Another laser pointer idiot!

[Merlin66]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/illegal-laser-lights-up-police-helicopter-cockpit/9409848

Hmmm no wonder things get difficult.

[baileys2611]

What an inconsiderate person!

I had a car full of teenagers wearing flexible glow sticks and bracelets turn into our cul-de-sac with loud duff duff music and wave green lasers all over the house and observatory the other night. I happened to be out in the obs at the time.

I live far away from suburbia. Kind of a surreal experience actually, but inconsiderate nonetheless.

[Wavytone]

Simon find an old flash gun, and mate that to a telescope at the focal plane. Keep that handy and charged up in the obs.

If those twits turn up again take aim carefully (a finder helps) let them have a blast full on and they’ll **** their pants.;)

I can say a Mecablitz on an old C8 OTA worked superbly.

Optional: precede with a nice amplified sound of the flash charging and the voice of Capt Picard announcing “set phasers to stun”...

[JohnG]

When the idiots shined things at our helo we turned on the Spectrolab SX-16 NiteSun and lit them up with the 4 degree narrow beam and 30 + million candlepower, usually had the desired result...

[doppler]

That helicopter looked like it was flying pretty low, wonder what the mission was? Looks like he was already targeted by the chopper before he started the laser.

[el_draco]

PERRRRFECT....:thumbsup:

[RB]

Idiot.
:mad2:

[AndyG]

This. I like your way of thinking. Too bad we don't have a large ruby crystal to marry up with that flashbulb and optics, youknowwhatimsayin? :P

[RB]

"An eye for an eye", so to speak....

:lol:

RB

[sil]

You can buy large rubies on ebay cheap, India makes em by the ton.

[baileys2611]

:rofl::thumbsup:

[N1]

I wonder how retroreflective materials would do for defense purposes. I suppose the beam would be too fanned out by the time it hit the offending turd :question: