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Drones ground flights at Gatwick
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
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Wow.
Smart people out there. |
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Sadly has been a problem which has been been worrying airport authorities and other authorities for a while and they need to start taking it far more seriously then they have up to now.
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(and no, I dont fly them, or have any interest in them). |
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There are already plenty of laws in place about endangering aircraft that can be applied with up to 5 years imprisonment for offenders. Such laws have already been used to prosecute loonies with laser pens.
Larger drones already have GPS fencing in their software that prevents them being used within 1 mile of an airport, though there are groups such as the pilots union that want this distance increased to 5 miles as is common on the continent. Real problem is the smaller "toy" drones that have no restrictions in their software and can easilly fly out of range of their controller. |
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Can the control frequencies be jammed I wonder? I guess they have thought of this ..
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What goes up must come down though. |
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This case is alerting us to how ill thought out this whole idea is. |
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Military to be deployed at Gatwick.
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Even if the thing is being controlled in realtime, Baldock (Ofcom) have remote monitoring heads all over the place down there. If they can isolate the signal from the command unit then that presents a nice, juicy target for a bit of triangulation.
Those toy drones like the DJI Phantom operate on similar frequencies to wifi networks so you'd be lucky to get more than a mile or so range from them. If this is a professional unit as the reports suggest then it'll probably be operating on the de-regulated short range device frequency allocation around 458MHz. Maximum legal output on that band is 100 milliwats which is more than enough for 5-10KM. You can even buy illegal radio units from those online Chinese junk marts which claim 20KM+ range. |
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When I was a lad it was kites that caused problems for aircraft, Barry Island beach is on the approach flight path for Cardiff Wales Airport, and kites would often "invade" that space.
Now I see numerous drones of all sizes there. ---------- Post added at 18:26 ---------- Previous post was at 18:24 ---------- Quote:
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Find out where the Signal's coming from, and send the SAS to kick the door it.
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