FPV altitude record, 7100 meters AGL. Solar power!

The first flight of the Queen bee flying wing, transformed on to a flying 50W solar panel.
20Ah of batteries on board.
Music: BanYa - 'Beethoven Virus'
More information on: rangevideo.com/...

[@luciduous]

Alex, CONGRATULATIONS!! Awesome Flight! You truly are an inspiration. Thanks again for all you're doing for the field. Keep the great vids coming!!

[@irvinJoelBanta]

Been following your progress! Very impressive! Out of all the UAV videos online, you're has convinced me to give the park flyer scene a rest & dive into this!

[@Aleuli73]

Thanks for the kind words. Waiting for optimal weather to get more flights.

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Well done. Don't let the haters and fear mongering get to you. Excellent flight. Keep doing what you love and pay no attention to the noise :-) FPV!

[@djisydneyaustralia]

I remember when I bought my first rvosd from you Alex, I hope you're well. I still have much admiration.

[@Aleuli73]

Thanks' for remembering, I am doing fine. Kind of relaxed right now. Hope you are doing fine as well. good times :).

[@kyrkbymannen]

One of the most amazing things i've ever seen concerning RC! :)

[@monjon868]

wrong Friday 25 May 2007 5:10 PM Holiday makers had a disrupted journey on their flight to Majorca when the plane hit a weather balloon. Passengers initially thought the plane exploded as there was a loud bang and the plane dropped thousands of feet. The Thomson flight was enroute from East Midlands Airport to Majorca, Spain when the collision occurred. The pilot made an emergency landing at Barcelona Airport where the passengers were kept for 8 hours before flying on to Majorca.

[@Karnivor555]

THX, will order one today. Great recording quality

[@EXPRCP]

Daaamn... good video, good music, good flying and good vibes :D

[@gtvtrueno]

Awesome flight mate, wish i have the knowledge to build the same performance aircraft thank you for sharing

[@klimon53]

What a bunch of cry babies! For your information this is not banned, it is a proposed regulation. I do not think for one minute this will crash any jet. Any commercial airliner that can be brought down by colliding with an RC plane is certainly not worth flying in or safe to fly. If that was the case planes would be dropping like flies every time they slammed into high flying birds. I wish you people would stop blowing this all out of proportion to any real threat! It is nonsense like this that has the HAA wasting stupid time trying to ban all RC flying above 10ft... I for one think it is awesome that people like this are pushing the limits of current technology.

[@FPXFlying]

Sensational ability and sensational flight... Awsome..

[@Relizu]

Rock solid video link, very cool!

[@jlcttss]

fantastic as usual alex! i really enjoy your videos. i get a kick out of how you've taken a mid-range system 2.4Ghz and turned it extreme long range rather than goint the dragonlink route. two questions: a) what solars are you using and are they actually generating enough electricity to make up for the added weight b) do you have any regulating bodies like the FAA that you can call prior to a high altitude flight so as to reduce the risk of an incident?

[@henrikhavardsholm6431]

And BY the way! Love this setup!!! Want to do a LONG range plane my self, just a more slow flying, to fly over the mountains, looking for lost sheeps... Can you make a list of what eq. you use? I have read all the blog, but its much discussions, and I just want to use your setup equipment... PLEASE"! Coolest LONG RANGE FPV video ever!

[@pucciniuk]

IMPRESSIVE.

[@dl373]

All this on 2.4GHz, unreal!

[@stewjw]

Its a power boosted 2.4GHz signal, probably 2W. A little lazy.

[@ctank66]

Incredible view great job . Well done

[@NorthernFPV]

bottom left you have 2 amp readings, the lower one (about 4.7amps) is charge from solar panels, the higher reading is amps used

[@SasquatchPNW]

Don't mind him, he is why the U.S. is the way it is now. Everyone wants rules for everything here. I truly enjoyed this video, well done and don't worry, not all U.S. rc enthusiast are grumpy old men that wish everyone would just go back to nitro.

[@wesleymccurtain166]

The main reason I would never really do this is because if you cause damages to an aircraft on an IFR flight plan even if no lives lost, you can be in deep shit. Skydivers are legally NOT allowed to fall through clouds and even if it was unavoidable, if an FAA person is at the drop zone and sees it, they have the right to pull that persons skydiving rating. Also, if I am not mistaken , ALL airspace above 15,000 feet is commercial airspace.

