I live in a Townhouse community in upstate NY. There are more kids than I'd like, but they've been well behaved up until this past week. I've been flying my drone around and tried to keep it above 120m hoping they wouldn't notice it up in the air. They did...
You'd think they were Billy Bob Thornton and I was the fugitive. They were going door-to-door trying to find the person flying it. I thought I was safe in the back yard until I heard them yell "Check in back!" and I was found.
The chorus of pleas begging to let them fly was constant. I had HUGE reservations, but figured what could go wrong with me standing there. My intuition was correct. Before I could explain the remote the kid fully throttled straight up into the sky, then almost crashed into the back of my home. Luckily I had the sensors on. I asked them to keep it lower than the roof of my home. The kid then looked at his friend 10yds away with his back turned, looked at me, and said "Watch this". Having been a little boy I knew he was about to run my $1400 drone directly into his friend. Not knowing those plastic blades will do plenty of damage. I yanked the controller out of his hands and told him he could have seriously hurt his friend. He just laughed.
I told them they were done for the day. The other kids threw a fit they didn't get a chance, but I lied and said the batteries were dying. Now I see those kids outside staring at the sky waiting for my drone to reappear so they can beg again. I feel like I can't fly my own drone in my own yard any more avoiding these kids.
My long story short, how would you deal with these kids? I should have said NO right of the bat and told them to get lost, but I'm too nice. What can I say that won't get my house egged, while still getting rid of these tiny terrors? I've thought about buying them cheap $20 drones to leave me be. I just know they'll break those in days and be right back in my yard. I appreciate your sage wisdom in advance.
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You'd think they were Billy Bob Thornton and I was the fugitive. They were going door-to-door trying to find the person flying it. I thought I was safe in the back yard until I heard them yell "Check in back!" and I was found.
The chorus of pleas begging to let them fly was constant. I had HUGE reservations, but figured what could go wrong with me standing there. My intuition was correct. Before I could explain the remote the kid fully throttled straight up into the sky, then almost crashed into the back of my home. Luckily I had the sensors on. I asked them to keep it lower than the roof of my home. The kid then looked at his friend 10yds away with his back turned, looked at me, and said "Watch this". Having been a little boy I knew he was about to run my $1400 drone directly into his friend. Not knowing those plastic blades will do plenty of damage. I yanked the controller out of his hands and told him he could have seriously hurt his friend. He just laughed.
I told them they were done for the day. The other kids threw a fit they didn't get a chance, but I lied and said the batteries were dying. Now I see those kids outside staring at the sky waiting for my drone to reappear so they can beg again. I feel like I can't fly my own drone in my own yard any more avoiding these kids.
My long story short, how would you deal with these kids? I should have said NO right of the bat and told them to get lost, but I'm too nice. What can I say that won't get my house egged, while still getting rid of these tiny terrors? I've thought about buying them cheap $20 drones to leave me be. I just know they'll break those in days and be right back in my yard. I appreciate your sage wisdom in advance.
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