radios1
Elite Member
it's a Felony to shoot at an aircraft, manned or unmanned, the FAA considers drones and model aircraft to have the same protections as full sized, manned aircraft. and also, it IS legal to have a zoom lense on a drone, or other aircraft!..Richard, Couldn't you just record video and screen shot pics form that instead of taking photos during the flight? Looks like you have some great footage. Glad to hear you are conscious of how people may perceive the drone as an invasion of privacy.
I had a neighbor lose control of his (or so he said) and it came over my property buzzing around. It sure appeared to be spying the way the flight path went. It came over the tops of the trees and dipped down just above ground level and made a lap around my field then went straight up and hovered a while before leaving. I had time to take a video of it with my phone, go in the house, get my shotgun, and return before it left my property. I had a bead on it when it did it's automated return to home.