Your Maximum Altitude
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Timtro said:
For small civilian use rc planes and helis quads etc you do not need to "keep it under 400 feet". There are no laws rules or regulations governing them. The 400 foot deal is a suggested safety guideline for when flying within 3 miles from an airport.
Many compliments to y'all. To be honest, I am quite scared of going very high. I live in a quite populated area, I don't have a fpv setup, (starting to feel the need of it) and last time I went up 200meters and I almost had vertigo looking at it. There is something wrong with me? 
Plus, I have a question: I see there is distance and altitude on the screen. But how can the distance be minor then the altitude? Maybe because the distance is on the horizontal plan and the altitude one the vertical plan?
Plus, I have a question: I see there is distance and altitude on the screen. But how can the distance be minor then the altitude? Maybe because the distance is on the horizontal plan and the altitude one the vertical plan?
and when copysat made his amazing climb it must have either been very calm or he was adjusting things as he moved just 7' at an altitude of 6,500'.Pull_Up said:
Timtro said:
Keep in mind the FAA advisery AC 91-571. PURPOSE. This advisory circular outlines, and encourages voluntary
compliance with, safety standards for model aircraft operators.
its just that an advisory not the law of the land
if your flying for fun you can go as high and far as you want
keeping in mind any problems you cause can be brought to court
but there is nothing that says you can not go over 400
skyhighdiver said:
Very true, but keep in mind that if the FAA wants to come after someone they may pursue a claim of "unsafe" flying, regardless of altitude.
Absolutely! You can be flying completely irresponsibly and dangerously at 100ft off the deck or lower, just as you can be flying safely and responsibly at 1000ft. The bottom line is if you hit anything or anyone at any height then you are potentially in trouble so fly accordingly.
copysat said:
can u use this foil setup on the transmitter antenna to boost the control range?
How did you do it, you can see images of the Phantom and control your remote control.COtto1984 said:I got mine up to 2600' last weekend while showing off to some friends. I didn't take a screen capture though. Here is one where I went 2000'+ up.
How did you do it, you can see images of the Phantom and control your remote control.gfredrone said:
Opp5151 said:How did you do it, you can see images of the Phantom and control your remote control.COtto1984 said:I got mine up to 2600' last weekend while showing off to some friends. I didn't take a screen capture though. Here is one where I went 2000'+ up.
Its on the ipad or iphone just take a screen shot
press front button and top button at same time
copysat said:over the clouds = 6474 + ft
Stock setting + Aluminum foil around the receivers pointing up toward the PV2 .
image preview problem :roll:
http://tinypic.com/r/2gsfwu9/8
im guessing u had to have the foil set up on the tx antenna too to get it at that height?
FPV col said:
Agreed. I'm all up for attempts to break distance records but going thousands of feet up is frankly irresponsible and dangerous.
Imagine for a second what would happen if the quad crashed into an airliner, the results would be catastrophic and I personally would not want to be responsible for the deaths of dozens/hundreds of people.
The plane would never see the quad in the sky and you would not have enough time to react to a 500km/hr+ plane with your phantom that moves at 5m/sec!
Guys don't get me wrong, i am FIXED WING PILOT and i know what i am doing, off course you have to put in mind wher to fly this much high, also you have to know or to use skyvector.com or aviation charts
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