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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Sgt Ric on February 6, 2012 at 3:39pm

 

Why?

 

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Permalink Reply by seedorfj on February 19, 2012 at 5:33pm

How do you guys get info to and from these drones.  I really wan't to make one, but I am not sure how you get the range like this.  30 mile would be great, but I am having no luck figuring out how to do that, 100 - 500 miles would be awesome.  I plan on using a large nitro RC plane decked out to the max with a huge fuel capacity because it would be flying 20 miles to a field, then circling over it to look at cattle, then it would come back home.  I may even try to get it to land itself if possible.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Unwin on June 14, 2012 at 8:11pm

Great ideas for both, but and its a big but is the distances you are talking about dont fit within the hobbie flight rules of keeping the plane in visual sight, besides that small detail the APM system will do it just there is a long learning curve to get to that stage, I have invested 2 years and about $3K and so far have managed to go out about 3-4Kms reliably and come back in one piece, and in the process have dusted a few smaller planes just sorting out the systems required, my best suggestion is to start small and work you way up or else you would have to spend some serious money on a commercial unit to get those distances.

richie

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