Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them. -- DON'T DO THAT

[RicInOR]

Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.


Shooting at a drone, is like shooting at an aircraft.

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[Mike_M57]

Skeet, with prizes!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.


Shooting at a drone, is like shooting at an aircraft.

No way, aircraft are bigger. Drones would be much more of a challenge. Kind of like hunting doves maybe? I wonder what the bag limit will be. I just hope they don't limit it to just steel shot. Gotta find out where the home base is and get to the good blind locations before they fill up.

Sign up now, slots are filling up fast!

www.guideddronehunts.com

#killthenoiseshootadrone
#amazoniswatchingyou

 

[Flopsweat]

That's a pretty deceptive title to that article. One person joked about it. They don't mention anyone seriously considering it or "wanting to".

 

[RVTECH]

I foresee a lot of problems with this.

Not just all the obvious but other things like 'techies' building jammers and possibly controls to override the Amazon programmed flight data.

Also think of the potential for LE (or Gov agencies) to use 'fake' Amazon drones for spying or surveillance.

I could be wrong but I don't see anything good coming from this.

 

[BlindedByScience]

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As far as jamming the drone and taking it over.....probably not practical. My guess is they respond only to signals with a very challenging digital signature included in the control data stream. I do know they have a locally programmed "home" location, and if things with the controller go sour, they "go home" autonomously. With fast, modern processors, hacking hardware is quite a bit harder. Of course, anything "can" be done, but it's a long way from practical. One guy's opinion.......

 

[308]

How then will I give my driver his ice cold can of Mt Dew?

 

[Flopsweat]

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As far as jamming the drone and taking it over.....probably not practical. My guess is they respond only to signals with a very challenging digital signature included in the control data stream. I do know they have a locally programmed "home" location, and if things with the controller go sour, they "go home" autonomously. With fast, modern processors, hacking hardware is quite a bit harder. Of course, anything "can" be done, but it's a long way from practical. One guy's opinion.......

EMP might do the trick it it's not too noisy and doesn't scramble the neighbors' electronics. Or the bad guys might not care about that part.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I'd like to get one of those anti drone lasers from Boeing, but shotgun shells are way more affordable.

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[cigars]

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As far as jamming the drone and taking it over.....probably not practical. My guess is they respond only to signals with a very challenging digital signature included in the control data stream. I do know they have a locally programmed "home" location, and if things with the controller go sour, they "go home" autonomously. With fast, modern processors, hacking hardware is quite a bit harder. Of course, anything "can" be done, but it's a long way from practical. One guy's opinion.......

Two words... Microwave oven.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

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As far as jamming the drone and taking it over.....probably not practical. My guess is they respond only to signals with a very challenging digital signature included in the control data stream. I do know they have a locally programmed "home" location, and if things with the controller go sour, they "go home" autonomously. With fast, modern processors, hacking hardware is quite a bit harder. Of course, anything "can" be done, but it's a long way from practical. One guy's opinion.......

Those drone loads rock! Can u get them at bi-mart?

 

[Kyrsen]

When I was in France, in the lavender fields, there were a lot of Chinese tourists using drones. The honey bees were attacking them relentlessly and being chopped up by the rotors. While I was there hundreds and hundreds were being shredded.

Not sure if all bees act the same but this could be another problem, considering the already declining population of honey bees.

Not an environmentalist, just an observation.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

If they try this in Portland dickhead wheeler will probably require Amazon to have the drones drop packages directly in the homeless camps. Saves them the trouble of walking all the way to your porch to get them.

 

[cigars]

Truth is that if you start taking out delivery drones, the FAA and some other agencies will not take kindly to that especially in urban areas. For one thing you will be interfering with commerce. We already read the stories about the yokels taking out their neighbors drones with a shotgun and then getting arrested for it. Don't be Jethro.

 

[RVTECH]

Heck a paintball gun could take them down.

Gum up the rotors with some sort of gooey paintball ammo and down it comes.

 

[VanceInWA]

That's a pretty deceptive title to that article. One person joked about it. They don't mention anyone seriously considering it or "wanting to".

No doubt it will happen, though. Human nature being what it is...

 

[Kyrsen]

You could use your own drone and make it badass like robot wars. Challenge all drones who enter your territory.

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!

 

[RVTECH]

No doubt it will happen, though.

Ya think? People will be blazing away at them - especially in the big cities. They shoot at everything anyway so a drone just gives them a new target.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Ya think? People will be blazing away at them - especially in the big cities. They shoot at everything anyway so a drone just gives them a new target.

You better believe it!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

You could use your own drone and make it badass like robot wars. Challenge all drones who enter your territory.

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!

That's a good idea! All you would need is a drone flying above the other one and then release some light cable or strong fishing line onto the other drone. Or fly right above it and when line gets tangled on other drone the line simply pulls out of your drone. Easy Peazy. Could spawn a whole new line of killer attack drones. Although not as fun as target practice, it would be effective.