Drone interference

[Dizzy1]

Best to just leave them alone.

Until what? One takes a plane or helicopter out? Active fire areas are no fly zones and that includes unmanned toys flown remotely.

Anyone caught flying one of these around an airport or in an active fire zone where there is a high activity of low flying aircraft needs to have a serious beating.

[mikest2]

Given that there is no real legal precedent applying to drones (UAVS), if we could catch one, and find a Judge with some nuts, a really strong message could be sent. Yeah, I'm dreaming...........
Perhaps some serious jamming on the frequencies used for RC drones.........

[Dizzy1]

Given that there is no real legal precedent applying to drones (UAVS), if we could catch one, and find a Judge with some nuts, a really strong message could be sent. Yeah, I'm dreaming...........
Perhaps some serious jamming on the frequencies used for RC drones.........

Until that time comes, we could use this in the interm ...



It's amazing how much damage and injury a small bird can have on an aircraft and its pilot, I couldn't imagine one of these toys coming through the windshield doing a run close to terrain. Personally, nothing less than a manslaughter charge should be applied.

A collision will happen, its only a matter of time.

[GordonH]

Hey, I still feel the local detachment could use some target practice, and what better then moving target.

Added later: if they have already hired the guards for new prison they to could use some practice as well.

[cv23]

Or
http://thetango.net/2015/08/16/eagle-takes-down-drone/

[Treblehook]

Jail time is what is required. Nobody that is smart enough to walk upright and communicate without barking should know that flying these things around airports or wildfires is dangerous. Accountability and consequences is what it is about.

[zerograv]

Owned by a news outfit maybe? Should just dump a load of water on it.

[Swoop]

...maybe we should have this under one topic about drone interference, which has already been started, rather than a new thread each time the issue crops up?...
viewtopic.php?f=107&t=63273

[Swoop]

Given that there is no real legal precedent applying to drones (UAVS), if we could catch one, and find a Judge with some nuts, a really strong message could be sent. Yeah, I'm dreaming...........
Perhaps some serious jamming on the frequencies used for RC drones.........

...and that is the unfortunate consequence that is quickly going to become reality...because some lack the simple common sense required to know this is a bad idea, all those with half an ounce of grey material between the ears will now be legislated and licensed up the nose just to enjoy a recreational activity that most 5 year-olds have the grasp of responsibility for...

[JBX]

You can't jam them. They run 2.4mhz to 2.5. That's wifi g b n. Or 433 MHz ism band 433.05 to 434.79. unless really old then they used freq crystals for channels. But I think they are all too new for that. You would be locked up until the heat death of the universe if you jammed thos frequencies.

Also unless really close your going to have no luck with w pellet gun. I used to have an old crappy one and me and a buddy tried to shoot it down for kicks. we just had it orbit at height and yeah it went down but not after a lot of shots. Not cool if you don't know where your rounds are landing, also why guns are out.

They simply need to follow a few home and arrest the people. Period.

[Dizzy1]

Also unless really close your going to have no luck with w pellet gun. I used to have an old crappy one and me and a buddy tried to shoot it down for kicks. we just had it orbit at height and yeah it went down but not after a lot of shots. Not cool if you don't know where your rounds are landing, also why guns are out.

Shotguns seem to work well ...

We need to talk anti-aircraft weaponry.

More and more so-called enthusiasts are sending drones into the sky. This means that more and more normal humans are becoming enthusiastic about shooting them out of the sky.

Especially, as in the case of William H. Merideth, the drone is hovering over your house.

Merideth, 47, lives in Hillview, Kentucky. As WDRB-TV reports, a neighbor heard gunshots and called the police. Merideth allegedly told the police that a drone was hovering over his house, where his teen daughter (he has two) was sunbathing. So he pulled out his gun and gave it a merry death.

The drone's owner, police say, said he was flying it to take pictures of a neighboring house.

However, Merideth told WRDB: "Well, I came out and it was down by the neighbor's house, about 10 feet off the ground, looking under their canopy that they've got under their back yard. I went and got my shotgun and I said, 'I'm not going to do anything unless it's directly over my property.'"

And then it allegedly was.

Merideth explained: "I didn't shoot across the road, I didn't shoot across my neighbor's fences, I shot directly into the air."

He says that shortly after the shooting, he received a visit from four men who claimed to be responsible for the drone, who explained that Merideth owed $1,800.

Merideth says he stood his ground: "I had my 40mm Glock on me and they started toward me and I told them, 'If you cross my sidewalk, there's gonna be another shooting.'"

There appears not to have been another shooting. However, Merideth was arrested for wanton endangerment and criminal mischief. There is, apparently, a local ordinance that says you can't shoot a gun off in the city, but the police charged him under a Kentucky Revised Statute.

I contacted both the Hillview Police Department to ask for its view on proceedings. I will update, should I hear. However, an FAA spokesman told me: "Shooting at aircraft poses a significant safety hazard. An unmanned aircraft hit by gunfire could crash, causing damage to persons or property on the ground, or it could collide with other objects in the air. Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in criminal or civil charges."

The FAA's recommendations include not flying above 400 feet and "Don't fly near people or stadiums." The FAA adds: "You could be fined for endangering people or other aircraft."

For his part, Merideth says he will sue the drone's owners. He told WRDB: "You know, when you're in your own property, within a six-foot privacy fence, you have the expectation of privacy. We don't know if he was looking at the girls. We don't know if he was looking for something to steal. To me, it was the same as trespassing."

It is, indeed, hard to know whether things that buzz in the sky have positive or negative intentions. Amateur drones disrupted efforts to fight recent California wildfires to such a degree that there's now a $75,000 reward for anyone who identifies those responsible. A Southern California lawmaker has created a bill that would make it legal for the authorities to shoot these drones out of the sky.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/man-shoots ... 32027.html

[mikest2]

Please Mods, can you respell the title to "Aerial " thanks

[Always Sunny]

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/s ... uzf#safety

Don’t fly:
•Closer than 9 km from any airport, heliport, or aerodrome.
•Higher than 90 metres from above the ground.
•Closer than 150 metres from people, animals, buildings, structures, or vehicles.
•In populated areas or near large groups of people, including sporting events, concerts, festivals, and firework shows.
•Near moving vehicles, avoid highways, bridges, busy streets or anywhere you could endanger or distract drivers.
•Within restricted airspace, including near or over military bases, prisons, and forest fires.
•Anywhere you may interfere with first responders

[Madhue]

You can't jam them. They run 2.4mhz to 2.5. That's wifi g b n. Or 433 MHz ism band 433.05 to 434.79. unless really old then they used freq crystals for channels. But I think they are all too new for that. You would be locked up until the heat death of the universe if you jammed thos frequencies.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2951272/ ... rones.html

[JBX]

I didn't say its not possible, I said if an average joe does is your *bleep* is in jail for a long time.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/category/dr ... rtDir=desc

Looks like I may have been off on the price for some of them, good lord 6 grand?

I think I'm ordering that parrot bebop drone, that's pretty awesome. Could take some epic pics of my friends vineyard with that.