Wal-Mart Delivery Drones Coming to the ATL

[BigMike]

Light, lighten up guys......Ain't y, y'all learned not to, to take me seri, seriously yet??..........

You say it as a joke, but some old guy in FL just got hit with a felony for shooting at a drone. I don't remember if he downed it or just winged it ( all the pun intended) or just took a shot at it, but they locked him up for it.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

One of my bosses flies drones. Actually he builds and flies them and apparently when you get that deep into it they're not called drones anymore. They're "Quads" . Kind of an expensive hobby since there's plenty of pricey electronics and plastic parts involved. And all of them are fragile. Not to mention the GoPro attached to them.
But what amazes me is how much one of those things will carry and still fly pretty much out of sight. I'm also amazed by how many dumb asses keep trying to use drones to drop contraband inside the fence line at GA prisons. Seriously it's like a weekly thing now just by what I see on WMAZ.com.
They always show 6 or 8 phones with cords and charging blocks and several Ziploc bags of tobacco and more bags of weed. It has to be at least a 15lb payload each time . So how big does said drone have to be to tote all that ****? And I'm sure that effects battery life/run time. But it seems like they always get caught since they have to be pretty close by to maintain a signal. And that's how DOC and local law just drives right up on them in the act.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

You say it as a joke, but some old guy in FL just got hit with a felony for shooting at a drone. I don't remember if he downed it or just winged it ( all the pun intended) or just took a shot at it, but they locked him up for it.

Seems like if said drone is buzzing over your property and creating sort of an invasion of privacy you SHOULD be able to take necessary action. I mean what's the difference in that and some perv on a ladder spying on you ( aside from the expense involved)?

 

[MR3663]

Seems like if said drone is buzzing over your property and creating sort of an invasion of privacy you SHOULD be able to take necessary action. I mean what's the difference in that and some perv on a ladder spying on you ( aside from the expense involved)?

Good question

 

[MR3663]

Walmart expands drone delivery service to 3 more states in race against Amazon

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service to three more states in a bid to compete with rival Amazon.

www.foxbusiness.com

That’s all well and good but that won’t keep them from being out of chit.

 

[BigMike]

Seems like if said drone is buzzing over your property and creating sort of an invasion of privacy you SHOULD be able to take necessary action. I mean what's the difference in that and some perv on a ladder spying on you ( aside from the expense involved)?

The guy in Mississippi several years ago took one out and got by with it. Privately operated with a camera attached to it, spying on his wife and daughter sunbathing by their pool.