Wonder if a kite string could “accidentally” take down a drone? Or a remote-control toy plane could intercept it?
Paul BonneauAugust 9, 2015 12:29 pm
Calling a cop for any reason is madness.
Seems to me shooting a .17 HMR rifle at a drone, particularly if the shot is close to vertical, should be OK. After all the bullet weight is only around 15 grains, or about 3/100 of an ounce. I doubt that can hurt anyone. But then I wouldn’t do it in a city either. That’s just asking for cop trouble, even if you use a shotgun with bird shot.
LarryAAugust 9, 2015 4:37 pm
I want to know what the guys who took over the Jeep would suggest.
It would seem fairly simple to generate a signal that disrupts the operator’s control, particularly if you were much closer to the drone. Something like shorting out a transformer.
“Who, me? Your own pictures show I wasn’t even out in my yard.”
ShelAugust 9, 2015 5:16 pm
That sounds like a great idea. There can’t be that many frequencies approved for drone use, and maybe even a controller that has multiple frequency options could take it over, like get it stuck in a tree in your yard. Then you call the police 🙂
markAugust 9, 2015 8:59 pm
shel that is exactly the best abswer if you can any controller on the right frequency would be much stronger than another even a little farther away inverse square law for power levels. the trick of course is to find the right freq and even then high end drones (military) should have secure commo. now something like focused microwaves might do the trick.
TXCOMTAugust 9, 2015 9:32 pm
I’ve been wondering about this for awhile, now, Claire, so thanks for the link! Being in the ‘burbs, I’d never use any of my firearms or even my nice RWS air rifle for this task…instead, I’d be willing to try frequency jamming or even lasers, but again, I’d be on the hook if the darn thing, provided my attack did work, beaned some neighbor kid in the head!
Maybe just a mirror and the sun will have to do!
TXCOMT
LarryAAugust 9, 2015 9:53 pm
There can’t be that many frequencies approved for drone use, and maybe even a controller that has multiple frequency options could take it over,
Actually, usurping control is a lot more complicated than I was imagining. I just want to interrupt any signal coming to the drone. I know shorting out a small transformer will create static on any radios in the vicinity, blocking more distant signals. Unless there’s an onboard program to automatically initiate an escape, the drone will sooner or later hit something.
Simplicity rules.
ShelAugust 10, 2015 3:17 am
I’m thinking about this more than I planned. A small dish antenna with a sighting system coupled to a white noise source might be effective. I don’t know the FCC limit on unlicensed transmission power, but it seems there must be one. Even below that limit a well directed signal ought to work within the confines of private property. As long as you stay out of sight when you do it 🙂
R.L. WurdackAugust 10, 2015 6:41 am
As a Board Certified Electronic Vivisectionist, I’d rather capture one than shoot it down.
davidAugust 10, 2015 7:02 am
And I say ‘Bah Humbug!’ to calling the cops. By the time they arrive for such a non-emergency the drone is gone. And how are they going to find and charge the operator of said drone? But waste that drone and when Bobby Dumbazz shows up to accuse you of damaging his stuff, you not only know who is stalking you, but the fact that he knew where to come is proof he was invading your privacy, and stalking you or casing your home.
LairdAugust 10, 2015 7:52 am
TXCOMT, I wouldn’t worry too much about “beaning some neighbor kid”. No one can prove you jammed the signal or brought down the drone (unless you admit to it). In fact, it’s the drone operator who likely would be on the hook for “losing control” of it. Win-win!
Either the article or one of the comments (I forget which) suggested using a laser to blind the camera. That seems the most sensible approach; there’s no risk of injuring anyone, and laser pointers are cheap. Jamming equipment has to be more expensive than is justified for this “threat”.
LarryAAugust 10, 2015 10:20 pm
Either the article or one of the comments (I forget which) suggested using a laser to blind the camera.
Seems like you’d have to hit the camera lens pretty much head-on and hold it long enough to do the damage. That’s a pretty small moving target, and cheap lasers don’t have sights.
I know from using laser sights on handguns that you won’t be able to spot the red dot on the target.
A.G. – That’s fantastic talent! Thanks for the link.
LairdAugust 11, 2015 8:39 am
AG, thanks for that link. Beautiful work.
