Mike Poole | 20/12/2018 17:31:18 |
![]() 3676 forum posts 82 photos | Looks like an opportunity to develop anti drone drones. Mike |
Ady1 | 20/12/2018 18:07:29 |
![]() 6137 forum posts 893 photos | It'll be the government and the CIA trying to get drones banned in Britain |
SillyOldDuffer | 20/12/2018 18:19:21 |
10668 forum posts 2415 photos | Posted by Ady1 on 20/12/2018 18:07:29:
It'll be the government and the CIA trying to get drones banned in Britain Nonsense - not drones at all. UFO's making first contact. Aliens will be probing everyone in the country by tomorrow morning. Panic buying Vaseline in Asda... Dave |
Cornish Jack | 20/12/2018 18:31:00 |
1228 forum posts 172 photos | On another forum they have reached 56 pages!!!! on this item, so far My viewpoint may seem uncaring of what is thought to be the 'problem' - Kites have been in existence for hundreds of years; I was brought to earth by one such, wrapping its string around the main and tail rotor hubs of our helicopter such that the pitchchange rods were bent like bananas ... quite lucky to walk away from it. These things happen. I would not suggest that kites should be banned and I would suggest that a little less 'hysterical' commentary and a more pragmatic assessment by the aviation world would avoid the nonsensical scenes being enacted at Gatwick at the moment. rgds Bill |
Neil Wyatt | 20/12/2018 18:48:02 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | They won't get shot down until they have located the perps. |
Mark Rand | 20/12/2018 18:48:10 |
1505 forum posts 56 photos | The RSPCA have vetoed any attempts to shoot it down due to the risk of injuring the reindeer. |
martin perman | 20/12/2018 18:51:43 |
![]() 2095 forum posts 75 photos | It would make finding the operator easier to spot because he would be red and white. |
Chris Trice | 20/12/2018 19:10:37 |
![]() 1376 forum posts 10 photos | Posted by Cornish Jack on 20/12/2018 18:31:00:
On another forum they have reached 56 pages!!!! on this item, so far My viewpoint may seem uncaring of what is thought to be the 'problem' - Kites have been in existence for hundreds of years; I was brought to earth by one such, wrapping its string around the main and tail rotor hubs of our helicopter such that the pitchchange rods were bent like bananas ... quite lucky to walk away from it. These things happen. I would not suggest that kites should be banned and I would suggest that a little less 'hysterical' commentary and a more pragmatic assessment by the aviation world would avoid the nonsensical scenes being enacted at Gatwick at the moment. rgds Bill Except at very close range, a kite is not effectively steered to a precise position to cause damage. In theory, all commercial drones sold are required by law to include no fly zones programmed into their GPS systems by the manufacturer which includes airport exclusion zones along with military bases and government buildings dictated by the home countries security services. |
Chris Trice | 20/12/2018 19:14:22 |
![]() 1376 forum posts 10 photos | On a lighter note, drones are great ways to deal with wasp and hornet nests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcDsRSilnQ
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V8Eng | 20/12/2018 20:35:44 |
1826 forum posts 1 photos | Edited By V8Eng on 20/12/2018 20:38:13 Edited By V8Eng on 20/12/2018 20:38:51 |
Dave Halford | 20/12/2018 20:49:04 |
2536 forum posts 24 photos | Posted by Chris Trice on 20/12/2018 19:14:22:
On a lighter note, drones are great ways to deal with wasp and hornet nests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcDsRSilnQ
You mean the nest gets closed till the drone pilot gets caught !!!!!! |
blowlamp | 20/12/2018 20:54:00 |
![]() 1885 forum posts 111 photos | Posted by Ady1 on 20/12/2018 18:07:29:
It'll be the government and the CIA trying to get drones banned in Britain
They won't ban them - that would be unreasonable. They'll just limit the maximum altitude to 150mm and the range to 1500mm, with those figures halved if within 100km of a government establishment.
Martin. Edited By blowlamp on 20/12/2018 20:56:43 |
I.M. OUTAHERE | 20/12/2018 21:18:11 |
1468 forum posts 3 photos | Straight after watching that story on the morning news they had another story of how drones can be used in a positive way - they were using them to fly in medicine to remote areas in Vanuatu. I can see things being strictly controlled and you will have to have a licence to buy one . The problem is once programmed top end units fly themselves so easy for a neanderthal to operate not like an rc plane or chopper that takes skill and concentration to fly and you are limited with radio power . Edited By XD 351 on 20/12/2018 21:18:59 |
vintage engineer | 20/12/2018 21:19:45 |
![]() 293 forum posts 1 photos | I reckon it's the Russians testing the effects of economic warfare.
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V8Eng | 20/12/2018 21:23:55 |
1826 forum posts 1 photos | Mr Grayling said the government was now looking to "go further" with drone-control, including considering age-limits for users. I don’t somehow think that will really worry somebody who is already prepared to ignore laws, probably will just inconvenience legit users even more. |
D.A.Godley | 20/12/2018 22:18:38 |
143 forum posts 41 photos | Didn’t I hear that Amazon were going to use drones to deliver goods , perhaps they got the wrong postcode , and it can’t decide whether to dump it over the fence , or return it to the depot ? . |
blowlamp | 20/12/2018 22:27:32 |
![]() 1885 forum posts 111 photos | Posted by D.A.G. on 20/12/2018 22:18:38:
Didn’t I hear that Amazon were going to use drones to deliver goods , perhaps they got the wrong postcode , and it can’t decide whether to dump it over the fence , or return it to the depot ? .
Perhaps it's an engine part for a 747 but no one will sign for it. |
Adam Stevenson | 21/12/2018 00:51:17 |
35 forum posts 1 photos | They navy didn't bother about this drone, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40910087 Edited By Adam Stevenson on 21/12/2018 00:52:00 |
Bill Phinn | 21/12/2018 01:38:40 |
1076 forum posts 129 photos | Posted by blowlamp on 20/12/2018 20:54:00:
Posted by Ady1 on 20/12/2018 18:07:29:
It'll be the government and the CIA trying to get drones banned in Britain
They won't ban them - that would be unreasonable. They'll just limit the maximum altitude to 150mm and the range to 1500mm, with those figures halved if within 100km of a government establishment.
Martin. Edited By blowlamp on 20/12/2018 20:56:43 As well as compulsory licensing for all users and a tripling of the current cost (£1079) - annually. It's not as if such an astronomical increase in yet another avenue of taxation would be regarded by most people as anything other than business as usual for whichever side happens to govern us these days. |
pgk pgk | 21/12/2018 07:45:35 |
2661 forum posts 294 photos | Economic warefare is the future.. whether it's hacking sensitive information and using that to DDOS attacks or the sort of simple drone approach.. or even simpler still if you have a bunch of guys dropping bricks off motorway bridges or shining lasers at drivers. Drone use at prisons is one thing .. but a few dropping into crowds at football matches or concerts even without a malicious payload would cause a nice panic. or even as simple as needles in strawberries. Constantly switching tactics leaves gov playing catch-up which they are generally hopeless at. It doesn't have to be an expensive quadcopter drone.. a simpler fixed wing remote jobbie flown into a crowd will do. |
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