I say: don't loiter over property (especially in the country), fly high and avoid passing over areas twice. The skies aren't so friendly anymore.
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A Mavic is not an aircraft.
Otherwise you'd go to prison for drinking while flying a Mavic.
The FAA classifies these drones as aircraft and make you register and mark them. I'm sure you can get Federal charges placed for downing an aircraft. Flip side may be that charges could be placed for reckless operation of an aircraft.
True,. a pilot like that is more likely to get his tires slashed by the neighbors than his drone shot down.
best way to go about it is just takeoff vertically to 400 feet in your own airspace, then move around, do your thing, then land vertically from 400 feet in your own airspace. never fly too close nor too low, and all should be fine.
Just had a big debate with my engineer that says he could shoot down my drone if I flew it over his house. I said really can you shoot down a helicopter flying over your house too? He didn't know how to answer that.
So then he brings up that he talked to a lawyer and they looked it up and said that people own the air space above their house(which I am not sure even that is true) but then I said even if that is true that doesn't give you the right to shoot down a drone flying over your property temporarily.
So can I have a definitive answer on this subject please?
Documented court case says no one can fly under 84 feet over private property! Helicopter,drone,airplane. However can not shot down anything.
A 165 grain bullet travelling at 3,000' per second semi-horizontally can definitely kill someone. And the spent slug can be traced to a particular rifle by matching it's groves. So anyone firing at a drone is really putting himself in a liability situation .... a smart person would just call the sheriff.Interesting that nobody has mentioned the inherent danger of firing a weapon into the air. Jimbobjo shoots at little Johnny's Mavvie flying over his house and the bullet lands some miles away and kills someone. THAT is the real problem with anyone 'fixin' to blow someone's drone out of the air.
Just had a big debate with my engineer that says he could shoot down my drone if I flew it over his house. I said really can you shoot down a helicopter flying over your house too? He didn't know how to answer that.
So then he brings up that he talked to a lawyer and they looked it up and said that people own the air space above their house(which I am not sure even that is true) but then I said even if that is true that doesn't give you the right to shoot down a drone flying over your property temporarily.
So can I have a definitive answer on this subject please?
Documented court case says no one can fly under 84 feet over private property! Helicopter,drone,airplane. However can not shot down anything.
Lawyer better check his laws.
Interesting that nobody has mentioned the inherent danger of firing a weapon into the air. Jimbobjo shoots at little Johnny's Mavvie flying over his house and the bullet lands some miles away and kills someone. THAT is the real problem with anyone 'fixin' to blow someone's drone out of the air.
Lots if people shoot into the sky on a daily basis very little risk of any harm, shot comes down like frozen rain. Trap shooting, bird hunting, some of the first RC controlled aircraft where used for target practice. solid rifled projectile is a completely different story however and can be deadly from miles away.
Not condoning shooting down a aircraft of any kind though.
Documented court case says no one can fly under 84 feet over private property! Helicopter,drone,airplane. However can not shot down anything.
Lawyer better check his laws.
Actually, that was in that case based on the actual use of the airspace by the landowner. There isn't enough case law (or codified law) to draw a firm legal conclusion that covers all circumstances in the US. You can Google that as much as you like.
Everyone agrees on this subject, right? 'Nuf said!!