bobbyguelz Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8037720011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXo_d6tNWuY&feature=youtu.be Who's looking forward to one day having even more grand numbers of noisy Drones screwing up dialog in the cities? Very cool stuff... But man is the world just getting to be one solid piece of noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I'm looking forward to the day I can just shoot down an iPad from the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) I'm looking forward to the day I can just shoot down an iPad from the sky. Ha ha rather like a modern version of game bird shooting with higher rewards, you'd need a pack of trained retriever robots to complement the activity, but maybe not so much if the Amazon drones become fully armed with search and destroy counter measures!......:) Edited November 30, 2015 by pindrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Ha ha rather like a modern version of game bird shooting with higher rewards, you'd need a pack of trained retriever robots to complement the activity, but maybe not so much if the Amazon drones become fully armed with search and destroy counter measures!......:) highly doubtful since they aren't the law. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Over here is the UK you have to pass all sorts of tests set by the Civil Aviation Authority and obtain and pay for a licence to operate a drone legally. Needless to say fewer and fewer people are bothering about all that. Rather like when CB radio became very popular here in the '80s - the vast majority of users couldn't give a stuff about passing the test and buying the licence and it quickly became obvious that the authorities hadn't got a hope in hell of controlling it. With drones infringing air space around airports I wonder what is going to happen after the inevitable accident occurs. Perhaps a total ban? Could it be enforced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 A total ban, no -- there are too many legitimate uses to ignore the future of UAVs. I do, however, forsee stiffening of penalties, even to the point of jail time, for those who endanger others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhforAndAfter Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Time to invest in one of these... http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/battle-innovations-anti-drone-gun/ Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Rental departments take note. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 It's currently a felony "to interfere with an aircraft", and as of now they are considered "aircraft". So bringing it down in any way would qualify as that. My understanding is that people have been charged with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhforAndAfter Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 II was joking! But I'm sure it's only a matter of time before interfering with drones becomes a real problem. Could just go the low tech route: http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-fisherman-catch-a-drone-in-flight-1722948154 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 9 hours ago, johnpaul215 said: It's currently a felony "to interfere with an aircraft", and as of now they are considered "aircraft". So bringing it down in any way would qualify as that. My understanding is that people have been charged with that. it's only a felony if you're caught. If I see one of those flying over my house it's going down. The real question is what frequency will these drones be running on? As of now most drones are on 2.4gHz and others on 5. I would also suspect that they would interfere with birds and flying insects, which yet again is another way humans are F'n up this planet in the name of commerce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 As far as I know, all current hobby UAVs are 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz, but the range of these Amazon drones implies something else. Those "anti-drone guns" just cause them to lose data connection to the controller. I have a DJI Phantom 3, and if that happens it can't be "remotely brought down". If I throw the controller in a swimming pool, or turned it off, the quadcopter would go to a preset height and return to the "home" location (where it took off from). presumably the authorities could follow it and find the owner. With the Amazon ones, the course would be set before they leave the warehouse, but maybe cellular/LTE in case they need to recall them or change course. Maybe a control tower could talk to them enough to keep up communications. That few mile range is questionable. These things are big, so I wonder how how viable it is for this. That tech is being used to take things like meds to remote places, and that's incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Salazar Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Woah! Easy there fellas! Don't shoot down that Amazon drone, it is delivering my DPA 4017B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhforAndAfter Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 All the more reason to shoot it down! More toys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmfsnd Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 If we're rolling, and it's within boom pole height, I'm knocking that s*t out of the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Customers need a big landing area in order to even get "drone" deliveries. I can't remember the exact amount of open square footage, but it wouldn't even be an option for those in apartment buildings, townhouses, or homes with small yards. That rules out a lot of the San Fernando Valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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