Anti-Drone !

Solution for a problem that doesn't exist, i've never seen a quad-copter on any wilderness walk i've done.

ooooh! Star Wars!

you'll be protected from drones that might be carrying Ebola

oh, nevermind, that was yesterday's hysteria…

"Solution for a problem that doesn't exist, i've never seen a quad-copter on any wilderness walk i've done."

It is coming… believe me! Never too soon to prepare.

billy

Drones are coming. Nixie quadcopter selfie drone, targeted at outdoor adventurers:

http://www.gizmag.com/nixie-selfie-drone-concept/34021/

This 'selfie' phenomenon reminds me of the experiments in my anthropology class when we observed a chimpanzee seeing himself in the mirror for the first time… and his goofy antics.

Perhaps we are regressing on the evolutionary chain?

billy

For a mere $4,500. you can buy a rifle that has an integrated laser & scope that, once the target is lased, will AUTOMATICALLY fire the rifle when the crosshair is back on target. (you DO have to pull the trigger but it won't' fire until it "sees" the target in the proper part of the reticle display. (You look at a screen, not through a scope.)

it's called "Tracking Point" and comes on either bolt action or semi-auto rifles, but it must be bought as a "package" of scope and rifle.

"It's always open season on drones."

What is the daily limit on drones?

–B.G.–

"For a mere $4,500. you can buy a rifle that has an integrated laser & scope that, once the target is lased, will AUTOMATICALLY fire the rifle when the crosshair is back on target."

I was hoping for something like a Star Trek phaser… but one that would not only take out the drone but follow the drone control signal back to the user and fry him too… or at least have a 'stun' setting for him…

billy

A much easier way to crash a drone is to jam the radio control link frequency. Once control is lost, the drone crashes sooner or later.

Don't ask me how I know this.

–B.G.–

"For a mere $4,500. you can buy a rifle that has an integrated laser & scope that, once the target is lased, will AUTOMATICALLY fire the rifle when the crosshair is back on target. (you DO have to pull the trigger but it won't' fire until it "sees" the target in the proper part of the reticle."

Or you can pick up an 870 Express and a box of shells from Walmart for less than $400. That would be one of the most expensive and enjoyable rounds of skeet I've ever played. Not expensive for me however but certainly expensive for someone.

There's no shortage of footage on YouTube where people are throwing bricks and beer bottles at these drones. Seems the owners are often times a bit clueless and don't seem to make the connection that people generally don't like being videotaped by a noisy toy.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely see the appeal but some discretion and hopefully a future stealth mode (Blue Thunder version) would go a long way with these.

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That sounds good Bob… of course, you would have to pack out the trash in order to conform to LNT, eh?

Would be good if each drone owner had to register the drone serial number with the gov… then when the drone corpses are found in the back country the owner could be identified and fined.

billy

Billy, a while back, some fool crashed his drone into the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. This is one of the biggest tourist spectacles, and the drone goes Splat! Then the fool told the rangers about it, like they were going to help him fish it out. Yup. They fished it out, but then laid the bill on the fool, and it was something like five figures.

–B.G.–

5 figures. Sweet! Nice way to boost the budget of the NP system. Thanks for the 10,000K + donation butt head. Care to try again?

As far as disabling them, how about the net gun. They also make shotgun shells loaded with nets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_gun

http://www.netgunforsale.com/net-gun-info.html

This one would probably not need permits and be quite stealthy. Dual purpose too – use it on squirrels and other critters to boots daily dietary protein.

jimmyb

Generally speaking, most of these "drone" flights are against FAA regulations. Enforcement is troublesome, but if someone is being a constant pest possibly try contacting the FAA.

Why do I get that sinking feeling that David Chenault will at any moment now post defending the use of drones in the wilderness??? :)

Billy

"Why do I get that sinking feeling that David Chenault will at any moment now post defending the use of drones in the wilderness??? :)"

Because he is probably watching you post on this thread using his drone cam? :)

Without a flying drone behind you, how could you record your FKT for mountain biking the JMT?

> Without a flying drone behind you, how could you record your FKT for mountain biking the JMT?

You could simply charge the JMT on your bike for your own self-fulfillment, and not tell a single soul that you set the new JMT-MTB-FKT.

Oh wait, nope. You can't. You have to tell everyone on your web page, track yourself, be filmed by three ground cameras and two drones, wear your sponsor gear, and live-blog the entire event. Otherwise, why even do it?

"> Without a flying drone behind you, how could you record your FKT for mountain biking the JMT?

You could simply charge the JMT on your bike for your own self-fulfillment, and not tell a single soul that you set the new JMT-MTB-FKT.

Oh wait, nope. You can't. You have to tell everyone on your web page, track yourself, be filmed by three ground cameras and two drones, wear your sponsor gear, and live-blog the entire event. Otherwise, why even do it?"

L… O…. L !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Billy

"It is coming… believe me! Never too soon to prepare.

billy"

If anyone wants to carry around 10kg+ of batteries spares and tools then i recon they've earned the right to fly their toy around for a while.

To give you some idea of the battery weights, one of my larger multi-copters takes 6S LiPo's each battery weighs around 1.5kg, that gives me around 15 mins of fly time.

"A much easier way to crash a drone is to jam the radio control link frequency. Once control is lost, the drone crashes sooner or later.

Don't ask me how I know this.

–B.G.–"

Bob, you are very welcome to try with my setup.

We had 20+ people flying or driving at any one time at our last meet, the days of blocking signals is long gone
For the past 10 years or so the vast vast majority of RC products use digital encoding, extremely difficult to crack and you'd need more equipment and generators than the person flying their craft.

Mossberg 590A1.

"Solution for a problem that doesn't exist, i've never seen a quad-copter on any wilderness walk i've done."

I have seen a few in the Cascades. I can see it getting way worse.

"For the past 10 years or so the vast vast majority of RC products use digital encoding, extremely difficult to crack and you'd need more equipment and generators than the person flying their craft."

Mark, I'm sorry that you misunderstood. I said nothing at all about cracking your digital encoding. That's what is necessary if I intended to take control of the aircraft.

The term that I used was jamming. That is a completely different thing, and it makes little difference whether your control signals are digital or analog or anything else. I'll explain it better sometime, but basically it involves transmitting a high power local signal that overwhelms the aircraft's receiver so that it can't hear the normal control.

Even GPS signals that are virtually uncrackable can be jammed.

–B.G.–