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@jeff4kingable

3 жыл бұрын

@spider plays_YT Disagree.

@dauntlessfpv

3 жыл бұрын

I also very very strongly disagree. The advantages of capacitors don’t apply to a efficient airplane. Also they add weight and take away battery capacity. Check out Tom Stanton for some good stuff about using capacitors in rcs

@dauntlessfpv

3 жыл бұрын

The actually watt hours to weight isn’t nearly as good as capacitors. You don’t need to have high discharge rate on airplanes, so if you wanted more efficient power source maybe li-ions would work

@dauntlessfpv

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah true. I still don’t really think the benefits of capacitors apply to that in a way that makes it better than lithium based batteries, but definitely cool. My favorite use of a capacitor is the taser disposable camera

@Daddy_Damo

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a runcam split on the front? If so which one? Cheers

"I'm always concerned when this plane drops in altitude because that's the reason it crashed last time." A drop in altitude can do that to you.

@paulbizard3493

3 жыл бұрын

Lol...

@ColinRichardson

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not scared of it dropping in altitude. I am more scared of it rapidly deaccelerating while it touches a massive 8000 mile diameter sphere.

@Ismalith

3 жыл бұрын

@@ColinRichardson Just fly a bit to the left to avoid it.

@ColinRichardson

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MatthewK863 I don't believe Tesla's Starman would agree.

@Ismalith

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewK863 Getting into the air is the challenge, getting back on the ground is free.

I'm loving this episode of Two Engineers Discover Where Food Comes From And Make Fun of Each Other's Accents :D

@prottentogo

3 жыл бұрын

parmsib yea that was hilarious. I really lol.

@Bubba54321

3 жыл бұрын

.... Make fun of each other and nobody got offended. Just like humor is suppose to be done.

@jstaylo2

3 жыл бұрын

-Grab an apple off a vine …😂🤦🏼‍♂️

@joedockstader1347

3 жыл бұрын

"An engineer and a flight test op walk into a bar"

@retrohalogod4672

Жыл бұрын

@@jstaylo2 i didnt even realise he said vine becuase i to focused on how those are coated in pesticides and not recommended to eat off the tree like that

"So basically you prefer form over function." That's how you start a brawl in a bar full of engineers 🤣

"Pugs are selectively bred to be footballs." So many great quotes in this one. You need a regular sidekick!

I can't believe we're at a point where hobbyists have autonomous drone technology

@datalorian

2 жыл бұрын

Hobbyists invented the technology. Companies and governments assimilated it.

@keyboardwarrior1946

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine hobbyist build up an entire army with drones.

@whannabi

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyboardwarrior1946 and pouring acid on people during big gathering that'd be hilarious

@YZFoFittie

2 жыл бұрын

@@whannabi WTF BRUH?

@soulcapitalist6204

2 жыл бұрын

@@datalorian I think Sperry Co. developed autopilot from ship's navigation.

Conversation between 2 American engineers: "Can you drive at 6.8m per second?" "What would you say that is in American?"

@ToxNano

3 жыл бұрын

Would be the same in Europe. Most speed measurements are in km/h (m/s*3.6) and people don't usually convert between the two intuitively

@gke3800

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToxNano x4 for KmPH and x2 for Knots - rough enough

@ToxNano

3 жыл бұрын

@@gke3800 Guess that works, although I've never understood why anyone would want to use knots.

@ShimaKiyoshi

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToxNano - you could be in a situation in which you only have a piece of string.

@xXrandomryzeXx

3 жыл бұрын

Just miltioly meters ber secon by 3.6 and you get kph. Easy. You just need a calculatir if its not an easy number ti multiply.

"There's no big government out here to move that rock out of the road." "Why do you say it like it would be a bad thing if the rock wasn't there?"

@AirstripBum

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Amazing.

I know Im late in the comments but this is really entertaining. A road trip through some obscure parts of America with several hobbies thrown in. And potentially criminal activity to keep viewers tuned in (petty theft of produce). Amazing to see the state of solar and autonomous gps navigation, RC flying machines, etc that is accessible to the general population. All that’s needed is curiosity and technical knowhow. I am not expressing myself very well-but I am a fan of your worthwhile activities.

"Apple fresh off the vine." Nobody tell him.

@jons6125

3 жыл бұрын

I scrolled to the read the comments exclusively because of that statement 😂

@silasmarner7586

3 жыл бұрын

I use mixed metaphors a lot. The last one was "beat my trumpet".

