---
title: "The flamethrower drone conversion kit you never knew you needed is finally here"
description: "The brand-new TF-19 Wasp \"flamethrower drone\" is all of those things. Designed to lightweight drones with a 5-pound payload capacity, the Wasp drone system can spit hot fire at targets up to 25 feet away for up to 100 seconds on a single gallon of fuel"
date: "2019-07-16"
modified: "2019-07-16"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/tf-19-wasp-flamethrower-drone/"
categories:
  - "Aircraft"
  - "Culture"
  - "Drones"
  - "Mandatory Fun"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
---

# The flamethrower drone conversion kit you never knew you needed is finally here

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19933239-1.jpg>)

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

Human civilization is about fire. Creating fire is what [separates us from the animals;](<https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-fire-makes-us-human-72989884/>) extinguishing it without urinating on it, according to Sigmund Freud, marked the [starting point for the most fundamental societies](<https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/04/booksonhealth.society>). It is also, at its core, a force of destruction — and, therefore, a weapon of war.

Anyway.

The brand-new TF-19 Wasp "[flamethrower drone](<https://uncrate.com/wasp-flamethrower-drone/>)" is all of those things. Designed to lightweight drones with a 5-pound payload capacity, the Wasp drone system can spit hot fire at targets up to 25 feet away for up to 100 seconds on a single gallon of fuel.

Wasp maker [ThrowFlame](<https://haseonline.chase.com/MyAccounts.aspx>) says the system was designed to bring "new levels of efficiency and manageability to agriculture." Sure. Cool. Whatever.

Unfortunately, it costs around $1,500. And why ThrowFlame didn't call this the 'Firefly,' I have no idea.

Learn more about the TF-19 Wasp [here](<https://throwflame.com/tf-19-wasp/>).

## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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