Illegal or not, people do things they shouldn’t. I’m surprised we’ve never seen a drone interfering at the Super Bowl or buzzing a golfer this weekend at Augusta. Seems like they could fly in from a long way away, zip out and dodge any police and even land far away if piloted from a moving car. Almost impossible to catch mid flight. So why hasn’t some nefarious individual done this yet? Transponder type identification on those things?
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There’s a great video of someone flying a drone over one of those cosplay renaissance events.
Someone shot down the ‘evil spirit bird’ with a bow and arrow then they smashed it to shit with clubs.
There are drone countermeasures on the market, for one.
Consider the following.
You want to fly your drone without permission over a pro ball game. You fly it primarily by waypoint/GPS to the stadium a mile or so away.
If it encounters any number of a wide variety of countermeasures, the following two scenarios become extremely likely.
a) Your drone is lost, and you worry for months that you will be arrested.
b) Your drone is lost, and you are eventually arrested.
So back to the being illegal part. Let’s say you don’t care about repercussions. This is one way narcotics are smuggled into prisons. Drones with pilots that probably hope to not get arrested, but accept it as a risk of the job.
So aside from countermeasures like targeted jammers/rf rifle type weapons, net guns, trained birds, etc… not much to stop you.
There are drone countermeasures on the market, for one.
Consider the following.
You want to fly your drone without permission over a pro ball game. You fly it primarily by waypoint/GPS to the stadium a mile or so away.
If it encounters any number of a wide variety of countermeasures, the following two scenarios become extremely likely.
a) Your drone is lost, and you worry for months that you will be arrested.
b) Your drone is lost, and you are eventually arrested.
So back to the being illegal part. Let’s say you don’t care about repercussions. This is one way narcotics are smuggled into prisons. Drones with pilots that probably hope to not get arrested, but accept it as a risk of the job.
So aside from countermeasures like targeted jammers/rf rifle type weapons, net guns, trained birds, etc… not much to stop you.
There are drone countermeasures on the market, for one.
Consider the following.
You want to fly your drone without permission over a pro ball game. You fly it primarily by waypoint/GPS to the stadium a mile or so away.
If it encounters any number of a wide variety of countermeasures, the following two scenarios become extremely likely.
a) Your drone is lost, and you worry for months that you will be arrested.
b) Your drone is lost, and you are eventually arrested.
So back to the being illegal part. Let’s say you don’t care about repercussions. This is one way narcotics are smuggled into prisons. Drones with pilots that probably hope to not get arrested, but accept it as a risk of the job.
So aside from countermeasures like targeted jammers/rf rifle type weapons, net guns, trained birds, etc… not much to stop you.
It’s like robbing Fort Knox. Getting in isn’t so difficult. Getting out intact with the prize is another story. Recall that line of sight is required between pilot and vehicle. Whoever takes vid won’t be able to do anything with it. FAA will be there to find the owner.
It’s like robbing Fort Knox. Getting in isn’t so difficult. Getting out intact with the prize is another story. Recall that line of sight is required between pilot and vehicle. Whoever takes vid won’t be able to do anything with it. FAA will be there to find the owner.
It’s like robbing Fort Knox. Getting in isn’t so difficult. Getting out intact with the prize is another story. Recall that line of sight is required between pilot and vehicle. Whoever takes vid won’t be able to do anything with it. FAA will be there to find the owner.
Aside from it being illegal? Well it’s incredibly dangerous, and even if you didn’t get punished simply for doing it, you could be punished for any damage or disruption you caused. That risk alone would be enough incentive not to.
Drones are also expensive, and having yours damaged/shot down/lost/broken because you operated it in an unsafe or annoying way isn’t good.
Aside from it being illegal? Well it’s incredibly dangerous, and even if you didn’t get punished simply for doing it, you could be punished for any damage or disruption you caused. That risk alone would be enough incentive not to.
Drones are also expensive, and having yours damaged/shot down/lost/broken because you operated it in an unsafe or annoying way isn’t good.
Aside from it being illegal? Well it’s incredibly dangerous, and even if you didn’t get punished simply for doing it, you could be punished for any damage or disruption you caused. That risk alone would be enough incentive not to.
Drones are also expensive, and having yours damaged/shot down/lost/broken because you operated it in an unsafe or annoying way isn’t good.
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