Tom Wilson Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 It's the same thing that drives me crackers about people smoking in pub toilets. They bring a law in but there's no feasible way to police it due to lack of staff numbers.. Alright it's a lot easier to spot a drone than find a bloke smoking whilst he's having a piss. Point being even if they brought a law in to limit the distance drones can go you'll still get an idiot with a soldering iron who'll find a way around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 It was a bloke in a hi-viz on his bike spotted recovering 2 drones from a field 4 miles away from the airport! Spotted by a passer by! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilW Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Cut a hand off. Then if its done again they lose the other one. Once we have a museum of hands people might think twice. If they learn to fly with their feet and still do it. Hang them. They arent a shits worth of use to the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Bibs said: It was a bloke in a hi-viz on his bike spotted recovering 2 drones from a field 4 miles away from the airport! Spotted by a passer by! A question for Bibs - How can you prove that the drones were the ones that flew around Gatwick - assuming they were not stupid enough to film all their activity. Do the drones record their track automatically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Depends on the drone but DJI ones (which are 90% of the commercial market) track & record every single aspect of the flight, even down to control inputs. This is stored locally until you sync with the DJI cloud server and while I'm not sure of the process, I'd imagine someone somewhere would know how to disable this or delete the records. 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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internets Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Hmmm something doesn’t add up IMHO but anyway... Clicky “It has not been explained how domestic drone users could have the capability to allegedly cause disruption on this scale and police inquiries are continuing.” Quote 1982 DeLorean DMC 12 #16327, 1999 Lotus Elise, 1998 Lotus Esprit GT3 #2272, 2011 Lotus Evora S, 2013 Lotus Exige S,2016 Lotus Evora 400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 The effective range of a shotgun isn’t that great. You’d be lucky to disable a drone with normal cartridges over about 150 feet. The kinetic energy of the shot tails off very fast. Of course if you use larger gauge shot, but there’s less of them in the shell, so unless you’re very good, or very lucky, then the drone could fly through the sparse pattern. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 The couple who have been arrested... Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post slewthy Posted December 22, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 We must not be too fast to draw any conclusions.......or eyebrows....... 8 Quote "Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted December 22, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 BBC: "The airport said it aimed to run "a full schedule" of 757 flights on Saturday" - that's Icelandair sorted then. Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Alfa2Evora Posted December 22, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 All that technology costing millions when all they needed was a roll of toilet paper from the local corner shop, . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evtV3oMlWuo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pete Posted December 22, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 3 Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comem47 Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) One solution Edited December 23, 2018 by comem47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internets Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Surprise surprise..... 1 Quote 1982 DeLorean DMC 12 #16327, 1999 Lotus Elise, 1998 Lotus Esprit GT3 #2272, 2011 Lotus Evora S, 2013 Lotus Exige S,2016 Lotus Evora 400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internets Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Should of taken your offer @Bibs ! Quote 1982 DeLorean DMC 12 #16327, 1999 Lotus Elise, 1998 Lotus Esprit GT3 #2272, 2011 Lotus Evora S, 2013 Lotus Exige S,2016 Lotus Evora 400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted December 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 They've got the Police and no doubt Intelligence Services looking into this, kinda showing us up on the world stage right now! Useless! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Nothing new there bibs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 £50,000? Is that all? Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted December 23, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 That's a single aircraft delay. Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 My point entirely. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slewthy Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 But if the passengers get no compensation, the airlines use no fuel......how does it cost them? I understand all the panes are in the wrong place, but they have plenty dont they? Quote "Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted December 23, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Absolutely not. It's a very tight schedule with maintenance downtime, flight/cabin/ground crews, and massive service partner costs. Establishing aircraft back to where they should be is incredibly complex and often involves repositioning (empty) at huge cost. Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slewthy Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Blimey - I see. So, has anyone estimated the cost so far? (Obviously cant count the cost of ruined plans etc) If so, the £50k can be put into some perspective - eg 1% of the total cost or far less?? Quote "Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giniw Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 It's a pity they don't have flying machine at Gatwik that could follow the drone ... 😕 (Seriously, they don't have a drone or even a real helicopter?!) I haven't followed all the story from here but that looks strange indeed, especially when I read here that the drone showed up more than 50 times?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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