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Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:41 pm
by JALLEN
Pawpaw wrote:
Then the general rule would be not to not go around where anyone is dove hunting. It's kinda hard to hunt flying birds without shooting into the air.
I didn't think dove hunting was allowed in backyards.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:43 pm
by Pawpaw
Well, there I go getting off on the dove hunting tangent and forgetting the original point of the thread. I guess that shows where my head is.

Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:53 pm
by puma guy
C-dub wrote:I do 5-stand with my 21" barrel and they set up birds as far as 50-80 yards and I even occasionally hit them with #7.5 or #8 shot. If the target was semi stationary I'd think it would be even easier. Many of m friends are much better than I am, but this still may have also just been a lucky shot.
I believe C-dub. You have to see his lightning fast swing to understand how he throws the shot.

Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:00 am
by bmwrdr
I guess there is a change coming to the use of drones.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s ... ed-n446266
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:18 am
by tomtexan
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:30 am
by gljjt
powerboatr wrote:
what if a drone crashes in your yard? are you obligated to return it? or find its owner?
if the four guys showed up wanting the errant drone...charge them a fee to recover the abandoned property
They can retrieve it for free. It's in the bottom of my trash receptacle. Squashed under 90 gallons of garbage.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:52 am
by Taypo
That's awesome!
Given that they're marketing to government, I'd bet they'll only run about $10k or so per unit.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:38 am
by Glockster
Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:42 am
by Glockster
Glockster wrote:
Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.
Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:47 am
by jimlongley
Glockster wrote:Glockster wrote:
Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.
Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.
Not any different, in concept at least, from the moon bounce array I mentioned above. A directional antenna with a transmitter on frequencies that the drone needs to stay in touch with its pilot would disrupt that communication causing the drone to either go into "fail safe" mode and land or just crash. As far as FCC certification, as a ham, as long as the frequencies involved are available to me, I can build one for myself without certification.
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:04 am
by Glockster
jimlongley wrote:Glockster wrote:Glockster wrote:
Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.
Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.
Not any different, in concept at least, from the moon bounce array I mentioned above. A directional antenna with a transmitter on frequencies that the drone needs to stay in touch with its pilot would disrupt that communication causing the drone to either go into "fail safe" mode and land or just crash. As far as FCC certification, as a ham, as long as the frequencies involved are available to me, I can build one for myself without certification.
Yes, but you can't sell it without that device approval. As for frequency usage, I believe that the rules though say that you can only use the available frequencies for their approved purposes, right?
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:44 am
by jb2012
What if I happen to be shooting clays when one flies over? and I happen to throw one near the drone? And I also miss the clay and hit the drone? haha just a thought
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:53 pm
by philip964
http://www.wave3.com/story/30355558/dro ... y-in-court
Shooter 3 Drone 0
Judge threw out the case and threw out the discharging a firearm charge as well. Drone owner says its not over.
Drone owner says he was at 200 feet. I'm just thinking about my clay pigeon shooting, if I didn't get it close, I'm certainly not going to get it far away. What is the effective range of a shot gun?
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:29 pm
by Dave2
Diesel42 wrote:Slightly off-topic, but y'all are better at technology than me:
What effect would a laser have on a drone? Could someone permanently damage the camera with a laser?
Curious and thanks in advance,
Nick
Sure, if you can keep it on target long enough. What exactly constitutes "long enough" depends on the camera design and the laser's power, but in general I don't think quadcopter owners have much to worry about. Or hexacopter owners. Or drone owners.
Octocopters, though... (Just kidding, they're probably fine too)
Re: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:32 pm
by MeMelYup
philip964 wrote:http://www.wave3.com/story/30355558/dro ... y-in-court
Shooter 3 Drone 0
Judge threw out the case and threw out the discharging a firearm charge as well. Drone owner says its not over.
Drone owner says he was at 200 feet. I'm just thinking about my clay pigeon shooting, if I didn't get it close, I'm certainly not going to get it far away. What is the effective range of a shot gun?
200 ft. = 67 yds.