@jacobabarbary7097

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this comment literally as he said it

@NealFosterHD

3 жыл бұрын

Geeses

@carmadme

3 жыл бұрын

Since when did apples grow on vines

You guys are actually very entertaining. I wasn't expecting to watch the whole 55 mins. Looking forward for more adventures with your vegan drone engineer pal

@MRakinbola

3 жыл бұрын

*Hell yeah, this is the life!*

@xirenzhang9126

3 жыл бұрын

How to pronounce vegan: vegan

@roedyhellyeah

3 жыл бұрын

hell yeah!

@northernfpv9562

3 жыл бұрын

You can literally watch and say the same thing about every single one of his videos going back years. You don't know why, but you just keep watching then 25 min later you're like "what did I just do?"

@rennypd6434

3 жыл бұрын

Whatttt??? Macakiux jajaja, amo tus videos, y lo menos pensado que tenía era encontrarte aquí. Me gustaría construir algo como este avioncito.

Can't believe I watched the whole 55 minutes! The suspense was palpable. I liked how he talked through some tactical issues that he encountered on the journey and was able to diagnose and fix on the fly (literally!) Amazing project, the bar has been elevated greatly with this successful endeavour!

Holy mackerel. 100 miles round trip is absolutely insane. After watching this video clip I can no longer in good conscience boast about my 6-mile round trip autonomous Litchi missions flown by my Phantom3 Standard. Unless I am mistaken, this 100-mile trip is an unbroken record for any DIY RC craft. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that you serve as a consultant for JPL in Pasadena, in your spare time.

@sharpnesstherapy502

Жыл бұрын

Look up spirit of butts farm Föew ovet the atlantic

@Laliberty

Жыл бұрын

The phantom 3 will get a 14 mile round trip easy if you don't loiter.

Benj (?) is the most chill guy ever

@grimfpv292

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he seems pretty cool.

@majnovak7231

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is

@CyclingSteve

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he said Banj a bunch of times but I'm not used to his 'merican farmer ack-cent.

"Is it working well? Good question Banj let's look." Made me laugh

@PitsFlyingEye

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, yes me too

@baporwave

3 жыл бұрын

Bro... I happened to read this comment at the moment it happened in the video and it tripped me out!

@Jarmezrocks

3 жыл бұрын

Nurk is considering super long range FPV with scaled back anxiety

@guifermar

3 жыл бұрын

You sound like a XIV century paper press manufacturer...👍👍👍🤣👏👏👏

@fernandoesteban2345

3 жыл бұрын

You could use a clip on mobile antenna for the radio... Cool mission planner!

Something to note: if you are in the area again, you could tune into KPSC ATIS to get the current barometric pressure setting every hour. It’s usually at the end of the broadcast.

Listening to you driving around the country side following a drone is better than most podcasts.

i just watched 2 dudes in a car for an hour lol

@DesertFernweh

3 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Top Gear Polar Specials

@LatinMasterxx

3 жыл бұрын

Best season ever!

@onyourface207

3 жыл бұрын

20 mins in before I came across your comment, didn't realise it was an hour long.

I know life gets in the way but we could use allot more of your content. Even if the behind the scenes construction and geek programming. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@alirezas.m1498

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah put more programming videos

@creo_one

3 жыл бұрын

@VideoSevicesVB @@alirezas.m1498 Thats awesome idea I don't care if it's boring and gets no views, i want to see the process please!

@kbytfs

3 жыл бұрын

rctestflight2 please

@MrMikkmokk

3 жыл бұрын

@@kbytfs yes, pls!

@huldar

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I would like to see how the waypoint missions are planned :)

"I've never had an apple fresh off the vine.." Priceless. Keep up the good work, lads. Love the vid. Subscribed.

I think this might have been the 1st rctestflight video I ever watched. It's interesting how you thought about a youtuber when you 1st come across them, compared to when you have been watching them for years, like that 1st impression compared to after you have got to know them, in as much as you can get to know someone just by watching their videos.

21:38 "Can you close your eyes and drive from the screen?" But... how would he see the screen?

@youramazingvulptexwife4180

2 жыл бұрын

Because the screen is in our hearts.

@YZFoFittie

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO, it's funny that everyone knew what he meant though...

"Here's when things turn south for us." I take most things literally but as you said that I thought something bad was going to happen ln before I realized the plane was turning south. Laughed my ass of lol.

