Death to drones??

No complaints from me. Drones are up there with jetskis in terms of disturbing my boating karma as far as I'm concerned. Happy to see them nuked with missiles:rolleyes:
 
Any decent drone should have RTH (Return to home) facility.

I lost contact with mine last week, hovering 1 metre on a very quiet Thames around 500m away and the Drone lifted up to 60m as programmed and came back onto the picnic table it took off from!

'Death' is a bit strong therefore.

Whether the device is legal or not, it's more favourable than some holier-than-thou moron trying to actually destroy one for his own pathetic personal reasons.

One wonders what these people actually do on their vessels to warrant such privacy.. :ambivalence: It reminds me of the Vatican :nonchalance:
 
Whilst I have no particular hate of drones I have had one near the Boat once and the noise was very annoying.

Regardless of the law, I think that most people anchored on a boat have some fiar expectation of privacy within the context of being in a space that another boat may pass or anchor next to.

Would you expect the boat next door to set up on the flybridge watching you through binoculars?

Law aside ( I have not idea what it says ) I think most of us would not like the general intrusion of a drone hovering close to our Boat and filming.

Let me flip it round. Why would someone want to look at me and my family ? I am not famous. Do they want to film children in swim wear ? I have no idea. And nor do any of us as we in most cases don’t know who is flying the drone.

If a drone wants to pass casually over the Boat at a height of say 70-100 feet I am fine with this. I am at that height just part of the scenary - I just don’t want to be the star attraction.

Find something else to film !
 
The UK law is quite clear. From our boating perspective the following applies....
... kept at least 50 metres away from people and private property, and 150 metres from “crowds and built up areas.”
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A crowd being 12 or more persons
 
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BruceK said:
The UK law is quite clear. From our boating perspective the following applies....

A crowd being 12 or more persons
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So whilst probably not legal if you had a device that jammed all drones within 50m range then whilst you would be on the edge of the law - they were as well.

You could argue you were simply upholding the law!
 
I could not possibly pass judgement on that other than to say the relevant penalties for interfering with an aircraft are dire and the drones despite falling under the transport authority also fall under the civil aviation authority if they are indeed classed alongside other RC aircraft. To interfere with them may be penalised more heavily than the offender.
 
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No complaints from me. Drones are up there with jetskis in terms of disturbing my boating karma as far as I'm concerned. Happy to see them nuked with missiles:rolleyes:
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+1 last summer one came over and hovered for a few minutes over our garden as the kids were playing; feeling of anger and complete helplessness, there was nothing I could do. Then I remembered the air rifle and wondered what the legality is? The sooner they get caught in a net of hard arsed legislation the better.
 
Colvic Watson said:
+1 last summer one came over and hovered for a few minutes over our garden as the kids were playing; feeling of anger and complete helplessness, there was nothing I could do. Then I remembered the air rifle and wondered what the legality is? The sooner they get caught in a net of hard arsed legislation the better.
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Didn't really notice them until last Summer but was annoyed a few times then at anchor with drones hovering over for a good look around - 2 of them returned to somewhere on shore but the third was from another boat and I wondered how they would feel if we did the same.
 
WRT to the fly to home function - 2nd order effect of boat launched drones are that they will will return to the home if left, and given anchor swing etc the new home may not match up. Splash one drone both physically and literally. However if you can regain control of the drone then my point above is moot.
 
Fortunately the (impending?) legislation only applies to "drones" over 250g, which is twice the weight of anything I've got. And they do have cameras, so I can continue snooping in peace.
 
elton said:
Fortunately the (impending?) legislation only applies to "drones" over 250g, which is twice the weight of anything I've got. And they do have cameras, so I can continue snooping in peace.
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The 250g equation only applies to a certificate of competence. It does not mean you can flout the other laws only that you do not need a competency test.
 
BruceK said:
The 250g equation only applies to a certificate of competence. It does not mean you can flout the other laws only that you do not need a competency test.
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If someone's drone has a camera and they take images of children in a state of undress say in a garden or on a boat, does that mean he can be prosecuted? I hope so, that would be enough to stop all the droners.
 
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So whilst probably not legal if you had a device that jammed all drones within 50m range then whilst you would be on the edge of the law - they were as well.

You could argue you were simply upholding the law!
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Not picking on you particularly, but ya'll didnt read the article. The device being touted implement a 500m no fly zone. Not exactly upholding the drone flying laws and far more seriously way way beyond DTI regulations for RF emissions and buggering up communications.
 
Dougal Tolan said:
Not picking on you particularly, but ya'll didnt read the article. The device being touted implement a 500m no fly zone. Not exactly upholding the drone flying laws and far more seriously way way beyond DTI regulations for RF emissions and buggering up communications.
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I took it as French law thing , not U.K. . Cote D Azur is the worlds epicentre of super yachts ,and all that comes with that .
Also I,am pretty sure it’s just a generic system and could be adjusted and tailored, if you require to 50M .
It’s more of direction of travel the way things are going .

Basically a whole new facet of drone protection a new industry is evolving. It’s early and has not matured yet .
It’s just the sheer numbers and exponential sales and lower costs of drones that’s the problem .

A good analogy is Mobil phones .
20 y ago a few - even fitted to cars but mainly business cars .Odd road safety issue nothing to be that bothered .
Scroll Fwds xyz years —— major road safety issues - exponential sales of mobs , inevitably of legislation.
And —- to be fare reasonable enforcement- like police in trucks catching truckers etc .

So think of a curve a exponential curve if you like , with drones and anti drone “ systems “ I think it’s at the part of the curve where it’s about to suddenly change and public opinion like Mobs in cars has changed .

http://droneresist.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpprj0ai12gIVxLvtCh2E7A5vEAAYASAAEgKK__D_BwE
 
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