Drone wars

Low power, unencrypted downlinks. At the very least, there might be a market for a drone detector. :)
 
You can perform the same type if spying without the use of drones. Cheating and false disability claims have been observed just by someone in a car and a camera. I think we're putting importance in drone missions when in reality there are mechanisms already in place that perform their mission.
 
Velocity173 said:
You can perform the same type if spying without the use of drones. Cheating and false disability claims have been observed just by someone in a car and a camera. I think we're putting importance in drone missions when in reality there are mechanisms already in place that perform their mission.
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I believe the full article addresses that. The PI said there was no other access, and the drone made the difference. They called it a "game changer" for their services.
 
The arms race begins, then. Drone detectors, drone jammers (save it... you know as well as I do, that when you have Money the law changes), attack drones (that could be -fun-), etc.
 
Counter drones for drones.

Then counter drones to counter the counter drone's.

Where would it stop?
 
So where in that article does it talk about countering a drone with another drone? How is that even possible when you're taking about disability and cheating claims???
 
1. I wonder about the concept of air rights over private property up to a certain altitude.
2. There are FAA regs for minimum altitudes, right? Could these be invoked?
 
Some states might have "peeping Tom" laws that could apply.
 
If the FAA issues a waiver, the first drone to cause a vehicle crash or it falls on someone's head, any injury or fatality and the lawsuit will be staggering. I can't believe any company is seriously considering it.

Another thing is, down in places like the third, fourth, and fifth wards of Houston, I can plainly see the scenario.

"there's my package and my drone too mofo!"
 
txflyer said:
If the FAA issues a waiver, the first drone to cause a vehicle crash or it falls on someone's head, any injury or fatality and the lawsuit will be staggering. I can't believe any company is seriously considering it...
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A drone has already fallen on someone's head. There was a link to the news article in another thread (or maybe on the red board).
 
txflyer said:
If the FAA issues a waiver, the first drone to cause a vehicle crash or it falls on someone's head, any injury or fatality and the lawsuit will be staggering. I can't believe any company is seriously considering it.

Another thing is, down in places like the third, fourth, and fifth wards of Houston, I can plainly see the scenario.

"there's my package and my drone too mofo!"
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GA airplanes fall on people's heads yearly and the FAA doesn't mind, much.
 
ClimbnSink said:
And if a Cessna does the same?
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Apples and Oranges.

Cessna's are not supposed to be below 1000' AGL over civilization. So if you end up with one on top of you, it was force majeure to an extent ...

And who's going to be controlling these drones? A computer? A 19 year old new hire kid? Where does the responsibility for a mishap lie? :dunno:
 
In an anarchistic world, anyone would be able to do anything, anytime. Of course, we are a republic, and there are societal rules in place to follow. In the aviation world, we proscribe the drones(at this time) due to the problem of see and avoid the manned craft already in the air(see thread on drone in NYC and guys arrested for flying it).

Now things are in flux. A judge has ruled against the FAA in it's enforcement action against a citizen flying his drone around, also we have the exec tasking the FAA to integrate with all deliberate speed(which they are failing at), and we have a significant influx of drones being deployed no matter the societal rules in place.

It's going to be interesting on the drone front to see how this shakes out, and what rules if any are the Earthbound humans allowed to defend, offend, or lay suzerainty over their plot of terra firma.
 
txflyer said:
Apples and Oranges.

Cessna's are not supposed to be below 1000' AGL over civilization. So if you end up with one on top of you, it was force majeure to an extent ...

And who's going to be controlling these drones? A computer? A 19 year old new hire kid? Where does the responsibility for a mishap lie? :dunno:
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Same thing. Cessnas fall out of the sky and land on children. Despite the rules and licensed pilots and regulated maintenance. As for laying waste to innocent nonparticipants on the ground drones(nonmilitary) have a long way to go to catch up with 100 + years of little airplanes landing on people. Most of them weigh what 5-10 lbs? There are other things to worry about. Never mind the privacy stuff google already knows you are cheating on your wife. :rofl:
 
Since these things can probably be brought down with a high powered rubber band gun, I suspect these will not be very economical to use in practice for most business applications, as the loss rate will likely be rather high.
 
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