> RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc. Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of electronic flight plan/autopilot.
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/23 paul youlten <[email protected]>: >> ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m (rather than 30,000m) >> you wouldn't need to worry so much about low temperatures freezing the >> batteries. > > At that altitude you wouldn't have to worry about the balloon bursting > at that altitude either. > > The bigger issue would be the weight of the tether. > > -- Tel: +44(0) 7814 517 807 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
