Radian into the clouds

by Corsair2014 | November 21, 2012 | (6) Posted in Just Fun


some low lying clouds today. took my parkzone radian pro into them with my gopro strapped on front. All line of sight


for some reason, my video didnt render to the end. the ending had me catching the plane. oh well(:



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Jake Wells on December 23, 2012
That was cool! In response to the plane police, I'd love to see who they are going to get to regulate the "rules". This kinda stuff makes me laugh. Don't worry Figbouy the bad man is not going to come take away your toys because Corsair went to the bottom of a cloud.

I accidentally went up to 500 feet with the quad. Get the cuffs.
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Corsair2014 on December 23, 2012
thanks Jake!
looking foward to getting into FPV over the holdiays
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flyboymaxwell on November 21, 2012
NIce, I have done the same thing with my Radian pro and GoPro as well!

I just started FPVing and it opens a hole new world to the hobby!!! If you can get FPV gear GET IT!!!!!!! it is so much fun!!!!!!!!

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Corsair2014 on November 21, 2012
Awesome! Yeah I'm hoping to get 1.3 ghz to use for my quad and hopefully get a skywalker v6


More videos coming soon!
(just have to finish editing lol)
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StoneBlueAirlines on November 21, 2012
Impressive to get up there LOS. Our cloud base must be way up there I have been up 1500 FPV and still not close.
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Corsair2014 on November 21, 2012
Thanks!
Clouds were very low that day

Hoping to get fpv soon
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Benn Gunn on November 21, 2012
good flying ... very confident for line of sight... nice
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Corsair2014 on November 21, 2012
thanks!
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flgbuoy on November 21, 2012
Sorry to be downer, but this is not impressive and in fact exactly the kind of thing that will get RC tightly restricted. the FAA currently has all these rules up for review at the moment due to UAV airspace integration. As a full size pilot, I would rather not be worrying about RC planes in the mix during IMC (eg in the clouds). Just because you can does not mean you should. Please think about the ramifications if something goes wrong. By definition you are already breaking the regs with it out of sight...this is about as responsible as shining a laser up at the nearest helo or commercial flight.
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Corsair2014 on November 22, 2012
First off, it was never out of sight
I flew line of sight, meaning I didn't lose sight of it

Secondly, the cloud base was extremely low, probably no more than 1 to 200 feet

I understand what you are saying, but that doesn't necessarily apply to this situation
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flgbuoy on November 22, 2012
from the sight angle, well above 100-200 feet...basically RC planes and FPVs in particular are a flying collection of potential single mode failures. Do you even know what the regs are for aircraft in VFR conditions, eg minimum distance from clouds or what is VFR? Not trying to be confrontational in a negative way, but that kind of stuff is important if you are going to fly into the airspace more broadly than at a club field like you are doing. Find a flying club to join and work from there, far far safer...
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