Nosey Drone

[Steevo]

You need to prove they are filming

With a cctv camera set up badly there's not much doubt, filming is all it does! A drone could be flown for fun and not filming (not likely I know but it could be hard to prove).

Easy. If it's filming, and you shoot it down....they'll come after you in which case you say it shouldn't have been filming.

If it wasn't filming and you shoot it down....where's the proof you shot it?! In fact, where's the proof it existed?

IMO it should be that if you risk flying over others PRIVATEproperty without their permission, you risk losing your drone.

I'm sure drones could greatly worry sheep. Had a hot air balloon here this morn - wasn't too close but the horses certainly didn't like it.

 

[Lazy Sod]

What's your definition of "private airspace" @Clive and how far does it extend?

 

[Clive]

What's your definition of "private airspace" @Clive and how far does it extend?

I have a pilots ppl(h) license and if I recall correctly I can not fly within 500ft of a building or settlement without prior permission of the land owner

 

[Daniel]

What's your definition of "private airspace" @Clive and how far does it extend?

I had a joyride in a Tiger Moth last week and the pilot said we couldn't be below 1500 ft over a town, not sure if that was a company rule or an official one. Presume that doesn't apply to single dwellings though.

 

[Clive]

I had a joyride in a Tiger Moth last week and the pilot said we couldn't be below 1500 ft over a town, not sure if that was a company rule or an official one. Presume that doesn't apply to single dwellings though.

no thats correct re a settlement or public gathering like a festival etc

500ft is legal min fly height over open countryside IIRC (long time since my test !)

 

[Lazy Sod]

Your talking about rule 5 of the Air Navigation Order, now superceded by Sera.3105, which of course really all about safety. My question related to @Clive's description of it being his airspace. Try telling that to the military when they come over at 250 ft.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Your talking about rule 5 of the Air Navigation Order, now superceded by Sera.3105, which of course really all about safety. My question related to @Clive's description of it being his airspace. Try telling that to the military when they come over at 250 ft.

@Clive is right with 500ft. That's from any person, vehicle or building, unless at a designated airfield or you are landing.

The military have an exemption I designated low flying training areas where, IIRC, it's 50ft.

 

[KMA]

I have an 8 guage and a box of BB carts, but much for clays but drones sound perfect

 

[PSQ]

Fourth, some take amazing high definition pictures and broadcast them continuously to the operator .

Chances are the drone will be sending the footage back to the operator in 'real time', and the operator will be using the forward facing footage to navigate the drone.

An unscrupulous person would therefore wait until the drone had passed his / her location, before pulling the trigger. That way the chances of the camera capturing potential evidence would be slim...

 

[Steevo]

Chances are the drone will be sending the footage back to the operator in 'real time', and the operator will be using the forward facing footage to navigate the drone.

An unscrupulous person would therefore wait until the drone had passed his / her location, before pulling the trigger. That way the chances of the camera capturing potential evidence would be slim...

Make sure you hide the gun as it goes past though....else it might give a bit of a hint once the trigger is pulled!

 

[PSQ]

Make sure you hide the gun as it goes past though....else it might give a bit of a hint once the trigger is pulled!

As with most things in life, it pays to be discreet.

 

[ImLost]

The chances are it is just someone having some harmless fun. My brother regularly takes his drone up above our place, sometimes to get pics of the sunset, other times just for fun and to get pics/vids of the surrounding area, purely because its interesting to see the lie of the land at a completely different angle to something like google maps, also at different times of day/night too. hes got some quite cool pics of the town at night lit up, and then suddenly there is a line of dimmer light (our road) then pitch black (the fields behind), makes a cool pic. he hasnt been spying on anyone yet as far as i know!!!! THeres no point getting too precious about it. Plenty of kids in our area fly them, they are just making good use of their christmas presents.

Anyway, I have this helicopter that flys low over the house, i am pretty sure the guy in it is taking pics of me.....im just off to shoot it down.

 

[Red Fred]

Seems to me the "cure" here, ie grumpy old farmers shooting down kids' toys with a shotgun, is worse than the "disease".ie a kid looking for somewhere to fly his christmas present and being a bit nosey. Just thinking of how the story would look in the local paper! "I had to destroy it m'lud, as I thought young Kevin was a pikey casing my joint"
I took some scenic aerial photos of parts of my own farm with a drone and posted them on the local "memories" site where folks exchange photos and nostalgic chit chat about the locality. I was immediately taken to task by the self appointed camera expert who was complaining about privacy,drones, etc , I had to point out that his own moody photos of our old buildings, which he had taken by leaning on the roadside gate with a zoom lens on his SLR, were far more intrusive than me taking pictures of my own property with a crummy drone camera

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

The chances are it is just someone having some harmless fun. My brother regularly takes his drone up above our place, sometimes to get pics of the sunset, other times just for fun and to get pics/vids of the surrounding area, purely because its interesting to see the lie of the land at a completely different angle to something like google maps, also at different times of day/night too. hes got some quite cool pics of the town at night lit up, and then suddenly there is a line of dimmer light (our road) then pitch black (the fields behind), makes a cool pic. he hasnt been spying on anyone yet as far as i know!!!! THeres no point getting too precious about it. Plenty of kids in our area fly them, they are just making good use of their christmas presents.

Anyway, I have this helicopter that flys low over the house, i am pretty sure the guy in it is taking pics of me.....im just off to shoot it down.

Real (full size) aircraft actually have to appear very close before they are breaking the 500 foot rule. Even experienced pilots find it hard to judge their height to within 100 feet when looking up from the ground.

 

[Red Fred]

Going off at a tangent, I reckon that drones will be commonplace on farms in 10 years time ( after the crunch )and doing all sorts of mundane tasks. The obvious one is keeping a continual eye on cattle as an additional aide rater than replacing routine checks. They could fly round all day long recharging themselves and looking out for anything abnormal, especially during busy times such as silageing. It would only require very simple sensors to send off an alert to the farmer's phone.
Yesterday, i had my annual TB test and ended up without any help to get the rowdy suckler cows into the yard. With the help of the drone, all 150 were in the yard within 15 minutes having been driven across 3/4 mile and 4 fields on my own. Traditionally, this would have taken 3 or 4 of us, much stick waving and swearing and exhaustion on reaching the yard, but the cows simply walked away from the drone and gave up once they realised the plan. They did not appear stressed in any way and I did no more than walk along behind them.

 

[yellowbelly]

With the help of the drone, all 150 were in the yard within 15 minutes having been driven across 3/4 mile and 4 fields on my own.

Have you got 'port' and 'starboard' on your drone controls renamed 'come bye' and 'away to me' yet?

 

[neilo]

As with most things in life, it pays to be discreet.

Not like this fella then......
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/furious-farmer-blasts-drone-out-9137722

 

[PSQ]

Not like this fella then......
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/furious-farmer-blasts-drone-out-9137722

Shame it's a fake video.

 

[Cowabunga]

Personally I don't see any problem. There is no right of privacy out in the open. There's a good chance that a high definition satellite camera is watching you pish in the hedge on any cloudless day.

 

[kmo]

There's not just drones and satellites.