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New Telemetry Suggests Shot-Down Drone Was Higher Than Alleged

Posted by samzenpus on from the lucky-shot dept.

AmiMoJo writes: The pilot of the drone shot down Sunday evening over a Kentucky property has now come forward with video seemingly showing that the drone wasn't nearly as close as the property owner made it out to be. The data also shows that it was well over 200 feet above the ground before the fatal shots fired. The shooter, meanwhile, continues to maintain that the drone flew 20 feet over a neighbour's house before ascending to "60 to 80 [feet] above me."

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  1. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You would have trouble seeing such a drone at 'well over 200 feet above ground' let alone shooting it down with a shotgun.

  2. Re:Impossible with #6 or lesser shotgun shot by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Go grab a model aircraft. Spin up the prop, and drop a piece of shot into the prop.

    You'll probably end up with a broken prop, without any appreciable ballistic energy being involved.

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  3. Altitude is difficult to estimate by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There have been studies done before asking average people to estimate how high an object is in the sky (generally balloons or kites) and the estimates were generally awful. Even judging the difference between 60 and 200 feet is generally beyond the range of what most humans can comprehend in vertical distance.

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  4. Re:shooter should have talked to owner first by bws111 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why is it the property owners reponsibility to go find and talk to the drone operator? The drone operator, on the other hand, knows where his toy is going so maybe HE should actually act like a responsible person and let the property owners know what he is doing ahead of time.