Smoked a Drone

Earlier this week a kid flew his Drone right into the windshield of my truck. I was only doing maybe 25 mph but the thing kinda blew up. I’m sure it was a cheap Wal-Mart toy but I still felt bad about it. Sad thing was there is a park only a block or two from where he was where he could have flown it without danger of vehicles. I went back and looked for him but i’m sure he was in his bedroom crying figuring out how he would explain it to mom & dad.

Things like that could get ugly if it causes a driver to swerve or anything like that.

Disappointing. I expected to read that one was flying over your house/property, and you blew it out of the air with a 12 gauge,,,,,

HRG

Hot Runr Guy wrote:

Disappointing. I expected to read that one was flying over your house/property, and you blew it out of the air with a 12 gauge,,,,,

HRG

Honestly hoping the same thing.

Same here!!
Lithium batteries sure put on a smoke show when blasted with shotgun pellets, good effect when they spiral out of the air.

I was bank fishing last night for catfish on the MN river with a couple buddies and someone flew a drone over us and then out over the water over our lines. I don’t care about people flying drones around, sure it’s a little weird, but they were clearly watching us for a minute or two. A couple casts near the drone with 6 oz no roll sinkers made them think better about being that close.

Hot Runr Guy wrote:

Disappointing. I expected to read that one was flying over your house/property, and you blew it out of the air with a 12 gauge,,,,,

HRG

Yep !!!

You mean it wasn’t like the All State commercial?

I was expecting to hear a story of an angler smoking one with a Rat-L-Trap after getting buzzed repeatedly on the lake.

Iowaboy1 wrote:

Same here!!
Lithium batteries sure put on a smoke show when blasted with shotgun pellets, good effect when they spiral out of the air.

Sheldon do you speak from experience 😂

The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

David Bollig wrote:

The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

If someone trys flying a drone over my house it will be taken down by me immediately with a shotgun or whatever is needed. If they want to talk about their neglect for my families privacy in court I am ok with that.

I whip out the family jewels and they pretty much leave you alone after that.

onestout wrote:

If someone trys flying a drone over my house it will be taken down by me immediately with a shotgun or whatever is needed. If they want to talk about their neglect for my families privacy in court I am ok with that.

I agree if making a nuisance don’t know why I would have to put up with that and think a jury of my peers would agree with me.

mplspug wrote:

I whip out the family jewels and they pretty much leave you alone after that.

Would be scared to see video on u tube or something.

mplspug wrote:

I whip out the family jewels and they pretty much leave you alone after that.

The zoom must be getting better on them if they can actually see something…..

David Bollig wrote:

The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

Unfortunately, this seems be correct. So basically if you want to fly over your neighbors house and look at his wife, you can. Not sure where the privacy issue comes in.

Being a pilot, I am concerned about these things flying around when I’m up in the air. A direct hit from a decent sized drone will bring the planes I fly down. In my opinion, it’s too easy for a person to get a drone and just put it in the air with out consequences. When I fly, the aircraft is broadcasting the information about the plane so it’s easy to track if you violate airspace restrictions. Not so much with drones from my understanding.

Seems only a tragedy will get rules changed with substantial life changing penalties.

onestout wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>David Bollig wrote:</div>
The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

If someone trys flying a drone over my house it will be taken down by me immediately with a shotgun or whatever is needed. If they want to talk about their neglect for my families privacy in court I am ok with that.

If it goes to court I hope you have deep pockets and am willing to live with a possible felony on your record.

I had one consistently bothering me while field hunting ducks and geese and looked at all sceneries to dispose of it. Found another way to stop the SOB from ruining my hunts.

onestout wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mplspug wrote:</div>
I whip out the family jewels and they pretty much leave you alone after that.

The zoom must be getting better on them if they can actually see something…..

That’s hurtful.

brentbullets wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>onestout wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>David Bollig wrote:</div>
The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

If someone trys flying a drone over my house it will be taken down by me immediately with a shotgun or whatever is needed. If they want to talk about their neglect for my families privacy in court I am ok with that.

If it goes to court I hope you have deep pockets and am willing to live with a possible felony on your record.

I had one consistently bothering me while field hunting ducks and geese and looked at all sceneries to dispose of it. Found another way to stop the SOB from ruining my hunts.

Pretend to be leading a duck and take it out trying to shoot the invisible duck?

Bingo hard to prove you aimed for it!

Is using a paintball gun considered “discharging a firearm” inside town limits?

Asking for a friend.

HRG

onestout wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>David Bollig wrote:</div>
The FAA has jurisdiction of the airspace over your house, you do not. Drones are considered aircraft. Shooting down a drone will result in legal consequences. I suggest those who revel in blasting away with a shotgun spend some time researching the law. Lawyers are not cheap! If you got lucky you may get by with purchasing the owner a new one, but I suspect an owner would rather press charges then confront someone who thinks using a shotgun is a good idea.

If someone trys flying a drone over my house it will be taken down by me immediately with a shotgun or whatever is needed. If they want to talk about their neglect for my families privacy in court I am ok with that.

As a FAA licensed drone operator, I’d highly suggest that you do not blast away at a drone (on purpose or on accident). I have a FAA number just like a regular aircraft and shooting down a drone is considered (again, on purpose or on accident) would be a felony. On the flip side, I have regulations to follow as well that dictate where I can and cannot fly and at what heights (400 ft ceiling). For instance, it would be illegal for me to fly over the river by Hastings (where I live) as it is a designated “no-fly” area at drone operating heights.
The optics on a drone are made for wide viewing and are NOWHERE CLOSE to stable enough for any kind of “zoom”.

Many higher-end drones (not Walmart cheapies) have on-board recording and some also have the ability to remotely record (like on an iPad or similar). This also records telemetry, etc. Bottom line is that there is a very good chance you’d be caught on video destroying the drone and all telemetry (GPS location, speed, height) would be captured as well.

Just providing info to folks that may be trigger happy.

Scott

Scott Gergen wrote:

As a FAA licensed drone operator, I’d highly suggest that you do not blast away at a drone (on purpose or on accident). I have a FAA number just like a regular aircraft and shooting down a drone is considered (again, on purpose or on accident) would be a felony.

Scott

Do they differentiate if you “accidentally” destroy a drone with a pickup truck or a shotgun?

An accident is an accident, right?

In which case Dutchboy is now a felon.

Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Scott Gergen wrote:</div>
As a FAA licensed drone operator, I’d highly suggest that you do not blast away at a drone (on purpose or on accident). I have a FAA number just like a regular aircraft and shooting down a drone is considered (again, on purpose or on accident) would be a felony.

Scott

Do they differentiate if you “accidentally” destroy a drone with a pickup truck or a shotgun?

An accident is an accident, right?

In which case Dutchboy is now a felon.

Maybe that is why he was banned on the other site, they didn’t want to associate themselves with some that admits to a felony.

I think the drone would dodge me as I Duke of Hazzard at them. But seriously, someone by my parent’s cabin has one and it is creepy when they hove over the girls tanning on the beach. My brother wanted to shoot it down and I talked him out of it. What can I do? I have yet to see where it came from to talk to the owner.