Ascension Parish resident shoots down neighbor’s drone, says wife felt like it was watching her

The Advocate ^ | October 6, 2015 | Ellyn Couvillion

[taxcontrol]

[follow up]

Title 49 U.S Code section 40103 provides EXCLUSIVE sovereignty to the US Government for all airspace of the United States. It further vests the rule making authority with the FAA.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

The current limits on drones allow for a maximum control distance (from transmitter to drone) of 400 feet if memory serves.

There is a 400' altitude limit imposed by the FAA for the operation of radio control models. The actual radio range for modern radios is over a mile. Some guys are running more powerful radios that extend the range to several miles.

[Zippo44]

To: Charles Martel High brass #6 shot Good to see your environmental sensitivity. 18 posted on ‎10‎/‎7‎/‎2015‎ ‎11‎:‎08‎:‎04‎ ‎AM by PAR35 High brass refers to the amount of propellant in the shotgun shell. The projectiles (#6 shot describes the size of the pellets) are still lead.

[Boogieman]

What the feds don’t know won’t hurt ‘em.

[catnipman]

http://www.qrz.ru/schemes/contribute/security/jammers/drone-jammer.pdf

http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/how-to-build-a-radiodrone-jammer/34089

http://jammers4u.com/drones-jammer

http://www.loneoceans.com/labs/marx/m1_firstlight.jpg

http://www.jammer-store.com/trc-3-universal-remote-control-jammer.html

lots and lots of other links and discussions

[Mastador1]

Right now there is a company running ads on TV to sell small drones with a camera and they specifically show it being used to video the neighbors and others...........very, very creepy!

[Kozak]

I’ve got a 1 watt green laser which should work pretty good at blinding any drone....

[PAR35]

Thanks. I should have known that. Brain misfired to thinking of steel shot for ducks. Brass and steel - both metal, but that’s about it.

[Charles Martel]

Now that you mention it, much of that part of Louisiana is technically “wetlands”. Perhaps some steel or tungsten shot goose loads would be appropriate. :-)

[Charles Martel]

I once lived in Gonzales. Adopted it as my second home town. Back then, a great place.

The sheriff's office there has a heck of a nice rifle range. Worked a few CMP M1 Garand "clinics" there, some fifteen years ago. At this time of year, morning fog obscures the targets in the morning - gotta wait until the sun burns it off. There's usually enough fog remaining when the range goes hot, that bullet traces can be seen with the naked eye.

[moehoward]

"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. "

Already out there. Also net attachments for interceptor drones.

[PAR35]

This is one of the ‘River Parishes’.

[The Cajun]

The creep flying the drone was given fair warning, several times and even by the sheriff's department, no sympathy at all for him.

[Ozark Tom]

Aviation requirements denote minimum altitudes of operation for aircraft. If you pull a “Blue Thunder” spy hover outside a residence, you better pray they don’t acquire the tail number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joJRiE-HBBA