Cheesy way to do it but 100% effective

[NetRngr]

So I was kind of amazed at the difficulty lvl on those elite drone patrol areas that have the "good" loot in them. I attempted one that had 2 drones there and I was able to take 1 out but would end up getting nuked by the other one while it was at about half health. I was working on missions last night and decided to try something. To my surprise it was 100% effective and they never shot at me.

1) Find a base that has the Loatch chopper with mini guns

2) Clear the base for some Phat Lewtz™

3) Procure said scout chopper with mini guns.

4) Go to patrol area and light those puppies up

Takes a bit as you cant easily see the sensitive areas as with a sniper but you can kill them with the chain gun. Did this a couple of times and never even got shot at. I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of this but it works so I thought I would pass it along. I want to find a scout with the rocket pods on it and try those next to see if those make it go quicker.

[Gator]

You also have the EMP grenades that temporarily stuns them, so you might give those a try as well ...Especially in highrisk drone areas.