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Can't wait until Walmart tries to fly one of their beasts over my land. They'll be getting the business end of my 12 gauge.

leros 2y ago
And you will be going to prison for shooting down an aircraft.
mikestew 2y ago
Can’t wait until it becomes clear that documenting intent to commit a crime is a bad idea. Not that anyone with any sense would actually do this. Shooting at things that have cameras, and always know their exact location, is a spectacularly bad idea to me. But anonymous internet tough guys gonna type what they type.
- JoeAltmaier 2y ago
  A little tone-deaf? What is it called to operate vehicles intended to trespass, cause noise ordinance violations, endanger the public? And they create press releases to announce those activities. I guess they need some of that advice.
  - mikestew 2y ago
    Did you reply to the wrong message? You’re saying that shooting a drone isn’t a crime?
    - egberts1 2y ago
      No, just that invading our private backyard is an invasion of privacy.
johann8384 2y ago
Good luck. My VTOL is just under 7' wide, flies at about 50mph. Once it transitions to fixed wing after take off its silent and at 300' just a tiny dot. My quad is not silent but at 300' you can't really hear it unless you are listening for it. It's flying about 25mph and is just under 3' in diameter. It's impossible to see. Please don't try to shoot at drones, it's dangerous and incredibly unlikely you'd hit the target. If you want to take down a drone interrupt the control channel, intercept it with another drone, hit it with an EMP, take out the pilot. Be smart.
- JoeAltmaier 2y ago
  Just btw, none of that describes a delivery drone which is by necessity going cautiously toward rendezvous with a delivery location. Which describes an easy target. An consider that a shotgun doesn't have to be very precisely aimed, by design. So amusing, to hear the advice that it's a better idea to take out the pilot than the drone. Haven't heard that one before.

leros 2y ago

And you will be going to prison for shooting down an aircraft.

mikestew 2y ago

Can’t wait until it becomes clear that documenting intent to commit a crime is a bad idea. Not that anyone with any sense would actually do this. Shooting at things that have cameras, and always know their exact location, is a spectacularly bad idea to me. But anonymous internet tough guys gonna type what they type.

JoeAltmaier 2y ago
A little tone-deaf? What is it called to operate vehicles intended to trespass, cause noise ordinance violations, endanger the public? And they create press releases to announce those activities. I guess they need some of that advice.
- mikestew 2y ago
  Did you reply to the wrong message? You’re saying that shooting a drone isn’t a crime?
  - egberts1 2y ago
    No, just that invading our private backyard is an invasion of privacy.

johann8384 2y ago

Good luck. My VTOL is just under 7' wide, flies at about 50mph. Once it transitions to fixed wing after take off its silent and at 300' just a tiny dot. My quad is not silent but at 300' you can't really hear it unless you are listening for it. It's flying about 25mph and is just under 3' in diameter. It's impossible to see. Please don't try to shoot at drones, it's dangerous and incredibly unlikely you'd hit the target. If you want to take down a drone interrupt the control channel, intercept it with another drone, hit it with an EMP, take out the pilot. Be smart.

JoeAltmaier 2y ago
Just btw, none of that describes a delivery drone which is by necessity going cautiously toward rendezvous with a delivery location. Which describes an easy target. An consider that a shotgun doesn't have to be very precisely aimed, by design. So amusing, to hear the advice that it's a better idea to take out the pilot than the drone. Haven't heard that one before.