Spying drone shot down in Hillview - shooter arrested

[Bert]

Tape a mallard head on it and it's money.

 

Because you would hand the shotgun to your son?

[lawildcat]

Joe Biden told me if I heard a noise outside my home that I should take my shotgun and fire into the air.

[tcjkbt]

You could be a falconer and the darn bird just went crazy.

[spindoc]

Because you would hand the shotgun to your son?

 

:clap:, hey now, he can hit a golfball farther than I, but he pales with a shotgun, at least as long as my vision holds out.

[Bert]

:clap:, hey now, he can hit a golfball farther than I, but he pales with a shotgun, at least as long as my vision holds out.

 

Sorry, it was there, I had to take it.

[spindoc]

Dude has made yahoo news now.

[Bluegrasscard]

Can't help but look at charges and think of song. "Bubba Shot The Jukebox".

[HammerTime]

Short answer is no you can't shoot it down as we see here with this guy. The FAA owns any airspace above the blades of grass. I'll try to find the article I was reading about that.

[doomer]

I have been keeping up with this story. It is a he said/she said, however, the pilot appears to have video to back up his story. According to him, he was flying the drone to a friends house and back, and it was never below 175 feet at any time, and the only time it hovered was a pause to gain GPS bearings. At the time of it being shot down, the recorded altitude was 272 feet. It was disabled by a shotgun pellet breaking a rotor.

 

Also, I think this may be a case that determines precedent in the topic. The shooter of the gun did: discharge his weapon without regarding to consequences, and by shooting down the drone, the crashing drone is a hazard of its own. The pilot should not have been flying over buildings where there could be a hazard of crashing on top of people according to FAA guidelines, so this will work for the defendant.

[Bluto]

Edit.

Edited August 10, 2015 by Bluto
My redundant response was redundant.

[LIPTON BASH]

I'm voting to convict, but not at First Degree. It wasn't "extreme indifference to human life". Dude discharged a shotgun into the air in the middle of the suburbs. I'd probably vote for second degree: Class A Misdemeanor in KY.

 

That said, I've got some choice words for the dude flying a drone over someone else's backyard... I've got some real choice words if I have a 16-year-old daughter in the pool back there...

 

How could you convict a guy shooting down a drone over his property with his underage daughter at the pool. I'm voting not guilty on day one and nothing could move me.

[Habib]

I have been keeping up with this story. It is a he said/she said, however, the pilot appears to have video to back up his story. According to him, he was flying the drone to a friends house and back, and it was never below 175 feet at any time, and the only time it hovered was a pause to gain GPS bearings. At the time of it being shot down, the recorded altitude was 272 feet. It was disabled by a shotgun pellet breaking a rotor.

 

Also, I think this may be a case that determines precedent in the topic. The shooter of the gun did: discharge his weapon without regarding to consequences, and by shooting down the drone, the crashing drone is a hazard of its own. The pilot should not have been flying over buildings where there could be a hazard of crashing on top of people according to FAA guidelines, so this will work for the defendant.

 

That adds some more nuance to what happened here. The altitude of 272 feet seems to be about exactly where quads are expected to cruise or hover (I say this because regular aircraft are supposed to stay above 500 feet, so there have been some proposals to allow quad traffic below 500 feet). On the other hand, that's still plenty low enough to be a menace if flown over private property, yet how do you can you determine (and thus regulate) whether someone is hovering simply to get their bearings or to harass? Is the solution to disallow quads to be flown over private property? And if so does this shut down any opportunity for them to be used for commercial purposes, like delivery?

[FeelingGood]

Can anyone confirm one was seen flying over houses in Cold Spring?

[kyyank]

I think we can all agree these are a nuisance.

 

Drone hits Great American Tower, breaks glass

[BlueTip]

How hard is it to get a drone?

 

Just curious how long it will be before we see them used in criminal activities and terrorism.