# About those RC quad copter drones... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493 "2015-02-01T05:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/1 "2015-02-01T05:15:36Z")
What kind of choke and shot will work best on them? I’m thinking 12 gauge, of course. And with a pump, could you remove the plug or would you have to limit yourself to the 3 shells? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/2 "2015-02-01T05:19:49Z")
If you have to use more than 3 shots, either get closer or practice more. Double barrel 12G with #6 in the open barrel & #4 in the choke barrel for more reach. I don’t think there is a ammo limit on varmints. Load her up… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/3 "2015-02-01T05:26:51Z")
There’s no season, either. Shoot the little fuckers all year 'round ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/4 "2015-02-01T06:28:10Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > If you have to use more than 3 shots, either get closer or practice more. Just because it gets hit and falls from the sky doesn’t mean a pellet damaged the systems to record and transmit. An extra shell once it’s grounded makes sure. Two is better. Remove the plug. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![straight\_doped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@straight\_doped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_doped)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/5 "2015-02-01T08:13:17Z")
rpg ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/6 "2015-02-01T13:06:11Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > If you have to use more than 3 shots, either get closer or practice more. Get closer? The sucker is airborne. I can’t jump that high. 😕 > [@DinoR](#): > > Just because it gets hit and falls from the sky doesn’t mean a pellet damaged the systems to record and transmit. An extra shell once it’s grounded makes sure. Two is better. Remove the plug. 😉 Sheeyit, you mean I have to remove the magazine extension? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/7 "2015-02-01T13:13:05Z")
Just be careful; some [shoot back](http://digg.com/video/do-not-strap-roman-candles-to-your-drone)! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/8 "2015-02-01T13:33:05Z")
use a goose load. 3" steel BB or BBB. mod or imp. mod choke. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/9 "2015-02-01T13:36:53Z")
Go Hunting Slingshots! More sporting, & you won’t bother the neighbors with the noise. Use stripped lug-nuts for ammo. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/10 "2015-02-01T15:18:21Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Go Hunting Slingshots! > More sporting, & you won’t bother the neighbors with the noise. > Use stripped lug-nuts for ammo. So you have fessed up! I am missing a lug nut on all four wheels. I was wondering where they went. Plus my quad drone never came back… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/11 "2015-02-01T15:37:32Z")
Oh. Shooting them, not arming them. Never mind. also: Bolos. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/12 "2015-02-01T15:38:32Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Use stripped lug-nuts for ammo. If you’re in a hotel (one with balconies) while on vacation, I think I just thought up another way that those unlimited free buckets of ice could be fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/13 "2015-02-01T17:08:43Z")
Legally, isn’t this felony destruction of an aircraft or something? The airspace is controlled by the FAA. I’m not saying it’s very likely you’d be charged…but if the authorities disliked you for some other reason, they could use this as an excuse to send you to jail. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/14 "2015-02-01T17:13:44Z")
How do you strip a lug nut? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/15 "2015-02-01T17:36:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > How do you strip a lug nut? 😕 It’s called a moron with an air wrench… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/16 "2015-02-01T17:41:45Z")
> [@Habeed](#): > > but if the authorities disliked you for some other reason, they could use this as an excuse to send you to jail. …Or, if they didn’t like the drone operator, they could tell him to go collect his crumpled pile of junk before they ticket him for littering. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/17 "2015-02-01T17:46:49Z")
First one crosses my property line at an altitude that permits it to look through windows is going down. I’ll let youu know if anything happens with The Man… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/18 "2015-02-01T18:00:29Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > First one crosses my property line at an altitude that permits it to look through windows is going down. I’ll let youu know if anything happens with The Man… I know we don’t always get along, but I will happily ship you one ice cold beer for every single one you bag. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/19 "2015-02-01T18:43:45Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > First one crosses my property line at an altitude that permits it to look through windows is going down. I’ll let youu know if anything happens with The Man… Not a bright idea.[**18 U.S. Code § 32 - Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities**](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493/20 "2015-02-01T18:51:51Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Not a bright idea.[**18 U.S. Code § 32 - Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities**](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32) [Andrea Mears](http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/06/10/woman-faces-a-year-in-jail-for-beating-drone-operator-assault-caught-on-video/) faces up to a year in jail for assaulting the _operator_ of a drone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-rc-quad-copter-drones/711493.md?page=2)