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I wonder if projects like this will trigger the development of drone countermeasures, leading to an interesting arms race and regular battles in the skies above
by DanAndersen 12y ago
I wonder if projects like this will trigger the development of drone countermeasures, leading to an interesting arms race and regular battles in the skies above us.
- KaiserPro 12y agowe are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I#The_dawn_of_air_combat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I#The_daw...
- Morphling 12y agoI wonder if you could just create some kind of roof over the rotors, thus negating the "attack".
- superuser2 12y agoWhat exactly do you think is the point of helicopter rotors?
- ceejayoz 12y agoTo generate lift. It's most certainly not to shield the helicopter from attacks from above.
- superuser2 12y agoExactly. How do you imagine rotors generating lift when enclosed by a roof?
- bdg 12y agoSomething as basic as a wire mesh would fit the bill.
- andygates 12y agoIt probably wouldn't, when the rotor has incredible suction and the tangle wire is very thin. I would certainly expect an attacker using monofilament and a defender using several-mm mesh to go the way of the attacker. Too much protection and you lose the airflow. I must immediately tape speaker mesh to my AR drone! FOR SCIENCE!
- krapp 12y agoNot that.
- Morphling 12y agoYeah, I'm not aerospace engineer, but couldn't you just put the roof like 10 cm above the rotors so it has enough air flow?
- classicsnoot 12y ago... but then someone else would invent balloons filled with mylar pieces that can saturate the area around the props.
- vmarsy 12y agoIf you're legally allowed to destroy a drone on your property, then instead of using another drone why not just use a shotgun? Right now you can't : http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/03/new_jersey_man_shoots_down_drone_over_his_property_gets_arrested.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/03/new_jerse...
- beachstartup 12y agoshotgun is a bit overkill for sub/urban environments, although i agree it would be especially effective. i've never shot clay before and i was able to hit multiple times on my first clay outing. however i imagine it would be no more than a weekend job to design a net-firing sabot or perhaps some kind of plastic scatter shot that could launch out of a t-shirt cannon.
- kxo 12y agoIn Jersey, one of the worst states for private firearms ownership in the country. "Unlawful weapons" isn't a crime in the vast majority of free states (excluding NFA items and the like.)
- comrh 12y agoAlmost across the state Jersey municipalities have no discharge laws preventing from shooting on your property so this is more about discharging a firearm than drones. Now if you had some type of EMP device that wasn't covered under firearm laws...
- klinquist 12y agoThe issue is that there is no defined elevation above land you own that is designated part of your property.
- gradys 12y agoMy understanding (from an undergraduate US law class) is that you actually own the column defined by your property lines up into the heavens (and down into the Earth). You implicitly grant an easement (a formalized privilege allowing someone else do something with your property) to aircraft and other things like that. I imagine that this easement doesn't extend to drones doing something they're not supposed to.
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- dmix 12y agoA lot of things have regulations yet people still need to develop defenses against them. Kevlar is still needed in countries where guns are heavily regulated.
- VMG 12y agoHow have birds evolved to handle this?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoIf you're a small bird, try not to be seen and spend most of your time in areas cluttered by trees and other object to exploit your size and maneuverability. If you're a big bird, spot your targets from distance and strike at high speed.