Posted on 10/07/2015 8:31:02 AM PDT by C19fan
An Ascension Parish man hunting squirrels on his property Monday shot down a neighbor’s drone that had been flying over his home for several months, making his wife feel as though she was being watched.
Aaron Hernandez, the owner of the drone, which was outfitted with a camera, said Tuesday he was flying his $1,200 remote-controlled quadcopter, which he got as a Christmas present last year, at his father’s home in a rural area off La. 936 early Monday evening when his neighbor shot it, disabling it at first, leaving it hovering in the sky.
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Hover your drone over someone’s house, expect it to get shot down. Fly it in your own yard or in a public place.
No, its still there, hovering.
Do we get to see the vid of the neighbors wife?
Can’t say I blame the shooter, even if there is nothing to see in my yard, don’t watch.
Now is the time to develop drone counter measures. Something electronic.
A fleet of interceptor drones.
Just find out the radio frequencies the major manufacturers use and build a jammer for those frequencies.
Yes, my thought also.
I’m going with a pair of sharks with fricken’ laser beams attached to their heads. Keep them in the house’s moat.
Never could get that link to open, but here it is from England:
Shooting would be more fun, but it puts one at risk of "unlawful discharge" charges, etc.
Pushing a button and watching some clown's spy machine mysteriously shatter on the ground, however, would still be plenty fun.
Failing that, something like a crossbow dart trailing a bunch of sticky thread?
I think many of them use the 2.4 gig range.
Maybe a microwave oven magnetron could be used to create the r.f. and a parabolic antenna to aim the waves.
Drone pilot claimed it was at 200 feet. If so, pretty good shooting.
I’m thinking a shotgun would be better for drones.
A new "station" has been added to the "sporting clays" course. :-)
The airspace above your property is public space under the law. You do NOT have the legal right to restrict the airspace above your property. If that was allowed, then aviation would not be able to operate. However, I do believe that there is room for compromise.
The current limits on drones allow for a maximum control distance (from transmitter to drone) of 400 feet if memory serves. Therefore, I would allow the home owner to restrict the first 50 feet of their property, and further restrict drone and other aircraft to a minimum altitude of 100 feet above any private property not owned by the drone operator. If the drone is within the 50 foot above private property, the property owner can take any steps necessary to disable the drone with no civil penalties. If the drone is between 50 and 100 feet, the home owner may take action but must cover the cost of repair or replacement of the drone. Beyond 100 feet the property owner is subject to a fine.
Someone is going to devise a method of throwing a weighted net to capture these things. A potato gun, suitably modified, should do the trick.
Jamming radio frequencies is often a violation of federal law.
Good to see your environmental sensitivity.
Louisana rox
I once lived in Gonzales. Adopted it as my second home town. Back then, a great place.
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