A.G.August 12, 2015 11:17 am
Was wandering through Target with Pops the other day, and saw a stack of Atlas Shrugged III DVDs on the shelf. Picked up a copy, as I doubt they will be restocked. I didn’t even know it had been released.
Wonder if a kite string could “accidentally” take down a drone? Or a remote-control toy plane could intercept it?
Calling a cop for any reason is madness.
Seems to me shooting a .17 HMR rifle at a drone, particularly if the shot is close to vertical, should be OK. After all the bullet weight is only around 15 grains, or about 3/100 of an ounce. I doubt that can hurt anyone. But then I wouldn’t do it in a city either. That’s just asking for cop trouble, even if you use a shotgun with bird shot.
I want to know what the guys who took over the Jeep would suggest.
It would seem fairly simple to generate a signal that disrupts the operator’s control, particularly if you were much closer to the drone. Something like shorting out a transformer.
“Who, me? Your own pictures show I wasn’t even out in my yard.”
That sounds like a great idea. There can’t be that many frequencies approved for drone use, and maybe even a controller that has multiple frequency options could take it over, like get it stuck in a tree in your yard. Then you call the police 🙂
shel that is exactly the best abswer if you can any controller on the right frequency would be much stronger than another even a little farther away inverse square law for power levels. the trick of course is to find the right freq and even then high end drones (military) should have secure commo. now something like focused microwaves might do the trick.
I’ve been wondering about this for awhile, now, Claire, so thanks for the link! Being in the ‘burbs, I’d never use any of my firearms or even my nice RWS air rifle for this task…instead, I’d be willing to try frequency jamming or even lasers, but again, I’d be on the hook if the darn thing, provided my attack did work, beaned some neighbor kid in the head!
Maybe just a mirror and the sun will have to do!
TXCOMT
There can’t be that many frequencies approved for drone use, and maybe even a controller that has multiple frequency options could take it over,
Actually, usurping control is a lot more complicated than I was imagining. I just want to interrupt any signal coming to the drone. I know shorting out a small transformer will create static on any radios in the vicinity, blocking more distant signals. Unless there’s an onboard program to automatically initiate an escape, the drone will sooner or later hit something.
Simplicity rules.
I’m thinking about this more than I planned. A small dish antenna with a sighting system coupled to a white noise source might be effective. I don’t know the FCC limit on unlicensed transmission power, but it seems there must be one. Even below that limit a well directed signal ought to work within the confines of private property. As long as you stay out of sight when you do it 🙂
As a Board Certified Electronic Vivisectionist, I’d rather capture one than shoot it down.
And I say ‘Bah Humbug!’ to calling the cops. By the time they arrive for such a non-emergency the drone is gone. And how are they going to find and charge the operator of said drone? But waste that drone and when Bobby Dumbazz shows up to accuse you of damaging his stuff, you not only know who is stalking you, but the fact that he knew where to come is proof he was invading your privacy, and stalking you or casing your home.
TXCOMT, I wouldn’t worry too much about “beaning some neighbor kid”. No one can prove you jammed the signal or brought down the drone (unless you admit to it). In fact, it’s the drone operator who likely would be on the hook for “losing control” of it. Win-win!
Either the article or one of the comments (I forget which) suggested using a laser to blind the camera. That seems the most sensible approach; there’s no risk of injuring anyone, and laser pointers are cheap. Jamming equipment has to be more expensive than is justified for this “threat”.
Either the article or one of the comments (I forget which) suggested using a laser to blind the camera.
Seems like you’d have to hit the camera lens pretty much head-on and hold it long enough to do the damage. That’s a pretty small moving target, and cheap lasers don’t have sights.
I know from using laser sights on handguns that you won’t be able to spot the red dot on the target.
And the camera will be watching you do it.
Master penmanship. Who knew?http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/08/jake-weidmann-master-penman/
A.G. – That’s fantastic talent! Thanks for the link.
AG, thanks for that link. Beautiful work.
Was wandering through Target with Pops the other day, and saw a stack of Atlas Shrugged III DVDs on the shelf. Picked up a copy, as I doubt they will be restocked. I didn’t even know it had been released.