EDIT: Complete Video has been Posted Here: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/autonomous-52km-32mi-cross-coun...
Tomorrow morning (7:00CST/13:00GMT) I'm going to attempt a marathon flight from north Arkansas into Missouri (see flight path below) with my Raptor140, and will be streaming it live on ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mygeekshow
To get ahead of the safety questions, I will be maintaining <120m AGL, and will maintain LOS during the flight. The flight is also far from populated areas and airports. I'm attempting this flight with the exact airplane/equipment configuration that has flown over 400km of flawless flights, including four 42km+ flights. Finally, I've identified eight rally points and pre-target landing locations in case I need to end the flight early.
Wish us luck!
Best of Luck. :)
Update us with the post flight videos too.
Thanks Morli! I'm very confident all will go well.
It will be made into an episode, airing on Saturday (episode 138). I'll post it here!
Aha that's a cool idea I shall watch with interest.
Its going to be fun! I'll have to focus on flying of course, so the video/stream may not be the best quality, but its good practice for the USA trip!
Cant wait and best of luck!
Looking forward to it! Don't drink too much tonight.....
Dez: Thank you! Its going to be both scary and awesome at the same time.
Crashpilot: Ha! For sure...
Wish you all the best !
Really great seeing someone doing this responsibly, good luck and I will be watching! Could you make sure you give us an overview on ep 138 about your setup on the vehicle? Unless you have done that previously and I missed it :x
Rana: Thank you!
Chuck: I did a little on E137, and I'll do a little for E138... I don't want to go too deep during an episode as its not what the episodes are designed for (they are more "showish" rather than teaching/sharing. I plan on doing a full set up walkthrough as a separate video though, maybe next week? Anything you'd like me to focus on? Thank you for your support!
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