Anti-drone rifle what do you guys think?
0If I've picked an incorrect category please fix/let me know. I don't frequent this side. But I saw this article and wanted to know what you guys think of it. http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/14/anti-drone-rifle-shoots-down-uavs-with-radio-waves/
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I read the article and the amusing comments. I'm amazed how many people commented that the drone would just "fly home" if it were targeted by this device. The article says the device disrupts not only RC controls, but GPS signals as well. A "smart drone" relies on GPS as well as RC controller signals to orient itself. In a normal scenario, if the drone loses contact with the RC controller, it reverts to whatever it's fail-safe procedure is. Either return to home, or land, or less commonly... hover/hold. Without a good GPS lock, the drone can't do any of these things. So it basically would go SkyNet and just sort of flail around uncontrollably. Possibly ditching into the ground, maybe going Icarus and taking off towards the ionosphere, or very possibly slamming into a child. Or worse, the windscreen of a moving car causing a catastrophic crash.
How about a traditional shotgun?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoots-down-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/
@saodell Can't blame him(the shooter) for that. If they'd just done a fly by it probably wouldn't have been shot down. And since the drone flyer knew exactly where to go to confront the guy that shot it down...tells me he knew exactly where he was flying and was likely monitoring where it was flying via goggles or a monitor, and should have seen the shotgun pulled out and taken evasive maneuvers to avoid being shot down.
This is why I only fly in public parks/school yards and never near houses. I did fly over a cemetery once for my dad and we were politely asked not to so we stopped. I could easily have seen that go a different way since we were in rural PA where they are rather protective of everything.