No. In the views of the MSM you are not supposed to have a gun to shoot it down with. Call 911 and wait until they show up after it drops the bomb to come shoot it down.

 

Best bet is to take cover. You are not going to be carrying any type of shotgun and your shooting skills, like vast majority here, me included, are not refined enough to get a flying object.

IF you think your skills might be good enough, try a clay pigeon or 5 way way way far away from people.

Nemo

 

If it's at one of those type gatherings with regular people, might be enough there to join forces. Enough barrels shooting at it, one is bound to take it down.

A scenario like that might make a Taurus Judge with .410 BB shot practical to carry.

 

So does this mean when at a large gathering you see a drone coming, you can shoot it out of the sky?

NO! NO! NO! NO!

It could be an Amazon Prime Air drone delivery. :mrgreen:

 

If you see a drone in the sky above a public gathering, there's about a 99% chance it's being used to take pics and videos of the event, and less than a 1% chance it's been weaponized by a terrorist or domestic loony-tunes.

If you pull your gun and fire at it, you'll probably be shot by cops, and at the very least charged with numerous felony crimes of your own. Your 2A rights will be in jeopardy. You'll be lucky if you can plea-bargain that down to misdemeanor "public disturbance" or "public endangerment" or something.

 

Oh I know, gunsmoker. First thing I'd do is run and duck for cover if I thought a drone was weaponized, and dragging my family to cover if they were there.

Just trolling a bit. :mrgreen:

I suppose the police will know what to do and immediately get into action to save folks, especially if they think antifa is involved.

 

I suppose the police will know what to do and immediately get into action to save folks, especially if they think antifa is involved.

Unless you're in Portland, OR. anic:

 

I think if you want a weapon to defend against small drones attacking public crowds, you'd be much better served by figuring out what radio frequencies their controllers use and getting a jammer for those frequencies than with any type of firearm.

I also think that (while still a tiny risk in the absolute sense) there's much more risk from some clown who doesn't know what he's doing flying his drone through the final approach course of an airport while a real airplane with real humans on it happens to be landing than there is from ISIS loading a missile on a quadcopter. But what would I know.

 

I don't know what you would know, but my question is-- could a basic "personal use" type drone cause enough damage to a commercial airliner to cause loss of control or some crash inducing damage on one landing?

I don't do piloting but engines eat geese somewhat often and stay airborne. I presume one could eat a drone and continue on approach or take one square into a windshield or snout and stay up. But like I say, I don't pilot, maintain or anything with aircraft and ride them as rarely as possible. And then only when absolutely necessary.

I am not considering anything carrying extra explosives or such. Just the basic drone. Sufficient damage or destruction?

Nemo

 

See what happens when a drone hits an airplane

Not real life but a simulated test.

 

That is some significant damage but I think it would still permit the plane to stay airborne and under pilot control.

They would declare it an emergency and get down asap, but it appears safely.

Nemo

 

What if it has a bomb attached?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ootage-shows-moment-drone-bomb-exploded-Presidential-rally-Venezuela.html[/rul]

 

It it were to go into an engine it might be more catastrophic.

 

Define "controlled airspace" and "airport environment." According to the faa, that's 5 miles from any airport. If your drone is below the trees, or even right above them, unless you're inside the airport fence, by the time your drone is threatening the plane...that plane has far far FAR bigger problems than your little drone. In this link, don't zoom, don't pan, just look at it immediately after it loads, and tell me why flying a drone above the house but below the tree canopy should be illegal: https://goo.gl/maps/PPSeFWEh2xC2

 

"Controlled airspace" and "airport environment" are both terms defined by the FAA, and it's not correct that either definition includes "5 miles from any airport".

If you want to fly a toy drone below the treeline, have at it. My concern is someone operating a drone in the traffic pattern or approach course to an airport. As someone who holds both a commercial pilot and a remote operator (drone) certificate from the FAA, I'm in favor of you flying your drone, but I also don't want me and my family to die because our plane hit your drone on short final.

 

Yes, those do have specific terms, but they still don't get around the fact that the faa bans drone flying within 5 miles of any airport or heliport. NO exceptions are made for "below the tree line" or anything reasonable. Take a look at this map and find any place ITP Atlanta where little Timmy flying his new toy around the front yard on Christmas morning isn't violating federal law. http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/air-space-map/

 

Dayum, big flying saucer landing area near Farmville Va. With no real reason for it to be restricted airspace.

HHMMMMMMM, makes me wonder.

Nemo

 

Dayum, big flying saucer landing area near Farmville Va. With no real reason for it to be restricted airspace.

HHMMMMMMM, makes me wonder.

nemo

Southside Community Hospital heliport and Farmville Regional Airport.

 

Compare it to the restricted airspace around Richmond Airport and tell me not youfoes.

Nemo

 

There simply is no such regulation. The regulations regarding operating small drones in controlled airspace and near airports are 14 CFR 107.41 and 107.43.

Legally:
The areas ITP where it would be against regulations to fly a drone without authorization from ATC are the area near Hartsfield where class B airspace reaches the surface and the class D airspace around Peachtree-DeKalb, Fulton County, and Dobbins airports. Eyeballing it, that doesn't look like even half the airspace ITP, and is certainly not all of it.

Practically:
If you operate a drone below the treeline, and not on airport property, no one is going to know or care.