@elliott7268

2 жыл бұрын

No you were right the first time. The plane was turning West. He was apprehensive about the headwind they started flying into.

I think the best friends are people who can dig at each other for literally hours. Honestly a lot of fun to watch you two riff on each other. Oh also the flight was rad.

This is the kind of stuff we did in engineering school 40 years ago with FAR larger and more primitive equipment. For one navigation project, I tried to design a system using a surplus cruise-missile gyro, a desktop with 40 whole MB of power, several car batteries, and an entire sailboat.

@Sniperboy5551

8 ай бұрын

Just like the good old guidance systems from ICBMs! I love your username, by the way.

Australian here. Can confirm that you both sound American.

@andrewlalis

3 жыл бұрын

And you sound like you speak English.

@masboyrc

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao.. 🤣

@got2kittys

3 жыл бұрын

My friends from England say that to me, also. "You're just so American!" Well, I am, so what do they expect, lol? I suppose they're right.

@Jarmezrocks

3 жыл бұрын

Second that! Aussie here

@hughsgarbagetrucks

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

Solar plane ep. 20 - circumnavigating the globe non-stop

@MrPinknumber

3 жыл бұрын

"and we are following the plane by car, for safety"

@SolarWebsite

3 жыл бұрын

Being able to fly 24/7 would be awesome. Fly above the clouds and there'd be no limit as to where you can go.

@gayusschwulius8490

3 жыл бұрын

@@SolarWebsite You couldn't fly above the polar circle, though :P

@unmountablebootvolume

3 жыл бұрын

There are solar planes capable of that, and they are called pseudo-satellites. It would be EXTEREMELY cool if he would actually manage to privately build and operate such a plane!

@MartinBobcik

3 жыл бұрын

I have done little bit of math last week to know how fast the plane has to be so it has sun constantly over the head. It resulted in some 400m/s+. so you need to carry big battery for night

When you landed that puppy I just cheered away like a super bowl touch down. Just caught it in mid air. This was awesome. Job well done fellas. Fascinating for sure.

28:10 GO COUGS! I see that storage shed all the time, lol.

"did you STEAL an APPLE?!?!?!?"

@Mr_Giraffe

3 жыл бұрын

@50:00

@tristancoffin

3 жыл бұрын

Bro mood

@sethswheelhouse

3 жыл бұрын

I loved the lack of response

@mikropower01

3 жыл бұрын

But he ate the apple, he did not throw him away when he realized that it wasn't quite ripe. I had a problem a while ago, I had forgot the key to my student apartment. I must drive the whole way back to my parents with the train, grab the key and drive back (with the train and walking a while), this takes 4 or 5 hours. In this situation I had the Idea that my parents could use a drone to send me the key ... the wight of the key is basically nothing. I had to wait less than 1 hour till the drone would reach my position if the speed would be 35km/h. This would be very nice in such a situation. I know that the safety is important and I would not get the right to fly over a not private area her in Germany. Possibly someday there will exist something like a drone-flight-right on limited areas, with a easy way to add the own drone to a flight-plan and a route ... like a street in the air for drones ... with a automatized air traffic control system.

@janeEriley

3 жыл бұрын

Bangi really wanted one!

I didn’t know “The Odd Couple” was set for a tech reboot.

Good on you for inviting your friend to go see the world and broaden his experiences.

"There's hay and cows eat hay and that's what you eat..." "I'm vegan" "man it's really going"

@Michallote

2 жыл бұрын

and then he signs off by saying what does vegan even mean apart from pretentious? HAHAHA

FYI at 24:34, you can go under the standard data page and right-click on the moving telemetry map on the right and select "flight planner" in order to show both the telemetry data on the left, as well as the aircraft's position and waypoints on the right. You can also change the units for altitude and airspeed if you want to under the config tab and in planner settings.

Great comments at the end about mission planning. Spot on. The FAA rules for drone flight (vs hobby) pretty severely limit the available airspace and distance and also govern who controls (monitors) from a terrestrial vehicle. Just like flying GA or commercial aircraft you really need to think through routes, waypoints, endurance, and weather. Nicely done.

When you catched the plane landing by hand i was clapping my hand in rejoices.

My dream build would be a solar powered vtol with LTE telemetry and control. Go anywhere there's mobile service, land for the evening, take off next day and keep flying.

