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Man allegedly shoots down neighbor’s drone with shotgun
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:26 am
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:26 am
Detailed by police officers along the New Jersey shore, 32-year-old waiter Russell J. Percenti was arrested last week for allegedly firing a shotgun at an aerial remote control “helicopter” drone flying in the vicinity of his home. According to the owner of the helicopter drone, it was being used to capture photographs of a nearby home that was currently under construction. While he was flying the drone over the unfinished home to take the photos, he heard several gunshots in the vicinity and immediately lost control of the drone.
Bail was set in the amount of $2,500 by a local judge and Percenti quickly posted the 10 percent required minimum to be released from jail. In addition the criminal charges, the owner may choose to pursue financial compensation for the destroyed drone.
Depending on the type of drone as well as the quality of the digital camera mounted to the drone, Percenti could be responsible for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in damages.
Regarding the law, the FAA has set guidelines that require drone fliers to stay below 400 feet when operating a remote control drone as well as keeping clear of nearby airports. New Jersey legislators attempted to pass specific drone legislation earlier this year related to operation of the devices, but it was vetoed by Governor Chris Christie during January 2014.
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What would you do if someone kept flying a drone over your house with a camera mounted?
I would not shoot the drone, but the neighbor would learn very quickly not to fly it over my house again.
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 11:35 am
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:33 am to BillyBobPorkin
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:36 am to BillyBobPorkin
I wonder how much damage a paintball gun would do to a low flying drone?
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:49 am to BillyBobPorkin
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What would you do if someone kept flying a drone over your house with a camera mounted?
I'd honestly be pretty sympathetic to someone shooting down a RC helo (which is what this was, do not call a toy a drone) flying over their home.
That's not what happened here. It was flying over a different property and being used for a completely legitimate purpose.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:51 am to BillyBobPorkin
I'd shoot it.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 12:46 pm to BillyBobPorkin
Posted on 10/3/14 at 1:03 pm to BillyBobPorkin
Wasn't the consensus in another thread that using a slingshot was the best option to deal with drones?
Posted on 10/3/14 at 1:26 pm to beejon
im guessing they got him for firing the gun into the air.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 2:48 pm to BillyBobPorkin
I live on a ridge in the middle of 120 acres. There is nothing behind my house but forest for 1/2 mile. I would love to have a drone to see what the property looks like from above.
However, if someone was a pest with one I can see shooting it down.
The shooter should have used .22 CB caps. All you hear is the click of the firing pin in a rifle. They are great for plinking subdivision starlings.
However, if someone was a pest with one I can see shooting it down.
The shooter should have used .22 CB caps. All you hear is the click of the firing pin in a rifle. They are great for plinking subdivision starlings.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 3:16 pm to Ridgewalker
Pellet gun
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:00 pm to BillyBobPorkin
Done the other drone; sneak attack from above.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:49 pm to AUbagman
One of my neighbors flew a drone over my house for about a minute while I was getting ready to boil crawfish.
He wasn't invited, so I just ignored his drone like I ignore him.
He wasn't invited, so I just ignored his drone like I ignore him.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 7:39 am to BillyBobPorkin
I live on 25 acres in bfe... I used to have a neighbor who flew too low, too long in his gokart/fan/parachute flying contraption. $10 of the super cheap bottle rockets made my point. Dude wrapped himself in field fence 4 months later, according to the news he was doing touch and goes in somebody else's yard, and I haven't seen him up in years.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 8:36 pm to BillyBobPorkin
I didn't expect this to be in New Jersey when I opened up the thread.
This post was edited on 10/4/14 at 8:40 pm
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