Drone view of the neighborhood from last weekend.

[dragoneggs]

A gust of wind blew the craft into a tree. It flies fine but I noticed when performing the latest upgrade that one of the rubber isolaters for the camera gimbal has come loose. Seems like something good to have spares of - but where to buy? It appears they are "Anti Vibration Rubber Dampers."

I believe my Phantom 3 Adv. came with spares.

 

[tallyho8]

Here is a Phantom 3 drone view a few miles from my home.
Gator-cam: See dozens of them swimming on the West Bank | NOLA.com

 

[davesl708]

I agree,that would be an 83 yard shot up in the air. I don't believe that a 12 G 3-1\2" magnum with a turkey choke would make that shot.

It would make the shot. My son and I shoot 80yd competion for charity. Use #5 lead and will very effective at that range.

Keep the toys at home. I doubt you would like me standing in your backyard photographing your family. Why is this any different. I bet if the drone spotted someone sunbathing it would be on the internet by nightfall.

 

[kidr]

I see a new kind of varmint hunting on the horizon.

 

[aczlan]

Had someone bring one to a Church picnic yesterday. He was flying it right over the crowd in line waiting for burgers. I suggested that he fly it on the other side of the pavilion where there weren't any people...
Seems foolish to me to fly right over a crowd where a failure (battery, controller, etc, etc) could land a drone on someone's heat from 75 feet up.

Aaron Z

 

[davesl708]

No you're not missing anything. You don't own the air over your house or land and anything in plain sight is in plain sight, weather it be from the street, a neighbor's yard, or up in the air.

You may have a legitimate noise complaint, harassment complaint, etc... but that's about it.[/QUOTE


Aircraft have minimum altitude they can fly at and move at a high rate of speed compared to a hovering drone.
Living in the rural areas also gives me the right to shoot clay as well. If a drone gets in the way to bad.
If a neighbor starts flying drones around here I would put a camera on a pole and video everything they do and stream it to the internet. After all they don't own the air.

 

[IslandTractor]

I believe we will soon need to regulate/license drone use but only to keep things reasonable and to set community standards. What we don't need are a bunch of yahoos ordering antiaircraft weapons off of Amazon and setting up personal lines in the sand. Vigilantism doesn't help communities and doesn't solve the problem. Some jerk whose drone you shot down is going to order another from Amazon and then fly it with a flaming payload on to your porch/garage/car as retribution. Great. Hatfields and McCoys.

I know many on TBN are simply allergic to the idea that good government can involve regulation but if you drop your rants for a bit and ponder the alternatives then codifying what is and what is not acceptable seems a reasonable thing to do. We don't shoot every dog that wanders on to our property and is a nuisance, we first involve the animal control officer. Same idea.

 

[davesl708]

I believe we will soon need to regulate/license drone use but only to keep things reasonable and to set community standards. What we don't need are a bunch of yahoos ordering antiaircraft weapons off of Amazon and setting up personal lines in the sand. Vigilantism doesn't help communities and doesn't solve the problem. Some jerk whose drone you shot down is going to order another from Amazon and then fly it with a flaming payload on to your porch/garage/car as retribution. Great. Hatfields and McCoys. ]

If the drone fans have the right to do what they want the others have the same right.

 

[IslandTractor]

If the drone fans have the right to do what they want the others have the same right.

Sure. Next time a shotgun carrying drone hovers over your house, send up your shotgun carrying anti drone and take it out. Otherwise, leave the shotgun in the safe.

Flying over land is not the equivalent of discharging a firearm. We need to clarify regulations on who can fly over what but I believe most communities already have regulations about shooting at aircraft or other objects flying overhead.

 

[fordmantpw]

If the drone fans have the right to do what they want the others have the same right.

You have the right to speed if you want. Does that mean I have the right to run you off the road and cause you to wreck if I want?

Two wrongs does not make a right. Seriously, if someone is flying a drone over your house and spying on you, the best course of action is to try to resolve the issue peacefully. Find them and ask them to stop, or report it to the police. If those actions don't work, then take appropriate action to resolve the issue. I've always been the type to try to resolve things peacefully first.