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

Posted by Gary McCray on February 1, 2016 at 5:56pm

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

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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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  • LightWare - Laser Developer February 10, 2016 at 5:45am

    @Coastwise - That's an extract from the new FAA docs I assume….

  • Coastwise February 10, 2016 at 5:39am
    A drone when threatened by large birds might use an automatically deployed, light weight, 'taser system'.
  • Patrick Poirier February 6, 2016 at 10:43am

    Yep couldn't stop thinking of Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.

  • Gary McCray February 6, 2016 at 10:15am

    Really like the Angry Birds Slingshot solution Patrick.

    Every bit as practical as the "Dutch Anti-Aircraft Eagle Solution".

  • Crashpilot1000 February 5, 2016 at 3:51am

    Haha, @Patrick Poirier you have the best comments! 10 Likes from me over the pages here, this thread becomes a chill-out zone. But nothing is wrong with that because it shows how lunatic the "drone-hunting-eagle" idea really is.

  • Patrick Poirier February 4, 2016 at 11:54am

    @John

    You are absolutely right !!  A good old reliable system:

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  • George Kelly February 4, 2016 at 11:38am

    That's it! Horny Kamikaze bees.

    They'll just need little suits of armour.

    (Or is that  'suits of amour'?).

    Someone, somewhere, will make Vice President out of this, you watch.

  • John Bond February 4, 2016 at 11:29am

    The Dutch Police and Amazon should get together.  Their drone "expertise" will cancel and then we will have it - package delivery by eagle!

  • Patrick Poirier February 4, 2016 at 7:16am

    Ok

    Techy solution for Techy problem....

    Let's build a Cloud  of MILLIONS of these and get feeds of all the world's web cam so we can shoot the bandits down !!

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  • LightWare - Laser Developer February 4, 2016 at 7:08am

    Can you stop birds of prey from trying to take down the drone anyway? There's always the bees.

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