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Interesting, technically don't home owners own the air above their house up to several hundred feet? What if I don't want it flying over me, can I knock it down

Interesting, technically don't home owners own the air above their house up to several hundred feet? What if I don't want it flying over me, can I knock it down?

jsjohnst 10y ago
If you could knock a drone down at 400ft up, I'd really be impressed. Your accuracy would have to be incredible.
- wccrawford 10y ago
  Plus, it's still illegal to recklessly discharge firearms.
- lettergram 10y ago
  I'd probably try to jam the signal, use a kite, use my own drone, etc.
gamegoblin 10y ago
I imagine they'll mostly fly over streets. That would also reduce risk of catastrophic failure killing a pedestrian, since a typical car roof can certainly survive impact of one of these things. It would also mitigate sound issues since road-noise would easily drown out a 400ft high drone.
detaro 10y ago
Aviation law likely trumps that, especially for explicitly permitted (commercial license) operations. And in most countries "dangerous interference with aircraft" or something similar has pretty harsh penalties attached. I think there already have been a few example cases, so there should be info at least for the US.
- tonyplee 10y ago
  I guess "Drone Hunting/Shooting Tuesday" won't be the next popular sport events after Cyber Monday.
ghaff 10y ago
The law about air rights isn't definitive. The closest seems to be a 1946 Supreme Court case (US vs. Causby). However, the general consensus seems to be that home owners have at least some degree of air rights up to some hundreds of feet. In general, you don't have the right to destroy property in retaliation for trespassing though, especially if you'd be violating other laws by doing so such as discharging a weapon in the vicinity of other people/houses.
Frondo 10y ago
Knock it down? Like with a gun? I would call the cops so fast if one of my neighbors were firing a gun in the air to, hur hur, hit a drone. That is such a dangerous and irresponsible thing to propose, unless you're out in the country, on your own land, with enough of your own land around you that your bullets won't come crashing down onto the rest of us.

Interesting, technically don't home owners own the air above their house up to several hundred feet? What if I don't want it flying over me, can I knock it down?

jsjohnst 10y ago

If you could knock a drone down at 400ft up, I'd really be impressed. Your accuracy would have to be incredible.

wccrawford 10y ago
Plus, it's still illegal to recklessly discharge firearms.
lettergram 10y ago
I'd probably try to jam the signal, use a kite, use my own drone, etc.

gamegoblin 10y ago

I imagine they'll mostly fly over streets. That would also reduce risk of catastrophic failure killing a pedestrian, since a typical car roof can certainly survive impact of one of these things. It would also mitigate sound issues since road-noise would easily drown out a 400ft high drone.

detaro 10y ago

Aviation law likely trumps that, especially for explicitly permitted (commercial license) operations. And in most countries "dangerous interference with aircraft" or something similar has pretty harsh penalties attached. I think there already have been a few example cases, so there should be info at least for the US.

tonyplee 10y ago
I guess "Drone Hunting/Shooting Tuesday" won't be the next popular sport events after Cyber Monday.

ghaff 10y ago

The law about air rights isn't definitive. The closest seems to be a 1946 Supreme Court case (US vs. Causby). However, the general consensus seems to be that home owners have at least some degree of air rights up to some hundreds of feet. In general, you don't have the right to destroy property in retaliation for trespassing though, especially if you'd be violating other laws by doing so such as discharging a weapon in the vicinity of other people/houses.

Frondo 10y ago

Knock it down? Like with a gun? I would call the cops so fast if one of my neighbors were firing a gun in the air to, hur hur, hit a drone. That is such a dangerous and irresponsible thing to propose, unless you're out in the country, on your own land, with enough of your own land around you that your bullets won't come crashing down onto the rest of us.