Posted on 10/07/2015 8:31:02 AM PDT by C19fan
An Ascension Parish man hunting squirrels on his property Monday shot down a neighbors drone that had been flying over his home for several months, making his wife feel as though she was being watched.
Aaron Hernandez, the owner of the drone, which was outfitted with a camera, said Tuesday he was flying his $1,200 remote-controlled quadcopter, which he got as a Christmas present last year, at his fathers home in a rural area off La. 936 early Monday evening when his neighbor shot it, disabling it at first, leaving it hovering in the sky.
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Title 49 U.S Code section 40103 provides EXCLUSIVE sovereignty to the US Government for all airspace of the United States. It further vests the rule making authority with the FAA.
There is a 400' altitude limit imposed by the FAA for the operation of radio control models. The actual radio range for modern radios is over a mile. Some guys are running more powerful radios that extend the range to several miles.
What the feds don’t know won’t hurt ‘em.
http://www.qrz.ru/schemes/contribute/security/jammers/drone-jammer.pdf
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/how-to-build-a-radiodrone-jammer/34089
http://jammers4u.com/drones-jammer
http://www.loneoceans.com/labs/marx/m1_firstlight.jpg
http://www.jammer-store.com/trc-3-universal-remote-control-jammer.html
lots and lots of other links and discussions
Right now there is a company running ads on TV to sell small drones with a camera and they specifically show it being used to video the neighbors and others...........very, very creepy!
I’ve got a 1 watt green laser which should work pretty good at blinding any drone....
Thanks. I should have known that. Brain misfired to thinking of steel shot for ducks. Brass and steel - both metal, but that’s about it.
Now that you mention it, much of that part of Louisiana is technically “wetlands”. Perhaps some steel or tungsten shot goose loads would be appropriate. :-)
The sheriff's office there has a heck of a nice rifle range. Worked a few CMP M1 Garand "clinics" there, some fifteen years ago. At this time of year, morning fog obscures the targets in the morning - gotta wait until the sun burns it off. There's usually enough fog remaining when the range goes hot, that bullet traces can be seen with the naked eye.
Already out there. Also net attachments for interceptor drones.
This is one of the ‘River Parishes’.
Aviation requirements denote minimum altitudes of operation for aircraft. If you pull a “Blue Thunder” spy hover outside a residence, you better pray they don’t acquire the tail number.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joJRiE-HBBA
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