The drone that outran a police helicopter

Aircraft that evaded a TPD helicopter still a mystery

[@Seedy446]

I love the reporter at the end…”Remember folks, always obey the FAA’s regulations, because if you have something that is capable of outmaneuvering all of our aircraft, there’s nothing we can do about it. That would really hurt the FAA’s feelings though.”

[@johncgibson4720]

You need to follow all FAA regulations, unless your drone can outrun the police, in which case we can't catch you no matter how many rules you break.

[@UncleStevie8er]

The drone had a blue suit, red shorts, a cape and large S on it.

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- Then it was either the man, or my Pugs favorite outfit :) Wouldn't put it past my Pug. Opens the Pizza box, steals a slice, closes the box and is gone. Good and well. Still trying to figure out how his fat ass got on a 4 foot countertop.

[@namo157]

Cartel was probably using that drone as a distraction to keep helicopters away from them so they could carry out mission

[@cedriceric9730]

No, it was spying on the airforce

[@LadyJ12]

No it was spying on you buddy 🖕

[@artykohl1118]

And it surely worked.

[@smokeymcbongwater3561]

That's totaly badass drone

[@brianhill5287]

Gas and hybrid drones have existed for years. They're more expensive than battery-powered drones, but hobbyists and students have built them in their garages. Some have recorded flight times of several days, and others have recorded speeds well over 100MPH because they can use higher power motors. The fastest racing league drones have now passed 160MPH. I'd guess this was someones very expensive toy.

[@CGAZ66]

I would agree with that . Now if they are near a military site I would hope it would get shot down as it is restricted air space,

[@SpreadingKnowledgeVlogs]

It also could of easily and more likely probably was a fixed wing drone or air craft which is a lot less money to build has a lot of the same capabilities that are being described in the incident and are also very easily obtainable. Im thinking it maybe more likely that it was someones fixed wing drone that was doing a long range flight they knew was illegal and figured ditching the drone was better then landing and risking arrest and huge fines because they if they know enough to build something like that they would likely also know what the risks are for getting caught doing this stuff. Also what crossed my mind is that this could be a hoax and something maybe the faa drummed up to push for further support of theyre newly planned remote identification system requirements for all legal drone operators but what people fail to understand is that wouldnt of made a difference here as this was obviously a rogue operator and they likely wouldnt comply with remote id requirements anyways when they do finally come out with them.

[@mustangdemon87]

@@CGAZ66 Only restricted vfr restricted not ifr. Which technically the drone inly flys vfr lmfao

[@mistere6212]

If it had used any combustible Motor heat would be emitted so flir would see it

[@cyan4455]

now 238mph!

[@mattalford3932]

Its been 2 years without a sighting or update. Totally a military drone. Id internationally get the police to chace a military drone. Best R&D around.

[@SkyValleyStuff]

"first spotted near an airforce base" and you dont know whos it is, really????? WOW

[@videocruzer]

Any one can make a drone or UAV that has Model Radio Control experience. The parts i bought 17 years ago: After market Controller link was specked for 60 miles with rubber ducky antenna, hit at least an hour of air time @50mph with a live video link good for 20 miles and that is what 2000 Canadian bucks got you. today someone spending, hmm lets say 15k could easily hit 300kts with a satellite link for beyond human site flight ops. 2003 the Governments of the world started writing laws to remove Model radio Controlled aircraft from our skys and it will only take one really good operation that will end up taking the model aircraft/ drone industry out of the civilian's life experience for ever.

[@animationcycles7109]

Agree. Over 10 years ago, guys were easily flying 25 miles out, and returning, with "high tech" fpv equipment, that is caveman tech today. So factoring it all in, it's not THAT expensive to ( 10 to 20 K) to get a self built one of a kind, non military drone going. And probably right, due to idiots with no regard to airspace, and safety, SOMEONE ( public/gov't) is going to fuck us over, for complete RC model shutdown. Or extremely regulated/expensive permissions to fly, it wont be worth it to have RC any more. ( except dumbed down amazon/walmart "toys" ...if legal at all.)

[@mikesmith4053]

It’s a hobby, built in my garage, what can I say….Spock

[@animationcycles7109]

Had to be variable/rotating wing design, for the high efficiency. The problem also is the news, and how it's being reported. This is a joke.

[@videocruzer]

It will be a Military Black ops program that is starting the shaping exercise in the public's eye, soon you will see a drone/ Model aircraft that is packed with plasteek that will be used in a hit that will wipe out the Civilian Model aviation and Drone industry in North America in an instant. It will be news for not even a week and will decimate the Model Aviation industry all over the world. But then again that is a lot of money to spend and skill to fly a 300knot toy into a human target hit when every ones that it is way cheaper to hit your target with some really good drugs and watch them Over dose and die, and you might be that lucky one that ends up with a snuff film.

