Onus of proof is on the accuser.
Onus of proof is on the accuser.
This was a fictional show but I found it interesting that the brought up a lot of stuff that was mentioned in the earlier post. Even had a video from the drone of the shooter doing the deed before it died. The shooter was being sued by the drone's owner. Shooter said invasion of privacy. He lost.
Unlike many TV shows, this showed a lot of research about various laws.
It bothers me that the "default" method of dealing with a drone seems to involve a firearm.
In reply to MCarp22:
Well, I don't have a badminton racket that big.
MCarp22 wrote: It bothers me that the "default" method of dealing with a drone seems to involve a firearm.
The can't legally kill people and they have to have a license to kill animals. Plastic and metal on the other hand...
Gearheadotaku wrote: Paintball gun might work
I think this is the winner here.. even if you don't down it, the owner gets to clean paint gunk out of it. At the very least, the camera stops working
I have yet to actually see a 'drone' in person, much less one hovering outside my bedroom window hoping for a peek. I'm not too worried about having to shoot them out of the sky.
I looked out my garage door a couple weeks back to see my dog staring up in the sky with a very puzzled look on his face. He's the very attentive sort, so I crawled out from under the truck and went to take a look. There was a small quadrotor hovering over the neighbor's yard about 35' up making the usual swarm-of-bees racket. I stood and looked at it for a minute and then it flew away across the neighborhood. My dog watched it fly off then looked at me like "the hell was that, dad?"
It was too cold for sunbathers that day, so I'm not sure what they were ogling.
I'm picturing a second quad copter loaded up with Roman candles to make a remote version of this:
stuart in mn wrote: I have yet to actually see a 'drone' in person, much less one hovering outside my bedroom window hoping for a peek. I'm not too worried about having to shoot them out of the sky.
Go to any local mall. A "drone" isn't a drone at all. It is colloquially referring to a radio controlled quad-copter. Some have the ability to send video back, take stills or just fly around.
A military "drone" isn't a drone either, (talking about the Predator ect.). It is also a remote controlled aircraft. Now they are working on true drones.
Those are epic! You just tell it where to go and it figures out the rest. Like "Land on the aircraft carrier." and it does it.
Flight Service wrote:stuart in mn wrote: I have yet to actually see a 'drone' in person, much less one hovering outside my bedroom window hoping for a peek. I'm not too worried about having to shoot them out of the sky.Go to any local mall. A "drone" isn't a drone at all. It is colloquially referring to a radio controlled quad-copter. Some have the ability to send video back, take stills or just fly around.
That's why I put it in quotes, I know what they are but that's what they are commonly called these days.
Actually, I know the DGI stuff does have the ability to fly a pattern and even return home if the signal is lost. They can also stay in one place and compensate for wind gusts. So they're a bit more than just a radio controlled chopper.
We were using one to film cars on the racetrack, and the invisible roostertail off my wing tossed it around. Unfortunately, the camera stabilization was too good for it to show up on video.
The SCCA takes a fairly dim view of "drones". Something about commercial pilots license and a million dollar insurance policy....
So when some guys launched one over our season cobweb shaker I grounded him in about 1.4 seconds. No firearms involved, just a stern voice.
As to the peeping drone inside city limits issue: the answer is bolo.
It isn't that difficult people...
Methinks drones will just become more manuverable to cope with AAA:
914Driver wrote: Onus of proof is on the accuser.
They make them for 12ga as well....
Potato gun shooting flaming tennis balls....
Tee shirt gun shooting a net of some kind
What about a fishing pole with a heavy weight on it?
Toyman01 wrote:
What is this, and where do I find the plans to make my own? I could have way too much fun. ....
Does it occur to anyone the best way to deal with this is to look around for the operator (yrs they can fly out of range of the 'pilot' but every one I've seen has been in visual range, inc pro video) and say "excuse me, but your drone is upsetting/disturbing/concrrning me, would you please fly it away from my house/land/teenage daughter" I understand people love to jump to the conclusion that everyone is spying on them and not a geek/kid with a new toy, but a little common decency could help a whole lot of problems all round.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
Very true, there are FPV type ones that have a good bit of range though.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
It's more fun to blow stuff up.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Does it occur to anyone the best way to deal with this is to look around for the operator (yrs they can fly out of range of the 'pilot' but every one I've seen has been in visual range, inc pro video) and say "excuse me, but your drone is upsetting/disturbing/concrrning me, would you please fly it away from my house/land/teenage daughter" I understand people love to jump to the conclusion that everyone is spying on them and not a geek/kid with a new toy, but a little common decency could help a whole lot of problems all round.
Why do you hate America?
KyAllroad wrote: The SCCA takes a fairly dim view of "drones". Something about commercial pilots license and a million dollar insurance policy.... So when some guys launched one over our season cobweb shaker I grounded him in about 1.4 seconds. No firearms involved, just a stern voice. As to the peeping drone inside city limits issue: the answer is bolo.
FIA does too.
They are not permitted under the insurance for rallies in Canada, as it comes from the association with FIA. They are concerned with the potential that they would fail and hit a car.
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