friendly reminder that unless you build your drone from scratch or flash some fancy firmware it has an ID that gets broadcast and can be traced back to you. be safe
I must have missed the new laws that have a mandatory 3 day waiting period to buy a new drone, drones can only be purchased from a licensed dealer, dealers have to check against a national registry that a buyer is not prohibited from buying one, felons can’t buy drones, and that straw purchasing a drone is a federal offense. Must have missed all that.
I mean there are literally areas where commercial drones can’t fly, as in the software won’t allow it. The tracking and registration system is certainly a bit more robust than guns. While all the rules aren’t the same, you would expect it because, unlike guns, there are a lot of uses for drones besides killing things.
DJI drones, for example, broadcast an ID at a loud enough wattage that it can literally be triangulated and traced back to the controlling radio Tx without any difficulty.
It got a lot ruzzian wannabe drone pilots killed early on in their invasion of Ukraine, before they learned to change the firmware on them first.
Edit: It’s trivial to build an FPV drone from parts nowadays, there is no way anyone should be using DJI drones for tasks such as the OP.
DJI stuff is more expensive, less durable, and less user serviceable.
Ahh so you mean finding your position live. Rather than tracking who you are after the fact. If you did such a thing and left before anyone with equipment arrived then you don’t really have to worry.
That said other options have already been mentioned.
friendly reminder that unless you build your drone from scratch or flash some fancy firmware it has an ID that gets broadcast and can be traced back to you. be safe
Bet you get drone control laws before you gun control laws in the US.
Just tape a gun to a drone for immunity.
They are currently trying. The are trying to ban DJI drones as the first step.
Lmao there are already drone control laws
I must have missed the new laws that have a mandatory 3 day waiting period to buy a new drone, drones can only be purchased from a licensed dealer, dealers have to check against a national registry that a buyer is not prohibited from buying one, felons can’t buy drones, and that straw purchasing a drone is a federal offense. Must have missed all that.
I mean there are literally areas where commercial drones can’t fly, as in the software won’t allow it. The tracking and registration system is certainly a bit more robust than guns. While all the rules aren’t the same, you would expect it because, unlike guns, there are a lot of uses for drones besides killing things.
It’s going to be hard to ban electric motors, wifi chips and accelerometers.
Sure, the average user who needs to buy a DJI drone may be affected, but drones are made from parts that are ubiquitous.
How would it be traced to you? You can buy drones second hand for cash.
DJI drones, for example, broadcast an ID at a loud enough wattage that it can literally be triangulated and traced back to the controlling radio Tx without any difficulty.
It got a lot ruzzian wannabe drone pilots killed early on in their invasion of Ukraine, before they learned to change the firmware on them first.
Edit: It’s trivial to build an FPV drone from parts nowadays, there is no way anyone should be using DJI drones for tasks such as the OP.
DJI stuff is more expensive, less durable, and less user serviceable.
Ahh so you mean finding your position live. Rather than tracking who you are after the fact. If you did such a thing and left before anyone with equipment arrived then you don’t really have to worry.
That said other options have already been mentioned.