[@colingravon9810]

@@videocruzer I don't think they will wipe out the drone industry. It's too critical to our long term survival as a civilization. If we lose the drone race we will have given up technological supremecy for 50 years, maybe longer.

[@thembijan]

There is a drone that has all these abilities it’s called V-bat Maritime it’s a single blade drone that can hover and level off to fly like an airplane. This UAV is a vtol and it has an 8 hour battery life

[@ivlark1]

Really? Wow

[@camerongarrett5615]

True but I think they would know if it was that

[@TAKETopicS]

@@camerongarrett5615 how they didnt see it?

[@mountainryder3056]

What people don’t realize these Bell 206 helicopters aren’t fast, most are lucky to manage 100 knots in level flight

[@09tahoeppv]

Drone outruns the law breakers in a chopper 😂😂 good shit

[@M4jeff]

It was Rick and Morty joy ridding!

[@U20E27]

Hybrid drone system isn’t very expensive now. Small 4 stroke gas engine running a generator with a electric power management setup powering electric drone motors. These are not dod level stuff. Many are being marketed to surveyor companies and the like. 6-12 hour flight times with enough payload to carry various types of survey equipment. These machines make helicopters look like ancient technology and can run circles around them. Heck search KZbin on hybrid powered drones. You’ll get pages of videos.

[@HighVoltageMadness]

I have a quad that can fly at over 110mph but it can only fly for 3-4 minutes lol. This "drone" that they chased must have been alien technology.

[@lamarw7757]

It was man made. No little green men involved. Sorry.

[@themotorcorp5024]

2013 Gem show, I was staying at a friend’s house while visiting. One night around 8pm, I went outside to have a smoke and noticed TPD Police Helicopter (red and blue markers) coming low and fast maybe 1-200ft over the row of houses toward me, with a bright beam of light in front of it. However, when it flew over me, it was hauling ass and loud as hell. What I thought was its searchlight was a ball of light maybe 50-100 feet in front of it!!! I shit you not!! I went to the gem show the next day and asked a Policeman at the gem show if he heard of a chopper - UFO chase. He didn’t hear anything but acted very curious.

[@LotBoy87]

Swamp gas

[@billflynn6903]

ALL Coverage of ATC shows the Heli doing a search pattern for a device flying in their approximation; 100 MPH - Total BS

[@rocket_turtle7494]

Part 107 isn't for recreational flight nor is getting registered. **laughing over my armada of 100+ mph hand built drones**

[@JMcKey21]

It's also possible the border patrol got p'ed off by a drone near them; contacted PD; PD misread how fast the drone was moving because of descent rate; and that the drone pilot never did anything illegal. There are also statements in the report that say the PD never actually witnessed the drone. Just saying, sometimes the easiest answers are the right ones.

[@reallybadaim118]

Are border patrol helicopters only used to chase phantom drones and record the invasion now? Why do we need this? It seems counterintuitive to me to maintain such an expensive craft and personal if there's no mission for it. Let's cut it lose and save some money.

[@tankogenonrcgroups9750]

If they crashed fatal too as over a city

[@lamarw7757]

Mass non-compliance on the stupid toy laws.

[@scooby3133]

It must have had a flux capacitor module in it to be able to travel through spacetime faster.

[@Marcel-ut9id]

Great Scott!

[@joevalicenti2722]

Definitely NOT a hover drone. I'm thinking fixed wing with internal combustion engine. Interesting there is not ONE PICTURE of it.....

[@cacatr4495]

In another news report of it, they said it didn't show up on infrared either.

[@i_refuse_2_quit609]

They are making you register a drone?? it’s essentially a remote control car. That’s insane to me.

[@flarenator]

It was probably a fixed wing aircraft that was running on propane or smth

[@veritasweasel]

It’s the US Air Force messing with two cross eyed police officers flying in circles in a helicopter! God bless America!

[@grahamrobson9292]

It’s not really possible there is no money can produce this performance

[@uhadme]

Nobody knows, but we have paranoid delusions to explain it.

[@johncgibson4720]

It got away with 5 ponds of cocaine?

[@BigDsRc517]

Ever think about racing drones!!! Technology is getting better lol

[@andrewwhite9935]

The funny part is, it's not all that expensive like they're making out to be. It's only going to be probably $5,500 total "the thing is the dont specify its the same type of drone in the video or if it like a mock military drone", using a specific drone kit and batteries that are going to cost more then the entire drone itself to build. Probably 2000 on the right drone kit and 3500 on the proper battery cells. If it a standard type of drone, as stated in the start like I said 5500 max and standard knowledge. If it's a military mock like uav depending on the situation, it could have cost 20k-100's... but if thay were the case people would have had clear videos of the situation. Any standard drone with a camera and be reset to fly by pc, if you have a random phone Sim or even two make it easier you can link the pc and drone together to fly like you were flying a military uav.

