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
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Sure, Tony. I'm not advocating 'direct attack' on the drone by the bird.
But what can the flight controller do if the drone is suddenly blanketed from above by say, 8 or 10 lengths of aircraft cable that have been pulled into the props/motors?
I fly a pretty powerful X8, 18 inch CF props, too, but I wouldn't want to test that scenario.
George
George
Sorry, another attempt to embed (my first) video:
Ok, sometimes I can't resist playing the contrarian (especially on a slow day).
I don't approve, but:
Birds of prey have enormously more acute visual systems, in both space and time, than us humans.
I wouldn't rule out at all that they can 'see' the props to a degree we can't imagine.
I suspect the concept actually has some potential if they take the approach of keeping the bird well above the drone and dangling a cable or cables into the props - cables designed to break away from the bird (or a harness on the bird) when they're yanked.
In terms of the capacity to be deployed on short notice, position themselves above any given drone, and easily keep themselves there, nothing man-made is going to come close to an eagle anytime soon
(there's a bit of footage of a real-life takedown of a drone by a hawk at the 15:15 point of this video, for those who haven't seen it"
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4EE7Vv_RdM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4EE7Vv_RdM)
Again, not if the bird is going to get hurt.
George
How does the eagle not get it's feet cut off.
I once had a (wild) hawk go after one of my helis, pulled away at the last second. Lucky for him, that would not have ended well.
Terrible idea. Harming a beautiful bird for what purpose, paranoia that someone is watching you? Shame on humanity!
always the toys of DJI.
what is reported in the media would then swarms of drones to people flying around the heads.
Here in Germany near a big city I've never seen a flying drone.
We worry about the eagles but what about the humans as well ?
I will not be surprised to see a legal class actions against the top drone suppliers for personal injuries.
Fleye is an example of a design which does not expose propellors.
I agree with Rana, beautiful creatures being put intentionally into harms way.
:-(
Stupid is what stupid does.
I wondering at what point the eagles instinct will take over and it won't attack the drone anyway out of self preservation?
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