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The article says a hobby drown was spotted at 11000 ft. I didn't think such drones typically flew anywhere near that high or were even capable of it. Or is th
by tgflynn 11y ago
The article says a hobby drown was spotted at 11000 ft. I didn't think such drones typically flew anywhere near that high or were even capable of it. Or is this happening in a high mountain area and the altitude above the local terrain was actually much less ?
- nathancahill 11y agoYeah. San Bernadino has peaks up to 11,500 ft, so I'm guessing that's the case. 11,500 above the ground is crazy high for a hobby drone.
- tantalor 11y agoLooks like the area of the fire is 7500-9500ft. Nearby San Gorgonio Mountain is over 11400ft.
- x0054 11y agoQuads and RC Planes can easily reach altitudes of 11k feet+. However, most Radio Systems and Video transmission systems can not throw a link that far. Some people can get as much as 17 miles with UHF radios, but those operate in the 400Mhz range, which, I would assume, would be very busy with all the radio traffic from fire fighters and other first responders around that area right now. Of course it could be a fully autonomous system, which makes it all the more dangerous. Overall, if I had to guess, I would say this is just bad reporting on LA times part. The drone was probably well over 1,000 feet in the air, but more than likely the hight reported was from sea level, not ground level.