[@AZAce1064]

It’s a drug drone out of Mexico, good luck catching it

[@mattweger437]

A three cylinder power plant just knocked your shit in

[@mustangdemon87]

Every american should buy one of these drones!!!! Nothing scarier for the government then civilians armed with better equiptment then them!

[@treepocolypse]

How’s that illegal. You don’t need to be governed

[@tterbogaming9749]

Damn kids probably 14 in his parents basement Making shit more sophisticated than the DOD😂

[@HegedusViktor]

Police helicopters have realy god cameras !!! Where is the record or pictures ???

[@cedriceric9730]

That's just it😂 the drone circled around them specifically to avoid the cameras

[@MarkJacksonGaming]

-- Only explanation. Donald Trump shed a tear upon a 30 dollar drone, and thus, the chosen one. I fly a DJI Mini 2 among others, but that's my eff it if I crash it drone. If this was someone in their garage I want to learn from him. Seen one hack cell towers to keep in RC range, but this? If it was military, someone was taking a piss, and if they're lucky, got VERY lucky when they had the talk. How big was it? Was it a quad? Was it battery or gas powered? I don't see a hybrid going that fast. Little description would be nice. Save me from sounding like a fool the whole post.

[@trytyr]

When the cartel has more money than the government.

[@iam57yearsold]

Ha ha, how can you track a drone with a helicopter . Drone programmed to land somewhere is invisible.

[@AZAce1064]

To the news desk( do you really think they care about FAA rules?)

[@trxtech3010]

It's Henry Portillo !!!!! He is located in Picture Rocks area!

[@mattalford3932]

1:23 nope. It has to be military, or the helicopter pilot was high, and thought they saw something.

[@ricksassaville7437]

Drug Cartel making deliveries (Come on Man).

[@ginogallegos8079]

@Jeremy Mitchell sure they would so they look less conspicuous

[@TheCort1971]

not deliveries... testing a known enemy.

[@CraigBaughan-mg3hf]

What is the best description of the object?

[@TheycallmeTANK01]

hm maybe the police department should take notes and use drones

[@CloudLicht]

The Droners will continue

[@chadpm11]

Sounds kinda like what airlines are telling pilots to do report anything in the air in site as a drone no matter if its a balloon, bird, light from the ground reflecting across the windscreen. They don't want anyone to have "drones" rc hobbyist in the air even though rc flying is one of the most safest areas in aviation and been around longer than the crappie FAA that has caused general aviation prices to sky rocket on aircraft and parts. Now they are trying to price amd make expensive requirements for the hobbyist.

[@FuckYooToob]

That was no drone

[@steve-o1831]

When I saw it I thought it strongly resembled Richard Pryor scoring a sack of rocks!

[@Iwilldestroyyoo]

@@steve-o1831 crack, it’s what’s for dinner.

[@FuckYooToob]

@@username6338 really, for ages hobbyists have been able to make drone invisible to FLEER......thats fuckin amazing

[@FuckYooToob]

@@username6338 electric motors put off heat, gas motors out off heat, they could not detect it with their equipment. Unless some tinkerer figured out how to use magnets to fly and maneuver and fly circles around a moving helo then by god sign him up fir the pentagon.

[@FuckYooToob]

@@username6338 it was close enough they could see with their eyes but their equipment didnt pick it up. You obviously havent heard the whole story

[@ComputerLearning0]

No video of it and no physical description of what it looked like? REALLY?

[@artykohl1118]

He has as much sense as wealth. The rest of us are morons.

[@Circuitprotector]

Drug smuggling. Cartel has lots of money.

[@mattalford3932]

I can wear goggles and fly miles away. But a multi rotor drone in the civilian market can't outrun an aircraft.

[@Zkpe02]

Military Drone, hydrogen powered…System reaches four hours of flight without a payload and 2.5 hours of flight time with a 2-pound payload. This drone makes use of its “hollow” structure to store energy in the form of hydrogen instead of air, eliminating energy storage weight.

[@joshuadabrowski0033]

My bad bro.

[@hvacwiz7877]

ya to the others that mentioned gas drones. there just 2 stroke gas engines that convert the power to brushless motors. they can easily exceed 100 mph all day and can stay in the air for well over 5 hours. the record is 13 hours. probably in a few years all the drone guys will have one.

[@societyreborn33]

But how is it seeing clearly enough to tightly follow a helicopter at 10k feet? A weird news story

[@mestapho2011]

more money than sense.. what kind of comment is that from the guy allegedly making sure drone rights are preserved.. what a sell out.

[@Nothinglefttosay]

All of my drones can fly faster than a chopper…! 😂

[@helbertasprilla]

It's a highly modified FPV probably young pilot

[@charlescayton8901]

Crazy story to hear 🤔 yeah people be safe out there

[@varishpawar6953]

till 2019 Don't drink and drive, 2021 Don't drink and fly or drug and fly xD

[@jpslayermayor9293]

Well it had been registered with FAA then everything woulda been ok

[@miraclelove991]

Tell them that.

