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Forget 10,000 ft above sea level. The article quotes one incident as occurring at 51,000 ft. 51,000 ft is a crazy high altitude. Exactly what does the FAA thin
by hydrogen18 11y ago
Forget 10,000 ft above sea level. The article quotes one incident as occurring at 51,000 ft. 51,000 ft is a crazy high altitude.
Exactly what does the FAA think hobby kits include now? A complete knock down kit for a RQ-4 Global Hawk?
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoAgreed. FL 510 is right out. Or else I'm expecting to hear a joke about a drone radioing in to ATC to request a groundspeed check any minute. edit: corrected post, see reply below.
- gbin 11y agoThis is FL510 You can get ballons to fly that high but not much anything else at an affordable price.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agomy mistake, thanks for the correction.
- Vexs 11y agoI don't even think quadcopters could produce 20% thrust at that height... which is pretty bad as consumer quads have something like a 2:1 thrust/weight ratio, maybe 3:1. High quality racing quads can get 8:1, but those have tiny batteries.