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Poco Loco

On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:47:29 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:50:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

WA smart one would just go home if the uplink was jammed.

That's if the jamming doesn't cause it to crash first. Based on the
videos I've seen of those things, they react very quickly to control
inputs, or lack of.

As Wayne mentioned I suspect that if the RC craze continues and more
incidents of "spying" in a neighbor's back yard occur some restrictions
will be legislated on their use. It's one thing for Google to be
taking static satellite photos augmented with aircraft/helicopter images
to generate maps of the entire world. But a "hobbyist" purposely
targeting someone's backyard or house from 200 feet and video recording
the "visit" is another thing altogether, plus the annoyance of having it
and it's noise hovering in your yard. Given the lack of federal (FAA)
regulations and state regulations many towns have already enacted
ordinances governing their use. It's common sense.

It might be illegal to down one by shooting it but who's going to prove
you jammed it?

It just depends on how smart the drone is. If it has a processor and a
GPS on board, it will default to going home if it loses the up link.

These things are really pretty quiet. If you didn't look up, you might
not even know it was up there unless it was very low.

Many of them have GPS on board.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vmdG2wE7pY