Who has a Drone they take Camping?
I know drones are a bit of a two way street, some people love them and others hate them. Admittedly they can be noisy and a nuisance if flown in the wrong place. In many places they are often restrict...
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I think my favorite drone "shoot down" was a police report where the fellow that shot down a drone hovering above his sun bathing teenage daughter at his farm. He told the officer responding to his call, "I was cleaning my crossbow when it went off." Since no one came forward to claim the drone, no charges were filed...
One thing that I've wondered about for some time is "airspace ownership" above someone's property versus drone use. The FAA recommends limiting non-commercial drones to a 400 ft ceiling, but the US government and the courts have generally considered 500 ft to be the lower limit of navigable airspace, with the air space below that apparently belonging to the property owner. That would seem to make a case for drones flying over our property below 500 ft to be potentially guilty of trespassing or invasion of privacy or property.
Back on the subject of shooting drones down, a Kentucky judge dismissed all charges against a father that shot down a neighbor's drone that he claimed was spying on his sunbathing daughter on the basis of invasion of privacy.
Interesting times...
One thing that I've wondered about for some time is "airspace ownership" above someone's property versus drone use. The FAA recommends limiting non-commercial drones to a 400 ft ceiling, but the US government and the courts have generally considered 500 ft to be the lower limit of navigable airspace, with the air space below that apparently belonging to the property owner. That would seem to make a case for drones flying over our property below 500 ft to be potentially guilty of trespassing or invasion of privacy or property.
Back on the subject of shooting drones down, a Kentucky judge dismissed all charges against a father that shot down a neighbor's drone that he claimed was spying on his sunbathing daughter on the basis of invasion of privacy.
Interesting times...
