Eyes in the skies....
 

Wish they were over my house last week when the POS stole my trailer!!

Re: Eyes in the skies....
 

But . . how can you be sure they're not watching you instead of some drug dealer or might have read some of your posts and mistaken you for a terrorist?

Heheheheheheh . . .

Gotta remind you, there's a law against the Military being used as police, Border Patrol, Homeland Security or spies within our own borders . . "Posse Comitatius" . . go read up on it . .

be kinda fun trying to shoot one down as it flies over my woods.think they will see my still or my......oh nevermind lol

I was watching a deal on the news the other night, where the local police are beginning to use "RC Helicopters for their "spying" and it might well ignite a court issue on "Expected Privacy" . .

Now I'm not endorsing this, or for that matter, suggesting it, but looking at what they're flying, a ten ga. and a good goose load would be relly hard on those things . . .

Just sayin . . .

:lol: This has been an entertaining thread to read! Sadly,I am not witty enough to contribute :oops:

Well, most RC stuff has to be "Line of sight" for the operator, although there's a series out there that are flown by the image on your iPhone or iPad. That's becoming "Ho Hum" technology now . . and in some of them, you can put a second camera that will work back to a second control source (iPad or phone) . .

But, again, the pilot(s) who would use them to spy on people are human, and like the coyote, must, usually, have a second look . .

That's when that ole varmit rifle and a 12 power scope would pay for itself, wouldn't it? And counter-battery on a 3400fps bullet is nigh unto impossible . .

This is all theoretical, of course . . .

Heheheheheheheheheheheheh . . . Pretty Frickin' stoopid. Fly yer little toy to a shooting range and then piss and moan because it got shot at . . .

Just guessing on what those "Pigeon hunters" were using for guns and loads, probably 12 ga, maybe even 20 ga, with probably #6 or even #8 steel shot, like I said, a 10 ga goose gun with 3" mag single 0 buck would be almost like a varmit gun to those little helicopters. Even a 12 ga with the same load would probably make little pieces out of one . .

I'm just guessing (again) but I'd bet that the lenses on their cameras aren't quite up to those being used on the predators (because most State Governments can't afford them) so they have to get in a little closer than one might think . . Plus when they hover . . Well, geese (or pigeons) don't hover, so you know how that would go down . .

Gotta add . . I have a buddy whose wife is into RC airplanes and we go out often and watch er do her thing . . On a 30' flyby, I have no doubt that I could hit the Plane with a handgun (I'm kinda shiny with one) so a rifle shot wouldn't be a very big deal on a higher flying copter . .

jus' sayin' . . .