Get away Birds!

Deleted member 109724 · Apr 26, 2018

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but safety is what this is most closely related to. Birds are constantly bugging my drone while I'm doing roof inspections. I have to take my eyes off the drone, though I'm flying vlos, I'm looking at my iPad for most of the time. I want to know if anybody has found a device that I could strap to the leg of my bird, no pun intended, that makes a high frequency that birds get scared away by, like the deer horns on my car. I'm hoping for something that can scare away little boids and birds of prey, but any input is appreciated!

MtManDavey · Apr 27, 2018

Some people have fake owls on their rooftops to keep birds away. Paint a face or color the drone in some of those colors?

Deleted member 109724 · Apr 27, 2018

I'm just wondering if there are any small battery powered or wind powered things I could put on the drone to scare birds away using some sort of bird-ear piercing frequency. Wind powered would be like the deer horns on my car, using airflow like a whistle. There is plenty of wind on the bottom of a drone too!

Battery powered would be fine though, just wondering what kind of noise scares away the birds.

bsartist · Apr 27, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
I'm just wondering if there are any small battery powered or wind powered things I could put on the drone to scare birds away using some sort of bird-ear piercing frequency. Wind powered would be like the deer horns on my car, using airflow like a whistle. There is plenty of wind on the bottom of a drone too! Battery powered would be fine though, just wondering what kind of noise scares away the birds.

Shotgun noise ;-)

Deleted member 109724 · Apr 27, 2018

bsartist said:
Shotgun noise ;-)

Ha-ha. Oh and did I say ha...

I'm just wondering what other people are doing to keep birds from grounding their birds...

Deleted member 109724 · Apr 27, 2018

BTW, if I had a shotgun to make the noise, maybe I should just shoot the birds! Then I wouldn't have to worry anymore! Except maybe about the police getting me for using a gun in the city! Oh well... Droning is difficult. Like this post if you agree!

bsartist · Apr 27, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
Ha-ha. Oh and did I say ha...

I'm just wondering what other people are doing to keep birds from grounding their birds...

So far I haven’t run across anyone talking about any such measure of prevention. Anything I’ve seen has been about avoidance. Fly up because birds don’t fly up as fast as down.

bsartist · Apr 27, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
BTW, if I had a shotgun to make the noise, maybe I should just shoot the birds! Then I wouldn't have to worry anymore! Except maybe about the police getting me for using a gun in the city! Oh well... Droning is difficult. Like this post if you agree!

Careful. One guy on here got tuned up for saying that birds harassed him.

Deleted member 109724 · Apr 27, 2018

bsartist said:
Careful. One guy on here got tuned up for saying that birds harassed him.

Oh my! What happened?

bsartist · Apr 27, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
Oh my! What happened?

Close Encounter with an Eagle

MotorCycle-Man · Apr 28, 2018

I think your going to be stuck with the birds....what ever you did or will try......they will get used to it and come back....One Single Blade Strike to the drone will send it out of control..and it will Crash !........the birds will Fly away....But you wont !

Deleted member 62848 · Apr 28, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but safety is what this is most closely related to. Birds are constantly bugging my drone while I'm doing roof inspections. I have to take my eyes off the drone, though I'm flying vlos, I'm looking at my iPad for most of the time. I want to know if anybody has found a device that I could strap to the leg of my bird, no pun intended, that makes a high frequency that birds get scared away by, like the deer horns on my car. I'm hoping for something that can scare away little boids and birds of prey, but any input is appreciated!

HI you not mention which ac you fly but you can get this for p4,,this off website called ferntec NZ but sure you can find on ebay or Amazon or similar,,,good luck

,,or cheap horn

Dts_Dimensions · Apr 28, 2018

That’s exactly the same problem I had today, I had birds chasing my P3A and returned to land immediately! That’s not funny at all, especially when you are in high altitudes, ok there’s not so much traffic up there but still My eye caught one bird near the drone again at 875ft!

JoeNewbe · Apr 29, 2018

As a disclaimer I have not tried this, but maybe you could hot glue a styrofoam owl on the roof of your quad

Forman · Apr 29, 2018

I see for some drones you can get a full cage for the props . If you are just doing roof inspections losing performance won’t matter . With the full cages they can’t get to the props so you won’t crash .

Deleted member 109724 · May 9, 2018

I just got an inspire 1 pro. Will birds be attracted to that? Could my over 2000 dollar investment come crashing down just because of one little bird? (Just asking how inspires do vs birds...)

paulmorel · May 10, 2018

Draw an angry face and attach it into your drone. That should do it

Dts_Dimensions · May 13, 2018

Weston Ney Photography said:
I just got an inspire 1 pro. Will birds be attracted to that? Could my over 2000 dollar investment come crashing down just because of one little bird? (Just asking how inspires do vs birds...)

Birds and trees are no.1 nightmare for you and your drone... I haven’t solved this issue my self yet.. Fly safe!

Southern Style · May 18, 2018

This might help... Turn the VPS off... Just a thought..

Cellblock776 · May 27, 2018

"Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but safety is what this is most closely related to. "

I am pretty sure that Public Safety in this context implies Police/Law Enforcement, Fire/EMS, maybe even the parapolice/Security I'm doing.