@gayusschwulius8490

3 жыл бұрын

That would be so awesome!

3 жыл бұрын

With SpaceX starlink worldwide internet that could be possible one day for sure!

@nocare

3 жыл бұрын

@ doubtful, not because starlink isnt amazing but because you would need a very large rc plane in order to carry the relatively large antenna array for starlink. There is no escaping difficulty of sending a powerful enough signal to reach a satellite vs reaching a nearby cell tower.

@ToxNano

3 жыл бұрын

Look up the Airbus Zephyr

@MrGG-rz3he

3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely doable, well, at least the LTE telemetry and control for fpv. I would argue that there will never be a quadcopter that could do this because it would have to be huge to make enough surface area for solar charging. But a slow-flying, large-winged (not delta) design that was heavily modeled for good glide ratio would be very efficient. I've actually spent a lot of time looking at efficiency and controllability for something like this. 100 miles one way and back, etc. Ofc I would have to throw up the fictional thing as well so the FAA wouldn't be mad at me.

"It's not hitting the ground so that's good". Truth.

Could it theoretically fly literally across the continental US if the weather was decent? Very cool stuff.

@serbianspaceforce6873

2 жыл бұрын

Well it'd have to be perpetual day, but yeah it could fly forever in fair weather and perpetual day. or you could just make it so fast that it outruns the nighttime!

@ezrarichardson279

Жыл бұрын

@@serbianspaceforce6873 Yeah, it’s kind of hard to get one to be efficient enough and fast enough at the same time though lol.

@patchin1

Жыл бұрын

A very quick estimate is like this: There are 4 time zones across the continental US so the plane could experiences 4 hours of noon time with maximum sun light, flying west bond. You may be able to add two hours on both ends so lets say 8 hours of decent sun light. Assuming 30miles/hour ground speed. It will probably barely reach more than 300 miles on a very good day at this point. It will be closer if the (efficiency x speed) can improve by 10~20 fold.

@gmlviper

Жыл бұрын

@@serbianspaceforce6873 You need a plane that is breaking 1000 miles per hour to stay in the sunlight.

@harmonielumiere6450

Жыл бұрын

A big battery can help...

Our Nation needs men and women like you who can complete technical mission

"i'm vegan" "oh well maybe you _do_ eat hay"

Timing of your uploads are often perfect for lunch time here in the UK. Will enjoy this one I am sure :)

@rickym7380

3 жыл бұрын

yep

@ProfKetrabPL

3 жыл бұрын

That's right!

@Louie8888

3 жыл бұрын

lol meanwhile me living in western united states seeing this uploaded at 4 am

@Franksey180

3 жыл бұрын

Ended up watching this in the evening, enjoyed the trip across all those obscure little US towns. Great achievement with the Solar Plane V4. I wonder how far away the nearest store is from some of those town's if you ran out of your favourite beverage and just HAD to have one? :)

Electrical engineer here. Ground != negative but neg is often tied to grnd for 0v reference. Worth remembering in future as you could easily blow something thinking the two terms are interchangable.

Id love to see more videos with your friends. Y'all make an entertaining combination.

I can not belive I have just watched two guys in a car following an RC plane for 55mins and loved it

@SwagGaming87

Жыл бұрын

Not even RC, just C

@GilgameschUruk

2 ай бұрын

@@SwagGaming87 Not even C just

This was extremely entertaining. I watched the entire thing. I'd definitely watch more long missions ft you and Banj road tripping.

Banj: I've never had an apple fresh off the vine Me to myself in my head: and you never will because they grow on trees

Of all the things you've done, Daniel, this one impresses me the most. I've just followed along on Google Earth with a second screen using the Mission Planner as reference. This is why you're the only person I support on Patreon!

"Good Sir, do you mind running in front of my carriage to knock the stones out of the way." 🤣

21:40 "Can you close your eyes and watch the screen" so much genius yet so much stupidity ;)

Dude I love your channel! I've been flying RC since the late eighties but I've been out of it for the last 12 years due to a health problem. Thanks for giving me something to watch!! The hobby has grown by leaps and bounds technologically you are a freaking boss at this stuff I see you're successful with your KZread channel I'm sure you will be extremely successful in the future at any other endeavors you partake God Bless

@yakacm

Ай бұрын

Yeah I get that feeling too, anyone with this much energy, inventiveness and out and out smarts definitely deserves good things in their life.

