Killing a drone, is it legal?

what you need is a way to trace it back to the operator...

Scaled down version of barrage balloons?

Only with helium filled balloons and a fine black or camo net. Floating above your back door...

I can tell I've been living out of the US for awhile now in my response to reading "just shoot it down". Different world down there

Jeff wrote: I can tell I've been living out of the US for awhile now in my response to reading "just shoot it down". Different world down there

Had to laugh how the world has changed from "Going to have to have a talk with Jimmy's Dad about Jimmy's toys" to "Went out ready to take down Jimmy and his Dad".

It IS a scary world now.

NOHOME wrote:

Jeff wrote: I can tell I've been living out of the US for awhile now in my response to reading "just shoot it down". Different world down there

Had to laugh how the world has changed from "Going to have to have a talk with Jimmy's Dad about Jimmy's toys" to "Went out ready to take down Jimmy and his Dad". It IS a scary world now.

Remember, when I went outside I thought it was somebody in arms reach of my door knob, shining a flashlight in my house. I have a wife and three kids in that house. I go drom zero to full assault mode very quick.
That's very different from Jimmy's soccer ball came into my yard.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5DEg2qZzkU

You could always take up falconry

java230 wrote:

paranoid_android74 wrote:

NOHOME wrote: It would seem that they are fairly easy to hack/hijack/destroy if you want to go through the effort. This could become a hobby in and of itself. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/wi-fi-drone-disabler-raspberry-pi/

The programming enables the Raspberry Pi to tap into a drone's Wi-Fi connectivity and take command of it. In the case of the drone the tests were conducted on, the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, a person using the "cantenna" could hijack the drone with a smartphone app and control it or disable it entirely.

Yup, I came here to say this. Hack/jam the frequency to down it or take control of it.

Very few are wifi controlled anymore.... most run 2.4 ghz or 5.8, or both. Some still run wifi for camera's but thats it.

Wi-Fi is 2.4 or 5GHz, so there may be overlap. Some things emit interference naturally, like a microwave.

Jamming would be an FCC issue.

Hacking Wi-Fi might fall under the CFAA.