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To: steve86
Wow, that is incredibly large! What altitude could you achieve? It seems improbable to fly a four foot drone by sight at 11 thousand foot, but at 100 foot that would be a lot easier to see.
27 posted on 06/26/2015 5:14:22 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: American in Israel
Hi! Because of the visual feed out of the cockpit, they can be controlled at any altitude similar to a military RPV.

My gliders were flown in local small thermals only, just line-of-sight and a couple hundred feet.

From the net, one of the large wingspan slope soaring gliders:


28 posted on 06/26/2015 2:06:54 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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