Hahaha, I'm at part where you guys are bantering about how you each talk 😆😆 enjoying the video. Cool tech you guys

I love the way you keep upping the ante on the solar plane. Congrats for another successful flight!

Don't try this at home! Me: Yes I'm totally going to build that and do it at home

@goldenpiston8449

3 жыл бұрын

I mean... I would...

@Rocketkid2121

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldenpiston8449 Was thinking the same thing.

@MarcAntoineBvl

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty easy to build a big plane and do this. Getting it efficient is another story

@imchris1978

3 жыл бұрын

I live in the UK I would have to find a way of compressing a week's worth of sunshine into a single day to try this at home haha

@fourk_

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarcAntoineBvl Well where I live any unmanned aerial vehicle off 100 grams needs to be insured and have a license

Dude that was VERY impressive. I'm such a tech geek that I watched this video in its entirety. Very well done - Kudos to you.

"yeah I've not made a solar boat yet, sounds fun." Fastforward lol

lol we got ourselves a city boy!

That nice Vegan fella that's never seen a tractor is the most millenial millenial to ever millenial. Nice of you to explain how cattle guards work.

@winklerchr

3 жыл бұрын

The apple off the vine killed me. And the confusion on center post irrigation.

"Go nice and smooth on the primitive road" 😂.

I love watching Logic fly his planes

I can't believe I almost finished this and I haven't finish my school work

@HueHanaejistla

3 жыл бұрын

its only an hour

@forloop7713

3 жыл бұрын

Same here gonna postpone though as I always do

@randomfpv22

3 жыл бұрын

Be cool, stay in school

@voodoovince8001

3 жыл бұрын

Procrastination is the key to failing successfully.

@heron5045

3 жыл бұрын

@@voodoovince8001 nice

"Flying the Solar Plane V4 over 100 miles and following it in the car." FAA: stares in Part 107 exception for recreation fliers... ;D

@Walter-Montalvo

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ChristopherF_1971

3 жыл бұрын

FAA ??? Who and what is that??

@Orangie2008

3 жыл бұрын

No one noticed the airstrip he flew over, either. Doesn't seem to be marked, so probably just a crop duster's operation?

@EfficientRVer

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone monetized on KZread, with a drone video posted for any purpose at all, should expect a friendly message from the FAA to stop doing so immediately, until licensed as a commercial drone pilot. This is true even for drones under 250 grams, which this bird obviously is not. They typically don't demand removal of videos posted prior to the warning, but they could. And yes, line of sight is still a thing, with or without a license.

Came for the solar drone, stayed for grade A banter. You guys seem like great friends, and for the record, I think Banj was right.

I don't know what's more entertaining the solar powered plane or y'all's dialogue lol.

"still solar power, it was just converted into hydrocarbons by plants millions of years ago. still counts"

@programagor

3 жыл бұрын

Oil? That stuff comes mostly from unicellular organisms way before plants became a thing.

@robmckennie4203

3 жыл бұрын

@@programagor what about coal?

Thats brilliant - well done mate, you've put a load of work into this and its been amazing to tag along for the ride to watch this progress. Thanks for the share of your video

Damn man.. This was an awesome Vid. I was amazed how you kept talking throughout and it never got boring or pointless. Really enjoyed it.

Amazing result. 100miles in a circular route too. Headwind tailwind all of it. Superb!

"can you close your eyes and drive from the screen?"-rctestflight

@jeffsmith9384

3 жыл бұрын

Use the force Benj

I'm always amazed how good the runcam split footage looks in your videos. I guess slow fixed wing aircraft keep the video compression from falling apart - in contrast to 5-inch quads. If the runcam split would work that well in quads people would not be on this constant quest to find a replacement for the discontinued gopro hero session.

This video just found me. I worked in the 1960s with Bob Boucher who later founded Astro Flight. As you may know they made one, if not THE first solar powered drone aircraft. Great work on your part for the coordination of visuals in the video.

Being a retired techie nerd myself, the comments section here are so very funny! Nerds are not normal by any social standard but they have a heck of a fun time doing things like this.

0:15 ‹‹AWACS›› "all planes,commence operation to destroy aigaion"

@jonanderson5137

3 жыл бұрын

I am not accustomed to AWACS references being made by computer gaming nerds. Wait a second, yes, I am.

Lol at fake disclaimer at the start.. Just like when I start all my car videos with "somewhere in Mexico"

@MalKediler

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I thought the same thing!

