We are at the Longyearbyen airport tonight. That means we only have limited cellphone internet connection and can not check Google Earth. Aircrafts will be FUN5 and FUN6 so change the links accordingly. We will not stay up all night today :-(
Aww..... This is something beyond cool - it's freezing! ;D The snow is melting around here already but I know what it's like to fly an RC at sub -20C...... Didn't realize that the sunrise is already at around 3 up there this time of the year - it won't take long until you can fly 24/7 up there! Awesome work!
All holes in the Funjets fuselage are closed so the LiPo battery stays warm inside. If they are pre-heated to +50°C on the ground it gives some extra voltage...but not needed. The RC transmitter is covered in some glove-like winter warmer and the aluminum sticks are covered by shrink so that the fingers do not freeze to it :-)
How do you get that kind of performance from batteries at that temp??? Impressive!
I gave up flying in winter but years ago I used those chemical handwarmer packs to keep the old receiver batteries alive, but my fuel would gel up so I just gave up on winter altogether.
(it was -18C a few weeks ago here, and -42C in January., so I can relate to the temp)
This is just great to imagine you're out there at minus 20 celsius flying a funjet somehow in the middle of nowhere (for us)! Cool project you have, and a nice way to show that a "simple" foamy UAV is the right tool for many even extreme situations. Hope you land safe in soft snow! Warm greetings from Switzerland, by the way.
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I gave up flying in winter but years ago I used those chemical handwarmer packs to keep the old receiver batteries alive, but my fuel would gel up so I just gave up on winter altogether.
(it was -18C a few weeks ago here, and -42C in January., so I can relate to the temp)
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