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Old 07-18-2014, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnShe
What are you referring to?

I never thought that you could get a toy airplane that high. Although some of the serious competition model sailplanes are good for maybe 2k. But, even that is a stretch and only if you start from 1k.
John,
Just google 1 mile FPV and you'll find all kinds of examples. See link below at the 1 hour mark, he's at 10,000 feet, at 2 hours he's at 22,000 feet. Plane is a Winrider Queen bee (wing).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PxhU9i9Ng

Frank

PS; Note the flashing low battery voltage toward the end.
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