Comment by Gary McCray on October 9, 2017 at 8:41pm

The simple approach is to set up for a full autonomous flight profile and remove all radio gear from the drone itself.

Not sure if Ardupilot will let you do this stock, but you can modify the code so that it will.

Beyond that I would suggest shielding the electronics in case they try high energy EMF or RFI discharge to interrupt or overwhelm internal electronics / signals in general and especially shielding GPS antenna from sides so they cannot override your GPS signal.

As the previous post says the GPS is the weak link, but if you shield the GPS chip and allow only signal from overhead to hit antenna you should be OK, GPS signal is very highly directional and if you recieve only GPS signal from directly overhead you should inhibit GPS jamming or takeover.
It may require a cylindrical GPS shield port exiting the electronics shielding above the GPS antenna to ensure only signals from overhead reach the GPS.

Graphite or carbon paint on the inside of the antenna shield will also help as it doesn't reflect RF but absorbs it and turns it into heat.

You can by RF shielding paint on Amazon.

I doubt they can screw up your electronic compass unless they get very close.

Comment by iTech on October 9, 2017 at 10:22pm

Hi Alp,

Indeed:) 

Please check this blog post on DIYD.  

Cheers

Aytek

Comment by Andrew Doilidov on October 10, 2017 at 6:19am

Switch to IR. Big array of IR LEDs blasting PPM from your transmitter and 4-8 standard IR receivers ORed and feeding your PPM directly into your controller.

Comment by eUGENE on October 10, 2017 at 6:25am

Andrew: what about the range? jammer easily reach to 1000m or more

Comment by Andrew Doilidov on October 10, 2017 at 6:35am

What jammer? Do they jam IR now? IR is optical, all you need is LOS and powerful enough array.

Comment by eUGENE on October 10, 2017 at 7:12am

No, there is not any ir jammer.
I know, IR is optical but I have to reach jammed area . I mean, I need very powerful IR LED array :)

Comment by Andrew Doilidov on October 10, 2017 at 7:20am

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Illuminators-Infrared-infrared-Night-vision-...

You just need a proper driver %-)

Comment by eUGENE on October 10, 2017 at 9:21am

80m (262 feet) not enough :) 

Comment by Andrew Doilidov on October 10, 2017 at 9:50am

80m for a camera! How about an IR receiver? I know that simple TV-B-Gone kit can kill a TV from 150 ft. Now imagine an array with properly designed LED driver?

Comment by Andrew Doilidov on October 10, 2017 at 9:52am

BTW, how big is your bet? %-)

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