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Brushless EasyStar over the New Forest In the video above you are watching an EasyStar RC Muliplex flying over a forested area at about 2,400 feet, about a 12th of the height the English RCers are aiming to reach. These are the rules 1. The plane must fly from sea level (or there abouts) 2. We must use technology that is available within the RC community 3. And the plane should be in manual control throughout... The challenge comes introducing Radio Controlled aircraft into the 30,000-foot environment: For a starters, the 30,000-foot height is just over 7 miles up - that's over 9,000 meters! The model will be well out of eyesight and therefore not under recommended control parameters. The higher the model plane goes, the more air density and temperature decrease and at 30,000ft the air density is only about three tenths of what it would be at sea level and the temperature will be around -47C or over -100 Fahrenheit! So, just a few of the problems are insulation of parts, lower lift in thin air, the complexities of engine and propeller selection, and an optimally designed wing... not to mention controlling the thing and knowing where it is!
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