[@joeanderson444]

Iron Man has a drone and so does Falcon. One of the two may be the culprit. On to other news.....

[@quinnloi8067]

The drone came out of area 51 and is of my technology

[@papawspistoloo6984]

That dr9ne said, "F+P" 🤣

[@w.e.s.]

4g fixed wing...these have been out for years and u can make 1 for a grand

[@mikesmith4053]

Next upgrade will be side winders…am I bad boy/girl or what…lol

[@kevinclark6528]

Did they get close enough to B able to determine the propulsion?

[@caseyford3368]

We need 10's of thousands or more all across America, so ALL criminals would be caught immediately.

[@sogron007]

Wait anybody seen Tony Stark? 😂

[@ricdale7813]

Before we say UFO or Alien people have too realize we have had powefull Drones for many years. Some are lager and have the ability too attain hundreds of miles per hour. You would be surprised what an Engineer understudy or Aerodynamic enthusiast with money can buy,make and fly these days. For $50k you can create youre own UFO quite easily although it will be a drone.

[@vladnickul]

Why no pictures or descriptions? Hobbiests know the communities rcs....

[@onyxgryne9767]

@tucson police look for alternate energy signatures. Also consider magnetic resonance to spot it. Use lasers to eliminate them using a hybridized image following and laser system. if a resonance imager is on the chopper they could spot it . Most matter that is above absolute zero will have an energy signature of some type. About 2.5kw should cut through like a bullet. signal jamming equipment could help as well if combined with fcc rules for interruption. you could impound the drone in mid air.

[@johnmajka3711]

People need to follow the law, or they are going to start putting, even more restrictions & regulations, than they already have done, on us drone pilots. When I started messing around with drones, there wasn't any regulations at all, on ware & when you could fly, unless it was very close to a airport, now they are starting to regulate the hell out of our hobby. It sucks.

[@juno-more-mysteries]

The Mysterious Drone Sightings, the Navy Ships and the UAVs, and the Mysterious Attacks and Havana Syndrome, are all the same Mystery. The weapons are on their gigantic drones above every city and town right now. Hughesnet is how they fly them along with all of the access points onboard that allow connection to the equipment to people on the ground and maybe more because each victim below will find 250+ wifi access points surrounding their home, for regular citizens.

[@artykohl1118]

How can I buy?

[@oak3076]

Didn't either of the two government crafts have a camera? Following for over an hour, we should have two very lengthy videos showing exactly what this was, if it actually existed. Please, enough with the unsubstantiated drone stories. Probably flew over from Gatwick?

[@lamarw7757]

They were chasing each other around, for a hour.

[@dougcharles5004]

Well there’s drones you haven’t seen but will see soon.

[@DemopVWgarage]

maybe its not a drone!!

[@ginogallegos8079]

It was the Chinese.

[@FeelFreeToThink]

testing Amazon's new delivery drones

[@gallardo360]

makes me want to sing the theme song to Sanford & son . 🚁

[@lamarw7757]

I didn't know you could sing a song with no words. Hum the song, maybe.

[@pushyslayer4561]

"serious R&D" he said.. think he means serious RMB

[@brewswillis7294]

Not a drone dummies.

[@MichaelSchmitz-mk8ll]

If you all live in Tucson look up Casey Dee Livingston , she looks like Tom Petty....LOL

[@jimreynolds5967]

we are not alone

[@lamarw7757]

You're right, there are retards all around us.

[@anthonyechevarria5485]

Having to register a drone for recreational use is just completely false, although the FAA does want everyone to take a free TRUST test for recreational pilots

[@anthonyechevarria5485]

@@goner4150 right, but it’s not like you have to register each one of your recreational drones. You register one time after the TRUST test and it applies to all of your recreational drones.

[@anthonyechevarria5485]

@@goner4150 107 may be a bit different and so pilots may have to register each one of their drone that’s used for commercial purposes. I’m a recreational freestyle racing pilot with hopes to be a 107 commercial pilot someday, hopefully soon.

[@miguelito6915]

My drone could do it

[@shorty48shorty]

It's just a wealthy hobbyist. Goes to show our military is limited.

[@wildsnaturalwoodworks3997]

what came of this?

[@leiag201]

maybe it was a UAP

[@lamarw7757]

Sure was.

[@nimbus125]

Evasion testing.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

Ufo but everyone is afraid to say it

[@lamarw7757]

Unidentified Flying Object, doesn't mean ET.

[@lylelarson1943]

Makes you wonder if it wasn't controlled by a satellite or through a satellite

[@killermed95]

Tony making the Mk 2.....wer pre-snap

[@joancurry8128]

it probably went out of view