Neighbour has a drone flying around, where do we stand

[NoIP]

[anonymous-user]

If it doesn't have a camera it is just annoyance, with a camera it is covered by CAA regs.

In all seriousness, these things do have the potential to cause significant damage and the flyer should have insurance and be responsible.

If you want to bring it down use an EMP rifle, will probably never fly again without replacing a lot of electronics.

This video shows the hazards of RC Helicopters and was a fatal accident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikTuxZvVyE

[anonymous-user]

If it doesn't have a camera it is just annoyance, with a camera it is covered by CAA regs.

In all seriousness, these things do have the potential to cause significant damage and the flyer should have insurance and be responsible.

If you want to bring it down use an EMP rifle, will probably never fly again without replacing a lot of electronics.

This video shows the hazards of RC Helicopters and was a fatal accident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikTuxZvVyE

[48k]

gottans said:

If it doesn't have a camera it is just annoyance, with a camera it is covered by CAA regs

It's covered by CAA regulations regardless of whether it has a camera in it or not.

[surveyor]

blueg33 said:

Reviving an oldish thread

I have just bought a drone mainly for aerial photo's of landscapes etc, it gets delivered tomorrow. I have done more research into the legalities etc than I did for my driving test.

I aim to be a responsible user and not ps off the neighbours etc. Each flight will be notified to NATS using their app, and the drone will be geo fenced.

I've no idea what's going on with the notification thing. There is nothing in the regs, and I'm pretty sure that the ATC controllers don't get anywhere near the info. I suspect it's a research thing.

Basics for a non professional are quite simple.

Not in a congested zone - (your neighbours should not ever be near it). - 150m away
Max height 400 feet.
Max Distance - unaided visual range... CAA presumption of 500m.
50m away from people and property (that are not in a congested zone).
and the obvious well away from airports/airfields.

[schmalex]

FurtiveFreddy said:

That's a waste of time - if it's got altimeter triggered HE / chemical weapon on it, you'll just create a problem where you shoot it down.

The big focus is to undertake a Cyber / jamming attack to take over control from the aggressor by kicking their control unit off the relevant network, taking control yourself to fly it to a safe place before downloading the video / data and seizing control of the asset.

We've done a couple of demos of exactly this recently and it's bloody impressive when it works

[anonymous-user]

WJNB said:

You 'stand' underneath the blasted thing & shoot it out the sky, simples.

The yanks have come up with special shotgun shells for drones.
I like this one just because of the name Skynet Drone Defense