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The owner claims (with video/telemetry) that the drone was over 200ft in the air and not over his property at the time [1]. And that the SD card with the video

by Ardren 11y ago

The owner claims (with video/telemetry) that the drone was over 200ft in the air and not over his property at the time [1]. And that the SD card with the video was removed from the drone before he could recover it [2]. (Just adding a bit from the other side of the story) [1] http://www.wdrb.com/story/29670583/update-drone-owner-disputes-shooters-story-produces-video-he-claims-shows-flight-path http://www.wdrb.com/story/29670583/update-drone-owner-disput... [2] http://www.wdrb.com/story/29675427/drone-owner-responds-to-claims-of-privacy-invasion http://www.wdrb.com/story/29675427/drone-owner-responds-to-c...

kenrikm 11y ago
200ft changes the story quite considerably as it is outside of the homeowners airspace (83ft) and it's reasonable to assume the drone was just up to get a panoramic shot/video of the area not to take video of a single house. There are easier ways to peep on someone then flying a noisy drone over them.
- fit2rule 11y ago
  Well, it may have been 200ft at the time of impact, but .. so what? Where was it, say, 0.25 second before that? We shall see, perhaps ..
perlgeek 11y ago
How easy is it to shoot a drone that's 200ft high? Sounds like not quite trivial to me, though having never shot a gun, I'm not certain at all.
- pc86 11y ago
  It depends entirely on the skill of the person shooting and what they're shooting at it with. If stationary, it's not an amazing feat of marksmanship, either. Even a moving drone at that distance is certainly possible for most people with any formal training.
- skwirl 11y ago
  He fired at it with 3 shots of number 8 birdshot[1], which means he fires hundreds of pellets per shot[2] and those pellets spread out as they travel. All it takes is one pellet to bring down the drone. It would have been trivial. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoots-down-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoo... [2] http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.shotgun-shells.html http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.shotgun-shells.html
  - pjungwir 11y ago
    I wouldn't call it trivial. Have you tried it? I'm not sure about kill-with-one-pellet either. 40 yards (120 feet) is about the effective range for birdshot. Also at 40 yards your spread is about 40 inches. It's not a flamethrower. :-)
    - Nadya 11y ago
      I'm sick of seeing "effective range" used to claim "absurd!" Yes. If you want your pellets to go inside of a goose and harm it, then your birdshot is only effective at about 40 yards. Further than that, you won't be bringing a bird down, because the birdshot isn't hitting with enough force anymore. But you aren't shooting a bird. You're shooting a drone. Some birdshot hitting and damaging the propeller is enough to bring the drone down. It doesn't need to penetrate and because it doesn't need to penetrate, it doesn't need to be within effective range.

by Ardren 11y ago

kenrikm 11y ago

200ft changes the story quite considerably as it is outside of the homeowners airspace (83ft) and it's reasonable to assume the drone was just up to get a panoramic shot/video of the area not to take video of a single house. There are easier ways to peep on someone then flying a noisy drone over them.

fit2rule 11y ago
Well, it may have been 200ft at the time of impact, but .. so what? Where was it, say, 0.25 second before that? We shall see, perhaps ..

perlgeek 11y ago

How easy is it to shoot a drone that's 200ft high? Sounds like not quite trivial to me, though having never shot a gun, I'm not certain at all.

pc86 11y ago
It depends entirely on the skill of the person shooting and what they're shooting at it with. If stationary, it's not an amazing feat of marksmanship, either. Even a moving drone at that distance is certainly possible for most people with any formal training.
skwirl 11y ago
He fired at it with 3 shots of number 8 birdshot[1], which means he fires hundreds of pellets per shot[2] and those pellets spread out as they travel. All it takes is one pellet to bring down the drone. It would have been trivial. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoots-down-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoo... [2] http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.shotgun-shells.html http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.shotgun-shells.html
- pjungwir 11y ago
  I wouldn't call it trivial. Have you tried it? I'm not sure about kill-with-one-pellet either. 40 yards (120 feet) is about the effective range for birdshot. Also at 40 yards your spread is about 40 inches. It's not a flamethrower. :-)
  - Nadya 11y ago
    I'm sick of seeing "effective range" used to claim "absurd!" Yes. If you want your pellets to go inside of a goose and harm it, then your birdshot is only effective at about 40 yards. Further than that, you won't be bringing a bird down, because the birdshot isn't hitting with enough force anymore. But you aren't shooting a bird. You're shooting a drone. Some birdshot hitting and damaging the propeller is enough to bring the drone down. It doesn't need to penetrate and because it doesn't need to penetrate, it doesn't need to be within effective range.