Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Yard

[JALLEN]

Then the general rule would be not to not go around where anyone is dove hunting. It's kinda hard to hunt flying birds without shooting into the air.

I didn't think dove hunting was allowed in backyards.

[Pawpaw]

Well, there I go getting off on the dove hunting tangent and forgetting the original point of the thread. I guess that shows where my head is.

[puma guy]

I do 5-stand with my 21" barrel and they set up birds as far as 50-80 yards and I even occasionally hit them with #7.5 or #8 shot. If the target was semi stationary I'd think it would be even easier. Many of m friends are much better than I am, but this still may have also just been a lucky shot.

I believe C-dub. You have to see his lightning fast swing to understand how he throws the shot.

[bmwrdr]

I guess there is a change coming to the use of drones.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s ... ed-n446266

[tomtexan]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

[gljjt]

what if a drone crashes in your yard? are you obligated to return it? or find its owner?
if the four guys showed up wanting the errant drone...charge them a fee to recover the abandoned property

They can retrieve it for free. It's in the bottom of my trash receptacle. Squashed under 90 gallons of garbage.

[Taypo]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

That's awesome!

Given that they're marketing to government, I'd bet they'll only run about $10k or so per unit.

[Glockster]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.

[Glockster]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.

Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.

[jimlongley]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.

Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.

Not any different, in concept at least, from the moon bounce array I mentioned above. A directional antenna with a transmitter on frequencies that the drone needs to stay in touch with its pilot would disrupt that communication causing the drone to either go into "fail safe" mode and land or just crash. As far as FCC certification, as a ham, as long as the frequencies involved are available to me, I can build one for myself without certification.

[Glockster]

And now, a new way to defend against those unwanted nosey drones.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/16/drone-defende ... -wave-gun/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4XXLb_Vuw

Pretty interesting. It seems that they may be actually taking control of the drone (controlling flight rather than just terminating the owner flight control ability)? If so, wonder if you could use one of these to owner fly the drone.

Just went to their site and they say it disrupts rather than takes control. Which could be interesting if someone used it, disrupting control and then caused the drone to crash, causing damage to property or injury. It's not yet certified by the FCC so not yet available.

Not any different, in concept at least, from the moon bounce array I mentioned above. A directional antenna with a transmitter on frequencies that the drone needs to stay in touch with its pilot would disrupt that communication causing the drone to either go into "fail safe" mode and land or just crash. As far as FCC certification, as a ham, as long as the frequencies involved are available to me, I can build one for myself without certification.

Yes, but you can't sell it without that device approval. As for frequency usage, I believe that the rules though say that you can only use the available frequencies for their approved purposes, right?

[jb2012]

What if I happen to be shooting clays when one flies over? and I happen to throw one near the drone? And I also miss the clay and hit the drone? haha just a thought

[philip964]

http://www.wave3.com/story/30355558/dro ... y-in-court

Shooter 3 Drone 0

Judge threw out the case and threw out the discharging a firearm charge as well. Drone owner says its not over.

Drone owner says he was at 200 feet. I'm just thinking about my clay pigeon shooting, if I didn't get it close, I'm certainly not going to get it far away. What is the effective range of a shot gun?

[Dave2]

Slightly off-topic, but y'all are better at technology than me:
What effect would a laser have on a drone? Could someone permanently damage the camera with a laser?
Curious and thanks in advance,
Nick

Sure, if you can keep it on target long enough. What exactly constitutes "long enough" depends on the camera design and the laser's power, but in general I don't think quadcopter owners have much to worry about. Or hexacopter owners. Or drone owners.

Octocopters, though... (Just kidding, they're probably fine too)

[MeMelYup]

http://www.wave3.com/story/30355558/dro ... y-in-court

Shooter 3 Drone 0

Judge threw out the case and threw out the discharging a firearm charge as well. Drone owner says its not over.

Drone owner says he was at 200 feet. I'm just thinking about my clay pigeon shooting, if I didn't get it close, I'm certainly not going to get it far away. What is the effective range of a shot gun?

200 ft. = 67 yds.