I live at the entrance of a cul-de-sac and have a through street on the side of my house. This section of street is only a half block long. The only thing facing the street are the block side walls of the houses- no way to enter a home from here. There is no reason to park here as people visiting pull around the corner to the front of the house they are visiting.
One of my security cameras faces this area. For several months I have seen cars park here late at night and shut their lights off. Nobody gets out of the cars. I have discovered some people are doing drugs and sometimes the wild thing right on the side of my house.
Late last night another car arrived, backed up away from the street light, parked and shut its lights off. After several minutes I decided it was time for a "drone-intervention".
Solo is in for RMA, so I grabbed my Syma X8C which is modded with strobing red, green, and white led's. I took off from my back yard, rose vertically to about 50 feet and slowly moved over the top of the car. I descended to about 20 feet AGL, while moving towards the front of the car. From here, the occupants could hear the roar of the motors and had a sky full of flashing lights in front of them.
After a few seconds, the engine fired up and the car took off without its lights. It raced out of the neighborhood and never returned! I wonder if the strobing white light made them think they were being photographed? I don't know what they thought but they couldn't leave fast enough! Very funny!
One of my security cameras faces this area. For several months I have seen cars park here late at night and shut their lights off. Nobody gets out of the cars. I have discovered some people are doing drugs and sometimes the wild thing right on the side of my house.
Late last night another car arrived, backed up away from the street light, parked and shut its lights off. After several minutes I decided it was time for a "drone-intervention".
Solo is in for RMA, so I grabbed my Syma X8C which is modded with strobing red, green, and white led's. I took off from my back yard, rose vertically to about 50 feet and slowly moved over the top of the car. I descended to about 20 feet AGL, while moving towards the front of the car. From here, the occupants could hear the roar of the motors and had a sky full of flashing lights in front of them.
After a few seconds, the engine fired up and the car took off without its lights. It raced out of the neighborhood and never returned! I wonder if the strobing white light made them think they were being photographed? I don't know what they thought but they couldn't leave fast enough! Very funny!