Really, really stupid idea of the month, maybe the whole year!- - Drone attack Eagles! - Blogs

I just saw this on our local news and was surprised nobody else had posted it here yet.

Easily the truly stupidest idea I have ever seen - Dutch Police train Eagle to take down drone.

Better than the UnAmerican Eagle in the Our Man Flint Movies (that dates me a bit I'm afraid.)

https://www.newsledge.com/eagle-drone-takedown/

Might be Ok with a $30.00 toy, but even a phantom would/could seriously damage an Eagle and a heavy quad or X* could cut it to ribbons.

This is right up there with introducing rabbits or cane toads to Australia (and that worked out so well).

Managed to offend three groups at once with this one, Animal rights People, Us and sane people everywhere and the news media is eating it up.

I used to think it was because anything sensational attracted them, now I think it's because they are just plain stupid.

I happily invite all comments, pro or negative to this post, you can see my stand, but I can't help but feel that most of you will be pretty disgusted by this as well. :)

Best Regards to you all,

Gary McCray - DronesAreFun

If the operator of the drone is going through such lengths to defend its drone against electronic threats then defending from an eagle could very well be possible as well. The point: threat for the police currently is consumer drones that are unregulated. these drones are not EMF protected because EMF shielding is true science and not even there quite in military drones. The drones that the police wants to bring down are DJIs and Pixhawks and stuff you buy at hobby king. What you are talking about is a very unrealistic scenario at the moment. If the drone operator is doing so much to protect their drones illegally then there will be other issues. I wanted to keep this discussion current and valid also reasonable. Will a high gain EMF antenna bring down a pixhawk that is prone to even the slightest noise answer is most likely. Will an eagle bring down a pixhawk powered drone. depends on the size and training of the eagle and technique. I feel that the electronic way at the moment its easier. The drone war of EMF protecting and shooting has nhot started yet and that is another discussion maybe a few years from now.

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Patrick Poirier February 4, 2016 at 7:03am

Angry Birds Do (see my comment on page 2)
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Dwgsparky February 4, 2016 at 6:41am

I have the catapults but NO , I will not launch rabbits. they dont have the range !
Cala February 4, 2016 at 6:25am

LOL......don't give ideassss!!!! :(
Crashpilot1000 February 4, 2016 at 6:12am

Barbarism on animals. What comes next? A catapult that launches rabbits against drones?
JB February 3, 2016 at 9:34am

After watching it again its obvoius that it wont work anyway. Each time the eagle catches it the copter pilot throttles down. The eagle would just let it go if it cant hold it in flight if the bird thinks its going to crash. Still such a dumb idea though.
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Hugues February 3, 2016 at 6:22am

Drones are fun, Eagles are beautiful, Dutch police are idiots.
George Kelly February 2, 2016 at 11:01am

Now you got me thinking!

Could we train a flock of Canada geese to fly over top of the drone and crap it into the ground ?

(Their crapping power is truly prodigious).

George
George Kelly February 2, 2016 at 10:58am

Poor man's guided missile!

Plenty of unwanted pigeons around these parts. Or Canada geese, for the big jobs.

Now, we just need a system for capturing the 'ammo' on-site.

George
Patrick Poirier February 2, 2016 at 10:53am

I guess that would be a more appropriate usage of birds to shoot down a drone ??
Tony K February 2, 2016 at 10:30am

If the operator of the drone is going through such lengths to defend its drone against electronic threats then defending from an eagle could very well be possible as well. The point: threat for the police currently is consumer drones that are unregulated. these drones are not EMF protected because EMF shielding is true science and not even there quite in military drones. The drones that the police wants to bring down are DJIs and Pixhawks and stuff you buy at hobby king. What you are talking about is a very unrealistic scenario at the moment. If the drone operator is doing so much to protect their drones illegally then there will be other issues. I wanted to keep this discussion current and valid also reasonable. Will a high gain EMF antenna bring down a pixhawk that is prone to even the slightest noise answer is most likely. Will an eagle bring down a pixhawk powered drone. depends on the size and training of the eagle and technique. I feel that the electronic way at the moment its easier. The drone war of EMF protecting and shooting has nhot started yet and that is another discussion maybe a few years from now.

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