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Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:51 am
by Racalman
Polchraine wrote:And at a guess you worked on towards the West end of the Bath Road in Slough!
I did! And in Bracknell, Reading, Broadstairs and Maryland (it was a big company ...).
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:03 pm
by Polchraine
Racalman wrote:Polchraine wrote:And at a guess you worked on towards the West end of the Bath Road in Slough!
I did! And in Bracknell, Reading, Broadstairs and Maryland (it was a big company ...).
I was up on Wexham Road at the other end of Slough and occasionally in an office/lab almost opposite the Racal building.
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:44 pm
by Gundoc
There's actually some pretty rigid rules in place.
And sort of enforced.
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?c ... l&nid=2348
That article explains the prosecution of a gent who used his near a sub base......
Pertinent points are, not within 50m of a structure, not within 50m of a person, or within 30m if a camera is fitted (which is odd)
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:15 am
by shugie
Racalman wrote:Polchraine wrote:And at a guess you worked on towards the West end of the Bath Road in Slough!
I did! And in Bracknell, Reading, Broadstairs and Maryland (it was a big company ...).
I too worked in that Broadstairs establishment, reworking HF receivers destined for Arab-land, think it was. I did part time, weekends and a bit, was meant to be at UKC studying but preferred the lure of cash, autumn 1980/spring 1981, very cold out that part of East Kent. Times change, when I left UKC I had a car, decent hifi and £700 in the bank.
Meanwhile, more closely approaching the original topic, I do fancy one of those small FPV quadcopters for racing around the garden, can't get the 50m from a structure though.
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:49 pm
by Chuck
http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/dat ... actice.pdf
Data protection and drones, bore them to death with this if they annoy you - or beat them with a hard copy
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:27 am
by Chuck
If anyone is still seriously thinking of shooting them down here's an idea - DU shotgun rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013 ... un-rounds/
http://www.luckygunner.com/12ga-3-urani ... n-5-rounds
Just remember that shooting down someones drone will land you in trouble though -especially if it is owned by the government.
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:57 pm
by meles meles
Hmmm, and what's the rules on flying barrage ballons over one's own sett?
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:59 pm
by Chuck
No problem, barrage balloons are quite niceand can be painted in bright colours if that suits you - though I suspect black with white stripes will be more fitting for you badger
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Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:09 pm
by meles meles
Dazzle camouflage perhaps, with big nets slung betwixt 'em...
Re: Shooting down drones - legal question
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:07 pm
by Gazoo
I'm not saying it's big or clever, but I distinctly remember a Home Secretary (Willie Whitelaw) trying to shoot down a hot air balloon who had the affrontary to float over his air space (probably with some of those working class types in), while he was out with a shooting party.
This may actually be the only real case of confusing peasant shooting and pheasant shooting ... but I digress.
For drones, surely electronic measures could be deployed instead of lead?