@SlidewaysMotion

3 жыл бұрын

I love going on trips to Mexico in my drift cars...

@introvertairways6380

3 жыл бұрын

Fake disclaimer?

@MalKediler

3 жыл бұрын

@@introvertairways6380 yep

@introvertairways6380

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalKediler That's not a fake disclaimer. it says they followed the la and don't repeat it without contacting the FAA or whatever

this is probably one of THE best videos i ever saw on youtube. watching it a second time now. i love stuff like this bit sadly there is not much that is similar to this

Needs intermittent lidar altitude checks for barometer adjustments. I love this series . Great job .

"and your Gold ETFs will do you no good" Good thing there is so much gold in the banter!

@grimfpv292

3 жыл бұрын

Gold ETF isn't any good. Only physical gold has any real value.

"A gaggle of gooses?" @22:35 😂 those geese are offended.

"I get concerned when the plane drops in altitude. That's how it crashed the last time." ...No way!

*says lots of fancy engineering stuff Me having no idea what it means: I like your funny words airplane man!

I have know watched this whole video start to finish three times about once per year Just realized you mentioned a solar boat lol

"What does vegan mean other than pretentious?" That killed me.

@BigEBikes

3 жыл бұрын

Truest part of the video

@jarbeefis

2 жыл бұрын

I had to rewind that part a couple of times. lmao

Very impressive my friend. I've very much enjoyed watching your stuff over the years.

Great video - thoroughly enjoyed it! Planning a similar mission and learnt alot from following your endeavour. But what I like the most is that you're honest about making little mistakes and despite your experience worrying about the thousands of settings in arduplane - like accidentally adding a wp with default altitude :) Thanks man!

This is so damn inspiring I've gotta say. Hats off to the both of you.

Times like this, you need a cabriolet! If you put all the antenna on the outside of the SUV, it’d look like an FBI surveillance platform!

Definitely an entertaining duo... Another successful flight/mission. I’m pretty sure I have watched them all. Glad to see you have worked out a lot of the kinks. I’m sure V5 will be awesome once you apply everything that you have learned. That home point altitude difference will get you every time. One of those things that is very easy to over look.

That was really impressive, 160 miles !!! no way. Great video and wonderful explanation.

Weird... I just built my first quadcopter and started practicing flying a few months ago, and had an FPV dream of a long-distance fixed wing flight that ran out of batteries and slowly landed at a school. The end of this video brought back the memory.... I haven't even started doing FPV yet, and have never flown a fixed-wing model, so when I woke up, I was like "WTF?"... but my dream had a mountain in the background, and there are none around here. In the waking up period of "I've gotta go get my drone, where the hell was that school?" and "Was that a dream?" It was the inexplicable mountain that sorted it out.

Love your videos bro

That was incredible and such a great engineering feat. Done really safely in the great part of the world too, well done.

Brilliant! Thank you for this adventurous (and successful) experiment! Wow.

America is amazing and those long straight roads are fantastic - in the uk we have no idea about straight roads apart from the odd Roman road

This was really cool! We are so lucky to be in an age of technology with things like this. I just got into RC planes this year and now I really want to get a good FPV setup for my planes. I live on the Oregon coast and the landscapes here are amazing. thanks for an awesome video im sure it took some work editing all this.

Strange time to upload a video. 100 miles is amazing. Incredible work.

@MrB1923

3 жыл бұрын

Time doesn't exist.

Amazing flight and it was evident the meticulous planning you put into it, and it paid off!!

Amazing achievement - thanks for documenting the flight and sharing the video. Your co-pilot should do voice-overs for videos and films - what a great guy to drive you all that way!

Your videos are awesome! Greetings from Russia!

Can you set it up so if the panels are producing more power than the Mppt can handle, can you use the rest to increase speed until it is at least using all available power? Just a thought.

@conorstewart2214

3 жыл бұрын

The MPPT can only handle its rated power and since the solar panel power goes through the MPPT if its already at the 75w max power then the power distibuted between charging the battery and the load can only add up to 75w, if a more powerful MPPT was used then it would be possible. The plane stayed at a relatively stable voltage for the whole time so I'd assume it didnt have much excess power.

@lucassvedlund3851

3 жыл бұрын

@@conorstewart2214 but couldn't he have a bunch of excess power that isn't getting produced because of the 75w limit?

Thanks for the video guys! Congratulations on your flight success. Very entertaining!