P3A Cargo Ship chase in Port Everglades, FL

[Andres Posada]

A friend of mine did this before with his Inspire 1 and i thought I could give it a shot with my phantom.

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The distance once i caught up to the ship was around 7500ft

 

[Goldni]

Ballsy

 

[tmartin62]

Amazing distance.

 

[Andres Posada]

actually it was around 8500ft.

just double checked my flight logs

http://imgur.com/1whMypn

 

[CaptainCheap@ss]

How much battery life did you have left when you landed? 58%?

 

[Andres Posada]

How much battery life did you have left when you landed? 58%?

About 40%

 

[kminton327]

Are you using original antennas and transmitters? Neat video!!!

 

[Andres Posada]

Are you using original antennas and transmitters? Neat video!!!

At the time i was using stock everything. At the beach you get really good range due to the absence of RF interference and clear line of sight. I have since this flight broken a new record of 13,000 ft out in the west coast of florida but this time i was using the aluminum windsurfers.