Why I hate civilian drones

March 30, 2017, 03:35 PM

jimmy123x

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Originally posted by domcintosh:
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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Assign a narrow band RF for the drones, and provide a "remote shutdown" command in the BIOS of the drone, and then add a transponder to aircraft that broadcasts on that frequency out to a mile or two.

Anything in the aircraft's "bubble" will shut down and go full Newton.

Anyone caught modifying to work around the intended operation of such solution, would incur stiff fines and or jail time and be prohibited for operating again.

Sure, more laws, but no one has a "right" to keep and bear drones.

So, it's a relatively new thing (beyond RC aircraft) but then, people involved in such things used to be "professional", self disciplined and the RC crowd self policed and shunned idiots.
Most commercial off the shelf drones operate on the 2.4 or 5.8 GHz frequencies, much like wireless router, with specific hop patterns. Would love to see the impact on airports of airplanes jamming 2.4 and 5.8 GHz. Additionally, this doesn't account for drones that are flying in an emissions control status, relying only on GPS. Further, would airlines be willing to accept the responsibility of dropping drones? By what force would you make companies build shut down commands into their firmware? What do you do for hobbyists and others that built their own avionics programming?

People do have rights to their personal property, and there are specific laws about interference with the EM spectrum, as regulated by the FCC and NTIA.

I'm sure everyone living within 2 miles of an airport would LOVE that their WIFI no longer works because it too operates on 2.4 or 5.8 ghz.

March 30, 2017, 04:19 PM

RNshooter

Rhino-

Hell yes, get their tail numbers! Report them to the FAA. They have effectively no sense of humor about such jackassery. Your drone didn't get a picture of the offending helicopter?

Bruce

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March 30, 2017, 04:32 PM

RHINOWSO

In typical fashion I didn't hit the record button in time - now I turn it on before I lift off. But the large majority of the -57s around here are where they should be (1000').

That moron in the C150 tho...

And I'm in full agreement that something bad will likely happen before changes are made - all the altitude restriction software can be changed and the drones can easily fly much, much higher and well beyond LOS ranges. It's a great capability but easily misused.

They are aircraft, not toys, and should be operated as such.