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02/01/2016 05:30:27 PM · #1 |
For those who invest in drones for photography, more reasons to be careful in selecting places to fly. Dutch police reported as training eagles to take out drones (with video demonstration, although dialog is in Dutch). Article also mentions Japanese deploying teams with nets to take down drones. [url=//www.nydailynews.com/news/world/watch-dutch-police-train-eagles-drones-midair-article-1.2516401 /url] Link not looking right in preview. Hope it works in actual post.
Message edited by author 2016-02-01 17:44:59. |
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02/01/2016 05:44:02 PM · #2 |
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02/01/2016 05:45:54 PM · #3 |
Thanks for the repair.
Originally posted by Kroburg:
Must work now.
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02/01/2016 05:53:07 PM · #4 |
| The eagles are trained to take out drones when the drone is causing danger. In the interview they tell about a situation that an emergency helicopter could not land because a drone was flying in that area. The police said their first aim is to find the owner of the drone, but when that's not possible, find ways to deal with the drone itself, by using a net or using those eagles. The training will continue for a few more months, then they will decide whether the eagles will be operational. |
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02/01/2016 06:13:06 PM · #5 |
| Cool, but I am more concerned about the eagles' jesses (the long leather straps around their legs) getting caught in the propeller blades. A really big drone could do some real harm. |
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02/01/2016 07:07:36 PM · #6 |
I like the net idea. The drone could be retrieved & impounded. Pay the fine & get it back.
No...wait...ATTACK DRONES!
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02/01/2016 07:50:22 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Cool, but I am more concerned about the eagles' jesses (the long leather straps around their legs) getting caught in the propeller blades. A really big drone could do some real harm. |
Then they'll probably just shift to kamikaze pigeons ... :-( |
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02/01/2016 08:04:55 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Cool, but I am more concerned about the eagles' jesses (the long leather straps around their legs) getting caught in the propeller blades. A really big drone could do some real harm. |
Then they'll probably just shift to kamikaze pigeons ... :-( |
I wish! But pigeons, though far more common than eagles - it only takes a few months for a pigeon to reach maturity but those bald eagles the Dutch are using take 4 years to reach full maturity (though the eagle-eyed amongst us will see the 3-yr-old immature bald eagle doing a good job) Anyway I think well-tenderized pigeon would be the result, unless they were trained to drag something that could snarl in the blades and make them seize up. |
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02/01/2016 08:13:00 PM · #9 |
Hmm. Why not just radio jam the darn thing and watch it fall. Cheaper than an eagle, and PETA won't get whiney.
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