<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div>It is actually a lot higher & farther than that.</div><div><br></div><div>I am working on a project with a customer who has permit from FAA & state of Missiouri for commercial drone.</div><div>The project is for survey purpose with FPV & GPS on a single rotor gasoline heli.</div><div>The requirements that we have are. </div><div>flying at least 2 hours with up to of 5 miles distance, return home function and a few other failsafe functions.</div><div><br></div><div>Longest distance that I found done so far was 7km (4.375 miles) on normal 2.4Ghz RC transmitter without modifications to the transmitter or receiver. All other gears are 5.8Ghz high output.</div><div><br></div><div>there are lots of
old videos using DJI Phantom series on Youtube showing the distance and altitude.</div><div>They are all now illegal if done without permit.</div><div><br></div><div>Whenever I sell those quad about the size of 300 (motor to motor distance) or larger, I tell those people not to fly higher than 400 feet in an open area that the aircraft stay visible.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ihncheol<br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Hansen via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NSCRA Discussion List <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:32 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion] How High Can Drones Fly<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6862580664"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv6862580664WordSection1"><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal">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?</div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal">I wouldn’t think the run of the mill quad copter could fly that high but I have no idea.</div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal">Not to mention you couldn’t see it at that height.</div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal">Food for thought.</div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv6862580664MsoNormal">Thanks</div></div> <br>
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