[@wesleymccurtain166]

could be 16,000 but its been a while for me...

[@ryanbellyt]

Flite Test hold the record for 30km FPV flight (ascended by balloon and then glided down) But this is amazing

[@Aleuli73]

No, this video quality is spoiled by youtube compression. What I seee is more like this: watch?v=vj52Q9NqrO4

[@RCllamadude]

no, but if it was able to stay in the air perpetually, it would still not be perpetual motion, as it is taking energy from sunlight to stay up.

[@marcerosario]

Congratulations! You don't need a rocket to reach this high! ;-)

[@Karnivor555]

Alex what is your GS recording device? btw very nice flight. Had a blast to watch!

[@LT89NL]

Flying FPV illegal? I don't know where you got that from, but FPV flying isn't banned in France or any EU country for that matter. It's only being proposed to restrict FPV flying, not to ban it all together. I can't even think of any country on the planet that banned FPV, just proposed restrictions like I mentioned.

[@NVSEUFOs]

Even though you do not have too, thanks for sharing this video. Since I don't have this type of equipment it will be foolish of me to tell you to have a better camera or better aircraft or better weather or better.....well you know my drift, so again, thanks so much for such a great video. I can see this hobby can get pretty expensive. I love the clouds formation. :)

[@fredflintstone2576]

No big deal.Actually,I have flown my Hubsan mini quad at 35000 feet,but it didn't have a camera on board so I cant show you any video footage.All this on a 3S 2200 Lipo!

[@eastcoast78]

You are full of shit. Video or it didn't happen...:)

[@fredflintstone2576]

Sense of humour?

[@eastcoast78]

Fred Flintstone LOL i have a humour of sense.:)

[@Burlion]

Lol! imposible! We need a proofs.

[@fredflintstone2576]

Ok,Ok.I meant 3.5 feet.

[@dtiydr]

To do the same where i live (Scandinavia) would have required highy specialized permissions that would have take a loooong time to get if at all, and it would also needed a very good reason and just for phun would not be enough..

[@andresjespejo]

hola, me gustaría saber como lo hiciste, que RC usaste ¨? cuentame

[@harold0723]

impresionante! estaba en hobbyland haciendo fpv hace unas semanas pero ni serca de ese nivel .estas fuera de liga!.. vivo en miami y fui de vacaciones pa ya' . me da mucho gusto saber que este record pertenece a un dominicano! pa lante hermano!

[@d.hansel854]

I agree with Peter.. An airliner that would hit one of these tiny quad copters would be like hitting a pigeon. What a bunch of un-informed comments worrying about hitting a quad copter. These people must have voted for Bozoma. Their IQ's are about 40. Don't worry about the altitude just go and have fun. These are great tools.

[@BVSLR]

Aircraft hitting birds the size of pigeons can cause significant damage, and if it is the windscreen, it may incapacitate the pilot. Spotting a hobby sized R/C aircraft is also nearly impossible. This type of FPV can absolutely kill people, and will indeed force regulatory measures to be taken, given that "common sense" is not so common.

[@MrHunkalicious]

This is some really sick shit ---- but I thought FAA required 400-ft. ceiling for RC craft?

[@smaher032]

Damn you can even see, that the earth is a sphere! Awesome

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Great job man.Awesome view from up there eh?

[@TheOvlla]

I think he was kind of in the middle of where the normal commarcial altitude. Usualy commercial planes go up to 30,000. while normal personalized aircraft can go up to 10.000 feet. Sure normal aircraft can go above 10.000 but you will probably run out of oxygen. Now he was about 20.000-24.000 feet. And its not a car so you cant look at it in 2 dimensions. Probability of a plane hitting that little aircraft is VERY low since normal aircraft follow a grid that they fly every time. Almost.

[@Aleuli73]

It's a Sony! VRD-MC6. Portable DVD recorder.

[@santiago404]

Best answer ever.

[@ferret1337]

is there a way to potentially step up the charge being produced? the other thought would be a cut off switch for power to the motor to allow the battery to recoup juice while riding thermals.

[@seavil17]

excellent, simply excellent.

[@StealthElectronVIP]

I assume the figure above your current draw is your solar panel input? As it seems to scale up and down depending on the sun in the video. 4.8a is impressive.

