A few cheap laser pointers from Walmart or the discount store and that thing will either be landing immediately, leaving the AO, or crashing violently.
But, you know, you should never do this. Or whatever I'm supposed to say here to prevent the secret police from kicking my door in.
They don't really mean the exact same thing, or at least not in my dialect. "Fixing to" implies that the thing will happen imminently, not just in the future.