Drone Delays Air Ambulance From Landing!

[The_War_Wagon]

10 years cracking rocks @ Leavenworth oughta get the point across.

[jpmuscle]

I was agreeing with you that it is the height of irony to have firearm users/enthusiasts calling for across the board restrictions on ownership inanimate objects/tools because of misuse by a few.

No I got the point you were making lol. I was just being facetious.

[jmoore]

You'd need some pretty high-grade explosive to make it worth it, I think. Most of these things don't have much of a cargo carrying capacity. A hand grenade might work well, and wouldn't be hard to lift or actuate. Most are pretty noisy, though, and are likely to attract attention.

So someone flies one with a pair of M18s on it down into a football stadium and lands it next to the teams as they line up.........

Or - at halftime when the marching band is there! Folks might take it as part of the show.

john

[jpmuscle]

As an aside my father fly's RC helicopters, the real ones though. I'm talking multi-horse motors and 4ft OAL rotor blades that would take your arm off. Are we going to start regulating these and demand people obtain licensure to own and operate and then limited use permits in order to fly them?

[MorphCross]

As an aside my father fly's RC helicopters, the real ones though. I'm talking multi-horse motors and 4ft OAL rotor blades that would take your arm off. Are we going to start regulating these and demand people obtain licensure to own and operate and then limited use permits in order to fly them?

Nope, as with all things use common sense on where you or your father flies them. Air space around airports and helipads should not be free for all. Or would you rather see an air ambulance containing your father crash to the ground because some JA flew their RC drone across it's path.

As I suggested earlier, the answer is technological in nature. Naval warships are going to be testing an anti-drone LASER system. Hopefully miniaturization will allow helicopters to incorporate such a system to fry the POS from the air.

[Alpha Sierra]

Air space around airports and helipads should not be free for all.

You do realize that the airspace around the overwhelming majority of airfields in this country is uncontrolled, don't you?

Do you have an FAA Airman's Certificate? If not, I suggest you not make statements like that because you would be way out of your lane.

[MorphCross]

Do you have an FAA Airman's Certificate? If not, I suggest you not make statements like that because you would be way out of your lane.

Nope. I did spend a few years of my youth in Civil Air Patrol. Doesn't make me an expert on something that should be common sense. Even before that I would fire off model rockets with my dad at a city park. We would always observe wind direction to determine where we launched from to avoid landing the rocket in private property. Common sense trumps a sense of personal entitlement to airways that personal or commercial aircraft use to take off and land.

[jpmuscle]

Nope, as with all things use common sense on where you or your father flies them. Air space around airports and helipads should not be free for all. Or would you rather see an air ambulance containing your father crash to the ground because some JA flew their RC drone across it's path.

As I suggested earlier, the answer is technological in nature. Naval warships are going to be testing an anti-drone LASER system. Hopefully miniaturization will allow helicopters to incorporate such a system to fry the POS from the air.

What's your point then? Its already illegal to do stupid things. And adding more laws, restrictions, regulations, is not going to stop people from doing stupid things with benign inanimate objects. You can assign consequences to specific activities or behavior but you can't actually stop them beforehand.

[MorphCross]

What's your point then? Its already illegal to do stupid things. And adding more laws, restrictions, regulations, is not going to stop people from doing stupid things with benign inanimate objects. You can assign consequences to specific activities or behavior but you can't actually stop them beforehand.

I've never advocated creating laws to require permits to operate RC aircraft, solid fuel rockets, or even GPS controlled drones. Nor am I opposed to LEOs being allowed to ticket a person as a nuisance when they fly or allow these craft to fly around piloted craft.

In this case you would be placing a person in danger in their aircraft while you are safely on the ground. No different from shining a laser in a pilots eyes.

[Alpha Sierra]

Nope. I did spend a few years of my youth in Civil Air Patrol.

Yes sir.....