Thread: What Drones do you own?

Why worry about shooting down drones, IF you have a problem front up to whoever is flying it and sort it out face to face.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Why worry about shooting down drones, IF you have a problem front up to whoever is flying it and sort it out face to face.

And in many cases they are just ‘having a fly’ and will happily engage if spoken to nicely.

Originally Posted by Tombie

And in many cases they are just ‘having a fly’ and will happily engage if spoken to nicely.

Exactly

Originally Posted by trout1105

Why worry about shooting down drones, IF you have a problem front up to whoever is flying it and sort it out face to face.

Not always a possibility. Like the idiots that fly them through our facility at night. Absolute morons. Wouldn't know where they are and outside of the compound. Nothing anyone can do. Flying a quadcopter through a Major Hazard Facility where we have everything rated and intrinsically safe as far as electronics, then some clown flies one right through the plant.

Originally Posted by mekon76

Not always a possibility. Like the idiots that fly them through our facility at night. Absolute morons. Wouldn't know where they are and outside of the compound. Nothing anyone can do. Flying a quadcopter through a Major Hazard Facility where we have everything rated and intrinsically safe as far as electronics, then some clown flies one right through the plant.

Yeah, that’s just moronic. That would just about justify knocking it out of the sky IMO. It’s not like they’ll run to the Police whining about it while flying it illegally through a place like that.

Originally Posted by scarry

A mate of mine is a trap shooter,and has them custom built.He actually flies over to have them fitted.

The last one cost a six figure sum

Does he do speed traps? He could do reeeally well.

DL

From the Mavic Forums - guy was flying legally in the USA, not over somebodies property.

He was adjusting his camera settings (hovering) and heard a gunshot.



Amazingly, even though the battery was damaged, the drone managed to return to its operator safely.

Whilst I don’t condone it, that’s a pretty decent shot when it’s 390’ in the air and quite a distance away from the shooter.

Police are taking it seriously and charges are going to be laid on the shooter.

Originally Posted by Tombie

And in many cases they are just ‘having a fly’ and will happily engage if spoken to nicely.

My friend, the free range farmer is not concerned about people just 'having a fly'. More about organised political activist groups like those who invaded his farm, refused to leave until police arrived, and were flying drones with video cameras over his installations and animals. No doubt hoping to catch acts of animal cruelty to sell to the media. He considers them fair game and he should be able to let them have a dose of birdshot and some No3 buck into their drones. Police have told him not to set the dogs on them or shoot them.