My Mavic stopped illegal fireworks

[AMann]

Along with stopping a mail thief in our neighborhood once, I used my Mavic to bring peace to our neighborhood last night. Our local PD announced that they would be out in full force last night (July 4th), including flying drones to make arrests of anyone shooting illegal fireworks, but they were nowhere to be seen and our neighborhood sounded like a war zone with sky bombs going off everywhere. I very rarely fly my drone in the neighborhood for fear of making people mad, but this time was called for.So I did a quick jaunt over the neighborhood with my Mavic decked out with a whole array of colored ArcII beacons. It was so flashy that it looked like a flying police car and it worked! Dead silent for much of the night. It was awesome!

 

[Bad Santa]

You must be proud of yourself.

 

[Torque]

Along with stopping a mail thief in our neighborhood once, I used my Mavic to bring peace to our neighborhood last night. Our local PD announced that they would be out in full force last night (July 4th), including flying drones to make arrests of anyone shooting illegal fireworks, but they were nowhere to be seen and our neighborhood sounded like a war zone with sky bombs going off everywhere. I very rarely fly my drone in the neighborhood for fear of making people mad, but this time was called for.So I did a quick jaunt over the neighborhood with my Mavic decked out with a whole array of colored ArcII beacons. It was so flashy that it looked like a flying police car and it worked! Dead silent for much of the night. It was awesome!

Thank you.
A few years ago illegal fireworks started a fire in my backyard while I was at work. It had spread to the house siding before the neighbor noticed and was able to extinguish. Had the neighbor not noticed...

 

[AMann]

Thank you.
A few years ago illegal fireworks started a fire in my backyard while I was at work. It had spread to the house siding before the neighbor noticed and was able to extinguish. Had the neighbor not noticed...

Wow, good on your neighbor! Someone started a fire in town last night also, it ran through a field threatening some homes also, but the FD got to it in time.

So yeah, I’m glad the drone worked, and am happy to help out my neighbors. We have tall palms and other trees in the neighborhood that can easily burn and after the fires in Altadena, Los Angeles and Paradise, CA, everyone is on edge here and some can’t even get fire insurance anymore. Besides the damage a fire can do, having one get out of hand here could have also cost us a lot, so something had to be done to stop that craziness.

 

[tstr14]

Should have dropped some cherry bombs on them.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Along with stopping a mail thief in our neighborhood once, I used my Mavic to bring peace to our neighborhood last night. Our local PD announced that they would be out in full force last night (July 4th), including flying drones to make arrests of anyone shooting illegal fireworks, but they were nowhere to be seen and our neighborhood sounded like a war zone with sky bombs going off everywhere. I very rarely fly my drone in the neighborhood for fear of making people mad, but this time was called for.So I did a quick jaunt over the neighborhood with my Mavic decked out with a whole array of colored ArcII beacons. It was so flashy that it looked like a flying police car and it worked! Dead silent for much of the night. It was awesome!

Wish I'd thought of doing that! Red and Blue flashing beacons! I like it! Hiding in plain sight on the 4th, while filming the fireworks! The first couple of times my neighbors saw my drone returning home over their street years ago, they assumed it was the electric company inspecting power lines. Should have let them keep thinking that! LOL!