Only for the Brave : Are we really missing out .

[Phantomrain.org]

If the motors fail by bird strike will he still float down safely.
Does this make you want to fly your drone to the edge of space. lol

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Gear to fly in the Rain. and Climb to 17,500 ft in our drone dreams.

 

[slup]

If the motors fail by bird strike will he still float down safely.

Yes he will ... the risky part is that he can't pick & choose about the landing spot as freely as if the motor still was running.

 

[Trippp]

What a self-serving, irresponsible thing to do. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. T

 

[TwoSticks]

Did he do something incorrect? He stated in the beginning his altitude limit was 18k feet based on location and he stopped at 17.5k. I'm curious if he did something he was not supposed to do.

 

[Phantomrain.org]

Did he do something incorrect? He stated in the beginning his altitude limit was 18k feet based on location and he stopped at 17.5k. I'm curious if he did something he was not supposed to do.

No, that was legal flight . Being that he is a pilot and that is not a drone.

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Gear to fly in the Rain.

 

[AZDave]

What a self-serving, irresponsible thing to do. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. T

How so? What did I miss?

 

[Defens]

Beautiful flight! He sure was stoked about it. I’ve been a few thousand above launch in strong thermals with my paraglides (unpowered) and it really is a great feeling. My buddy used to hang glide in the Owens Valley, and they’d get up over 20,000 - using supplemental oxygen.