ALTURA DRONE - STORM FLIGHT - 5.12.2013 from Aerialtronics on Vimeo.
Pretty impressive flight by Aerialtronics Altura multirotor in some heavy winds. Intuitively, the design does not look optimised for flying in heavy wind, as its frontal area looks rather large.
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Just under 5 rods/second
How fast in rods?
OK, for everyone complaining about the units, I've done the conversion:
0.124274238 furlongs/second, I hope that helps!
Cosha,
I noticed the crazy kite pilot, as well. Move over Lady Gaga!
The pilot or the nutcase in the background playing with a huge power kite in them winds!
56 MPH. I am impressed. I wouldn't try it. Am I correct in thinking that to loiter in that wind also means that on a calm day that copter could fly at least 56 MPH? Would a commercial jet take off in that?
Yes the m/sec thing bugs me as well ;-)
Yeah, I saw that video yesterday. Wind speeds are the same as they were when I flew my quad in the high winds last month. But I was in a bowl with lots of turbulence vs. the unobstructed wind they had.
Yeah, that quad has a lot of surface area! That was a tricky landing for sure.
scheveningen is a nice place - even when it is windy.
That is impressive!!
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