red750 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFStbS4Jxw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 What a falcon good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I reckon there is a good business opportunity here... imagine if every civilian airport had a couple of well trained eagles on staff. I eagle ly await further developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeK Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 A great idea, I'm talon ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 There's a hospital in London that has a falconer on the books who sets his bird onto the pigeons when a medivac helicopter id due in with a patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 That falconer would be raptor at least happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McDowall Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 But some ideas have drawbacks not imagined: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5817679/Eagle-trained-bring-terrorist-drones-attacks-girl-five.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 But some ideas have drawbacks not imagined:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5817679/Eagle-trained-bring-terrorist-drones-attacks-girl-five.html I call baloney. Eagles aren't stupid. I couldn't imagine one would mistake a 5 year old kid for a drone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 As someone in the drone industry, this is just crap! The eagle is likely to come off 2nd best, especially with carbon blades attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 This has to be some sort of hoax, a carbon fibre blade will cut through claws like a hot knife through butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A sure way of getting their claws clipped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 As someone in the drone industry, this is just crap! The eagle is likely to come off 2nd best, especially with carbon blades attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Yeah - Did you notice plastic props and the machine was stopped before the bird sat on it. Now imagine a machine with Carbon and it does not stop. 1 damaged eagle - Guaranteed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 None the less they are training eagles to capture or attack drones. You could easily have thick leather leggings on them or just accept the eagle may be hurt. If it saves lives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossK Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Wedgetailed Eagle - Natural enemy of the UAV Wedge-tailed eagles winning war of the skies against drones Wedge-tailed eagles and drones competing for airspace in the workplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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