[NSRCA-discussion] How High Can Drones Fly

[Phil S.]

I heard this week on CNN about a plane that spotted a quad up in the 
5-digit altitude (> 10K feet!).  Those idiots are going to ruin RC for 
those of us who have a modicum of common sense...

Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus, Secretary
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On 2/11/2015 7:58 AM, John Ford via NSRCA-discussion wrote:
> I am pretty sure they can. Saw a guy pull up to the field once who had 
> a rather large one (4 ft rotor to rotor) and he had it up beyond 
> visual range and from the view on the screen, he was somewhere between 
> 3000 and higher, easily. He wasn't able to go far or do much due to 
> battery capacity, but still.
> Shocking though, he only had some "barely get it back" park-flyer 
> modeling experience, but no flying or airspace knowledge. He was just 
> "running a business".
>
> A new breed...
>
> John
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2015, at 7:32 AM, Ron Hansen via NSRCA-discussion 
> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
> <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>> wrote:
>
>> I just saw a commercial on Fox News promoting an upcoming Gretchen 
>> Carlson show where she asks the question why do drones fly as high as 
>> 5000 ft?
>> I wouldn't think the run of the mill quad copter could fly that high 
>> but I have no idea.
>> Not to mention you couldn't see it at that height.
>> Food for thought.
>> Thanks
>>
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