Saw drone miles off the coast

bilbot79

Hi Folks.

Flying into Dublin recently I was surprised to see a drone of some kind fly past us in the general area of the attached. It looked like it had red lights at the top.

Does anyone know what this is about? I presume something to do with the coast guard but would be delighted to hear that it was a Russian spy drone or something

cameramonkey

There is no attached. how far off the coast?

bilbot79

bilbot79 wrote: »

Hi Folks.

Flying into Dublin recently I was surprised to see a drone of some kind fly past us in the general area of the attached. It looked like it had red lights at the top.

Does anyone know what this is about? I presume something to do with the coast guard but would be delighted to hear that it was a Russian spy drone or something

Attached now

drunkmonkey

If your stuggling to post an image upload here and past the link
https://postimages.org/

AndyBoBandy

U.K. coast guard were testing a drone off the coast of Wales today...

cameramonkey

bilbot79 wrote: »

Sorry. Getting messed up with my attachments here..

you know your picture is on the top right of that screen grab.

bilbot79

cameramonkey wrote: »

you know your picture is on the top right of that screen grab.

Yes I realised and cropped it out

bilbot79

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

U.K. coast guard were testing a drone off the coast of Wales today...

That's interesting. Would it make it all the way to Dublin on its battery?

cameramonkey

bilbot79 wrote: »

That's interesting. Would it make it all the way to Dublin on its battery?

range of 108 nautical miles (200km).They can operate at up to 18,000ft (5,500m), staying airborne for about 10 hours.



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53600780

bilbot79

cameramonkey wrote: »

range of 108 nautical miles (200km).They can operate at up to 18,000ft (5,500m), staying airborne for about 10 hours.



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53600780

Wasn't this one. It was definitely a more regular one with 4 rotors etc. That one is a proper UAV but mine looked like something I could buy myself

cameramonkey

bilbot79 wrote: »

Wasn't this one. It was definitely a more regular one with 4 rotors etc. That one is a proper UAV but mine looked like something I could buy myself

Maybe you should report it as it may be a hazard to aviation.

bilbot79

cameramonkey wrote: »

Maybe you should report it as it may be a hazard to aviation.

I'm pretty sure the pilot knew. I was looking out the starboard side of the plane and it passed below. I've only ever seen planes pass starboard and below. Maybe that's an aviation rule?

If I can't find out what it was I'll report but if I saw I'd like to think the pilot saw too as he has a better view than me 😂

Irish Steve

It can be found if you have access to flightradar24, registration G-UASA, there are records of flights for some time, but nothing I can see that close to Dublin. Mostly operating closer to Wales.

That was Rescue 116 you saw. They were out at Liffy yesterday.

bilbot79

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That was Rescue 116 you saw. They were out at Liffy yesterday.

No this was a much smaller drone but an article about the old 116 crash showed a drone that could be similar to it. It was weird that it was so far out though. Could it be that they released it from the helicopter nearby but I just couldn't see the helicopter maybe

Psychlops

bilbot79 wrote: »

No this was a much smaller drone but an article about the old 116 crash showed a drone that could be similar to it. It was weird that it was so far out though. Could it be that they released it from the helicopter nearby but I just couldn't see the helicopter maybe

Drones & Helicopters dont mix, let alone to release one from a Helicopter, thats not going to happen.

Tabnabs

Reports of the Irish Navy using drones or similar in their line of work too.

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/drones-ireland-drugs-sea

Pat Dunne

Interesting report from Afloat Magazine about the deployment of a Drone by the Irish Naval Service.
https://afloat.ie/port-news/navy/item/39914-drones-to-aid-ireland-s-war-on-illegal-fishing-and-pollution

afatbollix

Was it one of these? The EU and Lenoardo have been working on these drones down in the med. This was the type of drone the Navy are using.

Psychlops

afatbollix wrote: »

Was it one of these? The EU and Lenoardo have been working on these drones down in the med. This was the type of drone the Navy are using.

The report says they were using a Phantom 4 Pro, hardly something so great for Naval jobs.

bilbot79

No that one is too exciting. It was like this one only has red lights at the top

https://afloat.ie/safety/coastguard/item/44780-dun-laoghaire-coastguard-chosen-for-drone-operations-on-east-coast

Suckit

Would it have been one of the versa drones?
http://versadrones.com/