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Quoted: Ask your neighbors to ask their neighbors if someone lost one. It isn't that hard to be a good person and an act of kindness is generally better than being an asshole in the long run. Plus good neighbors might come in handy in the future. Of course YMMV, but it sounds like you live in a nice neighborhood. View Quote That is the nicest post I've ever read here and I agree. |
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Quoted: The street isnt my fucking yard tho. fuck drone drivers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Some of them have cameras mounted on the roof, taking pictures of everything as they drive down the street. The street isnt my fucking yard tho. fuck drone drivers. As aircraft go (yes I said aircraft) your yard is the street. |
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For all the people hating on drones and the perceived intrusion on their privacy.... Overwhelmingly, most are just young kids learning to fly a toy.
We kind of need kids in this country who appreciate technology, science, physics, coding, and have "nerdy" hobbies. Just think, 10 years from now, that "annoying" kid down the block with his stupid drone and silly VR headset, could be the one lasing targets in Iran as Israeli F35's bust some bunkers. Or he might be the one putting bombs on foreheads overhead of an ISIS training camp. It all starts somewhere and the Air Force is desperate for drone pilots and nerdy kids. |
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I can see keeping it if a honest effort to return it was made
But to say smash it and or throw it away is a dick move. |
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Quoted: I'll go ahead and post the picture for you. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136/reaper-2119761.jpg View Quote I'm guessing the owners will be by promptly. |
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Some of you all should try decaf 99.9999999% of the time the big scary drone isn't out to get you. But carry on with the anti-drone hysteria it is pretty funny.
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GD: "Dang kids need to quit playing video games and go outside"
Kid: (goes outside to fly his drone) GD: REEEEEEEEEEEE |
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I’m a private person. On most days I’m not an asshole.
I’d probably look at the SD card and see if I could find the owner and give it back to them. |
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I found a drone in my oak tree a few years ago right after Christmas. I don’t think it had a camera on it, obviously a kid’s drone. I took a picture of it and put it on our neighborhood Facebook page but no one ever claimed it. I looked it up and it wasn’t very expensive, so I’d imagine the kid’s parents bought him a replacement.
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So now what? Now you should go sit down and reflect on why you have some irrational hatred of a flying toy.
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Be a nice guy and post a vague “Found Drone” ad with the general area? Whoever lost it should be able to give you a detailed description of the make, model, features and time frame it was lost.
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I feel like this is already a safe thread. No pics of drone and nothing posted from memory card.
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It's a fucking RC quadcopter.
Don't use the term drone like it's Biden about to hellfire missile you. |
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Buy a RC receiver, transmitter, and charger and make it yours.
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Lot of grumpy old guys in here, check memory card, or post a flyer. Some poor kid probably lost his expensive toy, be a good person and return it.
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I would just pull the card and see where it came from and return to the owner. The thing probably just ran out of juice or got blown off course. If you are worried that it belongs to a predator, just watch all of the video and make sure they aren’t creeping on kids.
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Have you ever seen the movie Office Space? Specifically the printer scene?
Go watch it and report back to us. I'm kidding, check it for anything identifiable or post something on your neighborhood board. Or ask your retired neighbor, they know what everyone is up to. |
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Quoted: I am a very quiet, private person. Married living in a quiet neighborhood ( 80% retired, 20% young couples first homes) Get out of my truck and there is a $%^&* drone on my front grass. Just got a new neighbor with 3 kids. I asked the oldest son if it was his? Very polite young man replies he does not own one. So now what? Should I bring the drone inside, remove the memory card and prank the owner with videos? I have nothing to spy on and live a boring life. Hate drones and see them as an intrusion. What says the hive? View Quote If you're on any kind of social media, like Facebook, there's probably at least one or two 'local lost and found' pages for your part of town. If there's no identifying info for the owner on the drone (probably not), then try posting it to one of those. Chances are pretty good that the owner flew it out of range of the controller, and it found its way to your yard. The memory card, if it has one, will probably give you some clues as to where it came from. |
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Quoted: Buy a RC receiver, transmitter, and charger and make it yours. View Quote Isn't that what the Iranians did when they borrowed one of our super secret stealth drones from the Air Force?? I think Obama sent a really firm and tersely worded letter, asking that they return our $200 million RQ-170 spy drone. Air Force is still waiting to hear on when they can come by and pick it up... |
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Quoted: I'm guessing the owners will be by promptly. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I'll go ahead and post the picture for you. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136/reaper-2119761.jpg I'm guessing the owners will be by promptly. No, it is ok. Op is taliban. /s |
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Take the drone inside, remove the memory chip, and see what was photographed.
Then if you're cranky, nail it to a tree with a big spike. |
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I'm not getting the anger here. Did it do you harm? Was it even intentionally flown onto your property? What's the deal? I can't imagine doing anything but returning it to it's owner if you figure out whose it is.
I am OK with a prank in good taste. Like wearing a suit making you look like an alien peering into the camera or the like. But, not damage or destruction. Someone paid money for it. |
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Quoted: I'll go ahead and post the picture for you. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136/reaper-2119761.jpg View Quote OK. I'd change my mind and try to figure out a way to keep that one! |
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Quoted: Lot of grumpy old guys in here, check memory card, or post a flyer. Some poor kid probably lost his expensive toy, be a good person and return it. View Quote Grumpy old guy here (fucking arthritis sucks ). Read my reply above. I don't see the issue. Heck if I saw one outside my window hovering I'd probably moon it. Fucking kid would need eye bleach. |
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Unlikely anyone is spying on you and probobly some poor kid lost his toy. Reach out to the nieborhood and be a good guy and get it back to the poor noobie who lost it.
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Somebody within a couple blocks of me probably found my old roommate's drone.
He powered it up (2nd flight of the day), took off and the damn thing went straight up at full throttle, never to be seen again. |
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If it's not flying, it not an aircraft. Shoot it with a 12 gauge.
A ground kill is still a kill. |
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Having sent my kids drone out of control over a bank of houses before, maybe just try to return it to the owner and take the tinfoil hat off.
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Quoted: I'll go ahead and post the picture for you. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136/reaper-2119761.jpg View Quote Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those Reapers? |
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Perhaps a kid was flying it and mistakenly flew it into your yard where it ran out of juice, and didn't want to trespass on your property to retrieve it. Hold on to it and see if the owner shows up.
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Figure out the file name convention, then intersperse your favorite dick picks and tiktoks.
Kharn |
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I initially read that there was a dome in OPs yard and now I'm disappointed.
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I'd pull the battery and the SD card, check what's on the card, then try to return it to the owner.
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Nail it and a sign that says "FOUND" to your nearest telephone pole using a 6 inch gutter spike.
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