Sunday 22 September 2013

occupy the drone, if you can

Alright New Yorkers, there's a new challenge
in the air. It's not something you can't handle.
You just need the right bore of weapon.

It's the NYPD drones, that are being planned.
Nothing like a drone in the air to catch
all the stray gunfight buckshot from gang fights.


There's a guy in Turkey who's got the right idea.
Fight drones with drones.

checkit: DIY Drones



Man whose RC drone was shot down over Turkey protest returns to the skies
   Posted by Matthew Schroyer on June 18, 2013 at 7:44am
Many of you might be aware of the situation in Turkey, where protests have been going on for longer than two weeks. Some of you on DIYDrones might also be aware that a man was flying a small RC drone above these protests, that is, until his aircraft was shot down by riot police.
I originally wrote about this on sUASNews, but I have an update: that man has a new drone, and has posted some new videos of clashes between police and protesters:
    The drone's pilot, who goes by the name Jenk, was able to capture dramatic footage of the violence from the sky before his aircraft went down on June 11. Video from his DJI Phantom showed billowing smoke, and demonstrators scrambling to find cover from high-pressure water hoses and lobbing back the gas canisters from the riot police.
    Now, it appears that Jenk has either repaired his drone or found a new one, and has returned to the Gezi Park protests to capture more aerial footage.
    His newest video, posted June 16 on Vimeo, shows what he claims to be a person who was shot by police. His aerial video, which was shot at night, appears to capture a person in a crowd laying prone on the ground.
I also write about a group of activists here in the states who currently are in a legal battle to have their drone returned from someone's private land. Here's video of the drone over the Turkey protests, a DJI phantom, being shot down.