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Does anyone know how the police found him? (The Ars post mentions the police visited him while he was doing it, and you can see the police at the end of the vid
by dotBen 16y ago
Does anyone know how the police found him? (The Ars post mentions the police visited him while he was doing it, and you can see the police at the end of the video)
Someone phones in to 911 an RC Plane buzzing buildings, etc... but with the tools at the police's disposal, how would they have found where he was?
- fleitz 16y agoThey probably took the address from the caller and looked for the plane near there. Once finding it, they likely looked around the area for a guy with an RC remote. Of course they could have also used a radio direction finder.
- dotBen 16y agoHmm but he was flying over a huge area - from Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, apartment buildings on the waters-edge, etc. I'm wondering if they used radio direction finder - but a) would they have that equipment to hand and b) how would they know what frequency to be looking on?
- angusgr 16y agoHe had a fairly large antenna set up on a large stand next to him, and presumably the PoV headset on and a controller and things like that. If a police car drove by, I think they'd consider it worth asking him what he was doing. I say asking, not freaking out over, because there is an important difference.