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""“They have to land for you to get the contraband off of them,” he said. “They can’t drop it like a bomb.” This doesn't seem logical. I mean, (if) I were to a
by tristanb 9y ago
""“They have to land for you to get the contraband off of them,” he said. “They can’t drop it like a bomb.”
This doesn't seem logical. I mean, (if) I were to attempt this, I'd fly a drone very high out of site of the guards, with a downward facing camera. Wait until I was over the correct area, and release the (heavy) tool that would fall mostly straight down. Seems pretty hard to spot / track / fail at. As far as dropping it, thats just a servo, hardly difficult.
- 086421357909764 9y agoDepending on the size of the wire cutters (which are definitely tiny vs bolt cutters) the servo drop method is extremely plausible, it's the same delivery system ISIS has been using for consumer drones in Syria and Iraq.
- ntaylor 9y agoThere seems to be some inconsistencies in this article- wire cutters, or bolt cutters? Big difference.
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoI have a DJI quad. You can't hear it (and you can hardly see it) when it's hundreds of meters up, but there's no way the guards could miss the whine if it came into the yard to land.
- dsl 9y agoIf I were going to do this: Take one of the more powerful DJI quads like the Phantom Pro, connect some high strength fishing line to it, run the drone up 200-300 feet until you couldn't hear it anymore, then tie the contraband on to the end. The fishing line adds minimal weight and puts the drone out of range of eyes/ears.
- fenwick67 9y agoIt would be swinging around pretty wildly at the bottom (depending on wind), but now I really want to see somebody do this.
- AndrewKemendo 9y agoRight, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Had he even done the most trivial of searches he would have seen that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74m2hph1l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74m2hph1l8