Neighborhood Drone

[Grant H.]

If they are flying within the constraints of FAA regulations and local ordinances, you have no legal recourse for whatever actions you choose to interfere with the drone in operation. 'You' being the generic 'you'. People may find themselves in a world of Federal hurt for downing a drone in an unsafe manner, in addition to any civil or criminal property damage statutes. It's just a fact. Your best bet is to talk to the individual, or see if they are violating the regs or local ordinances. You can look up your in-laws address on Airmap or Skyvector to see if the airspace is legal to fly in. Amongst other things, I am a licensed commercial drone operator.

1000x this...

As someone who owns, flies, and uses multi-rotor flight systems (none of mine are autonomous so it annoys me to call them drones, especially when I have worked on autonomous ones), don't be the (generic - not one person here) d!ck that goes and destroys someones multi-thousand dollar piece of equipment because it annoys you.

If they are flying illegally? Fine, deal with it properly.

If not flying illegally? Talk to them. See if an agreement can be reached.

I guarantee you won't come to a peaceful and reasonable solution if you go the vandalism route...

[Wulf202]

It's illegal to do that. 83feet is absolutely the minimum that is listed as too low in supreme court decisions.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_c...11020287234065
United States v. Causby, 328 US 256 - Supreme Court 1946

https://aviation.uslegal.com/ownersh...over-property/
has a list of citations to read over also

Edited to add US v Causby has been used successfully to defend someone who shot down a UAV with a firearm from charges at least once that I know of.

[ChickNorris]

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Yagi rifle is technically illegal to use, unfortunately.

[Grant H.]

It's illegal to do that. 83feet is absolutely the minimum that is listed as too low in supreme court decisions.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_c...11020287234065
United States v. Causby, 328 US 256 - Supreme Court 1946

https://aviation.uslegal.com/ownersh...over-property/
has a list of citations to read over also

Edited to add US v Causby has been used successfully to defend someone who shot down a UAV with a firearm from charges at least once that I know of.

I've seen the Causby case cited elsewhere, and I've never heard of it being used to justify shooting a UAV down. If you care to cite the case, I'd like to see it.

The FAA has yet to make a determination for an airspace floor for multi-rotors. They have set an airspace ceiling of 400'. Nowhere in the FAA guidelines for UAS is there any mention of an airspace floor (at least not that I've ever come across...)

The way Causby is written is too vague for real world application to "drones".




Also, if the OP's in-laws shoot the drone down in the neighborhood, they are likely breaking laws by discharging a firearm inside city/neighborhood limits.

Now, all of that said, I will say this as an owner and pilot of such aircraft.

Be a kind and courteous pilot, and avoid all the BS anyway.

[Grant H.]

Yagi rifle is technically illegal to use, unfortunately.

Very illegal.

It also just causes the quad to hover where you target it, at least until it's battery fails. Within the US, the operator of the jamming system would be liable for the damage to the quad and any damage on the ground from it falling... (Hard to prove/prosecute, but that doesn't change the fact that it's illegal for several reasons.)

[TFOGGER]

Jus' sayin'...

[ray1970]

Pretty sure Deer Trail was selling licenses to shoot down drones. Maybe someplace in Florida will sell a similar license to hunt drones.

[ray1970]

Of course the coolest way to remove a drone is by training a bird of prey to take it down.

You can see videos on YouTube of eagles taking out drones. Pretty sure the government trained them to use in crowded areas.

[SideShow Bob]

Of course the coolest way to remove a drone is by training a bird of prey to take it down.

You can see videos on YouTube of eagles taking out drones. Pretty sure the government trained them to use in crowded areas.

That would be cruelty to animals,.
I’m sure it is the same with propellers on drones. I remember back in the day with RC model airplanes, that the propellers would give you a mean cut if your hand or other body part got in the wrong place.

[kidicarus13]

Jus' sayin'...

NICE!