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New Video Shows Shot Down Drone Hovered For Only 22 Seconds
AmiMoJo writes: The saga of the drone shot down in Kentucky got a little bit longer today. A new video from the drone shot down by William Merideth shows that it only hovered over his property for 22 seconds, and was not "peeping". The video shows the drone hovering at altitude and surveying the area before falling out of the sky. Although the video jumps around a little, the drone's owner claims that it was not edited. The shooter says he did not know if the drone was being operated by a paedophile, criminal or ISIS terrorist before he opened fire.
Actually, this is a very likely scenario.
I live in a rural area... most folks out here, even the tinfoil crowd, don't walk around with a loaded shotgun everywhere ready to fire on whatever angers them. I'm very willing to wager that the drone operator had done his flights over that property numerous times before - enough to get the property owner to keep a shotgun handy just in case.
(...and while the property owner very poorly articulated his case judging by the summary, I would have zero problems with taking the thing down, then explaining quite clearly that the little $@#! had been flying that thing over my property repeatedly in spite of warnings, and doing so without permission or even notice.)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
obviously you have no clue about the rest of the story.
his daughters saw it flying around the neighborhood, he went and grabbed his gun and WAITED for it to be above his property. and yeah it was above his property for 22 seconds. it was flying for a while before that... your vision isn't limited by your property lines, and it only hovered above his property for 22 seconds but was flying for a while before that. This guy is obviously paranoid... and took a shoot first ask questions later perspective. i'm sure his neighbors appreciate him shooting into the sky at anything that doesn't look normal. I wonder if he'd shoot a humming bird because it hovers for 20 seconds? I wonder what would happen to the stray bird shot that hit the neighbors house. will he pay for any damages or injuries caused by that?
It could be an ISIS humming bird you know..
If this is all information the drone owner has to go with, I want to know how he figured out who shot the drone down? It appeared to be in range of any number of homes. Something doesn't smell right about this.
Drone operators view spying on other people as a civil liberty, and if you complain, you're some sort of evil bastard.
Go read some drone forums. You'll see every manner of justification for being a perverted peeping Tom.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Oh wow, where to start.
This guy is obviously paranoid... and took a shoot first ask questions later perspective.
It was a drone. There was no risk to any human or animal life. Shooting is the only way he would likely every be able to ask questions and identify the idiots flying it.
i'm sure his neighbors appreciate him shooting into the sky at anything that doesn't look normal.
If I was his neighbor, I would thank the guy for what he did, as would many other people
I wonder what would happen to the stray bird shot that hit the neighbors house.
Now you're just grasping at straws. There is zero evidence that this firearm was used unsafely and with poor judgement of aim. Shotgun pellets raining down from the sky after losing their velocity are mostly harmless.
This guy [...] took a shoot first ask questions later perspective. i'm sure his neighbors appreciate him shooting into the sky at anything that doesn't look normal. I wonder if he'd shoot a humming bird because it hovers for 20 seconds?
Please enlighten us how you're supposed to ask questions first of a remote-controlled device.
I wonder what would happen to the stray bird shot that hit the neighbors house. will he pay for any damages or injuries caused by that?
That's actually part of the advantage to bird shot, it is slowed down by the drag caused by atmosphere, to the point that the terminal velocity of birdshot is probably low enough to not even leave a mark.
I do not advocate shooting into the air in populated areas, but bird shot is probably the safest conventional round that one could fire into the air.
I wonder if a rock-salt load would be enough to take down an RC aircraft?
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
I am really curious as to what the error message was and why it would not let him fly further without a settings change. I am guessing it was probably something about when flying in an extended range be sure to respect the privacy of others and local laws. At least if it is like other software warnings.