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Daily Discussion Thread: 🌲🌳 🌼🀧 Monday, November 4, 2024 (aussie.zone)
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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Some fuck has been flying a quad-copter over my place for a few months now. I want to build an RF jammer thing but it's a $1.5 million or up to 8 years in prison penalty :( My only option is to convince the resident magpie to take it out.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

They are so annoying, aren't they? I get DoorDash drones flying over my place, I absolutely hate them. Door Dash claims they are really quiet and fly high enough they are not annoying, but I am regularly being annoyed by the sound so that claim is obviously rubbish.

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is flying the quad-copter over your place not illegal?

+1 to the magpie taking it out.

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

I thought it was. I think it's a racing FPV drone. Noise is basically like a giant mosquito.

[–] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Slingshot?

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a $47k fine right there or up to 2 years in the slammer :(

Still thinking about that option. Place backs on to a lot of uninhabited empty space so no one would be at risk.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You’re not even allowed a potato gun or a glove gun… damn.

Got any garden stakes? How good is your throwing arm?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnjlyZf6LE

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

hehe what a throw love that.

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ahaha, spud gun was my first thought, too.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh shit, I've got a potato gun. Seriously, are those things illegal? 😧😳

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh man idk, I’m getting conflicting info

If it’s so strict I wonder what the ruling would be on those salt guns made for shooting flies. Those seem silly btw. Just a matter of time before someone gets salt propelled in their eyes

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

After reading a bit, I think it's based on whether it uses combustion as propulsion of the potato missile, whether it obviously looks to be a kids toy, whether it has potential to cause bodily harm or is over a certain size. Was a very entertaining read!

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder about net guns. That would certainly make a drone fall out of the air.

[–] bacon@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

very powerful hose?