Sounds like peeping tom to me...
Some states have passed laws to protect privacy on private property from drones.
https://www.versustexas.com/criminal/drone-laws-in-texas/
Next time use a hose. Firing guns in town is hard to justify here. I’d fine him one dollar.
The drone flyer could have been up to no good or it could just have been a guy playing with a new toy.
This was a legit drone and by other accounts, not peeping in on his daughter, which is a cute excuse for inexcusably shooting down someone else’s drone. Three shots—who could have been innocently hit by these errant shots?! The guy rightfully was arrested and should spend a nice amount of time in jail, plus pay to replace the $1,800 drone. Idiot.
Is there an established or common law height where you have ownership of the air space above your property?
The title is inflammatory and wrong. The video was apparently destroyed so no one knows what was on it.
There’s no jury in Kentucky that will find for the prosecution. It’s a waste of time. If the man starts a kick-start account, I’ll donate to it, and so will everyone else I know. It’s just outrageous.
Looks like we have a possible attempted assault on a drone here.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jv4lk
I saw this on the news, if I remember correctly he wasn’t actually charged with shooting down the drone, he was charged with violating some local ordinance on reckless discharge of a firearm within the city limits.
The owner of the drone claims it was a fly by. However, the father had time to observe it, and go muster his gun. So it was stationery for some time.
I’m a geek with the RC stuff...planes, multi copters, etc. You don’t fly them over people or their homes deliberately, not only potentially dangerous but just wrong.
He should press charges under his state’s peeping tom laws. A conviction marks the drone operator as a Sex offender - something that will follow him/her the rest of their lives. A couple of well publicized cases like that and no-one will dare operate a drone over neighbors property. Problem solved.
Paint balls will wreak havoc on camera and rotor blades ...
Any ideas? Lasers (for camera sensors), fishing lines, attract attention from one direction and whack from another, signal jamming, a device to take control,...? Those little remote control helicopters wouldn’t work where I live (almost always stiff whirlwinds, no nearby public roads or land, no trespassing), but it’s still an interesting problem to solve.
Another thing... Traditionally, remote control aircraft hobbyists used parks, large schoolyards or other open areas without many people in them. What’s with so many new “drone” users harassing their neighbors on those neighbors’ own private properties? The hobbyists of the past weren’t so spoiled rotten or addicted to making trouble.
Americans should have private airspaces against any and all aircraft for 200 feet over their own private properties. Trespassing model aircraft should be free game for taking down. Push for the legislation, and keep pushing for it.
Snagging a drone with a spinning rod could be a lot of fun.