[@Osvaldo_Oz]

You are the man! What motor did you use and which solar cells?

[@rcfreak1234ify]

For one weather balloons have permits and are also displayed on radar and the pilot is informed by atc where they are. To fly an ultralight you are still required to have a sport pilot license. As for meteors, space debri and birds they are part of nature and still bring down planes. The point is flying an Fpv above 400 feet is illegal because it endangers manned aircraf According to the FAA it is a privilege to be able to fly Rc aviation in their airspace and you must abide by their rules.

[@yyargghhh]

You're not that far off it!!, give technology a year or two and you will surpass the 747 service ceiling.

[@-McFly-]

great video what is your FPV equipments_? ccd kamera _? vide rx tx _? and antennas_? thanks..

[@Aleuli73]

No yet, the charging is only half the power needed for staying airborne.

[@rcfreak1234ify]

Also Im sure that those lipo batteries and that solar panel Would cause some serious damage to an airplane.

[@DoAndBrewDIY]

Very cool - how'd yo pull off the live video.

[@Aleuli73]

I think the effect is caused by the camera wide angle lens.

[@Aleuli73]

Yes, you do live in the U.S. So you could choose to follow or not the FAA AC-91-57 advisory for model aircraft, notice that it is not a law. Fortunately this video is not yours, neither was flown on your country, you can relax now.

[@rolandofalla4800]

excellent!!!!! what equipment do you use? solar panel brand? some scheme?

[@NYRM1974]

How long was your drone able to stay aloft on its battery? Where you using any solar array to extend flight time? You see I'm looking to build a Solar powered UAV for search & rescue operations. Any input would be quite helpful.

[@TrueReviewCA]

contact me via my uav company website at armstrongskyview.com and id be happy to assist

[@monjon868]

There are more near miss reports with balloons out there and also collisions/near misses with uav/fpv flyers but I figured that it would take only one to prove you wrong, including one here in Australia when some clown got into the jet wash of a landing aircraft deliberately, prompting an investigation.I fly fpv and I agree that what you are doing is incredibly safe when in the right hands and flown in the right places.The problem is they are sometimes not!

[@kennethpappas]

Could you share where you purchased solar panels and how you wired them in. Much appreciated and great flight!

[@stormysrider]

What was the OSD??? I like that much better than the one I use

[@TrueReviewCA]

what is the osd? how do you set it up?

[@JohnMSmith5050]

How did you wire the solar panels output into the plane electronics? Use a inverter? Just to trickle charge batteries??

[@FPVREVIEWS]

im surprised how much criticism. people don't seem to understand that you are not in the u.s. great flight, and achievement. no more dangerous than a pelican in the air. maybe they will be outlawed in the u.s. soon?

[@BarbarossaTheOcean]

amazing!

[@FABIO-de5pr]

hi nice video, which camera did y use?? thx

[@TheDieCh]

Quizás quisiste decir: hola me podrías decir que modelo es de black sheep? hello can you tell me which model is black sheep?

[@guillermoderivas5494]

so can u show the solar cells arrangement in you r model? or your model? nice video man!

[@jbx907]

this is really cool

[@FAIRDINKIUM]

There is a state in the USA that has already " totally BANNED " the sport actually - and yet! the NSA can spy on everybody ELSE around the globe!

[@destruction74]

Awesome

[@alexkosic1832]

OMG!! Amazing!!

[@-McFly-]

amazing flight what is LRS _?

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

insane in da membrane!

[@GiulioBerti]

Sounds great, but I don't understood all the variables on your OSD, where can I see "the solar panel"?

[@RCllamadude]

probably =/ and when they are, I'm moving back to the uk (or, if the same happens there, canada and finland are my next two choices)

[@ilikeflyinghelis]

That's insane! Thumbs up! So cool :(

[@RCllamadude]

actually, flying ultralights does not require any licensing. maybe you're thinking of light sport aircraft? they're different.

[@Funbeenif]

7k meters???How long did you fly up to this altitude?And what kind of fpv kit did you use?

[@Aleuli73]

High altitude, thinner air. Need to be careful about speed and attitude, else the plane will stall. Fortunately plenty of room for recovering.

[@wallaguest1]

did you post pictures of the plane with the solar panel in any forum? o want see it :)

[@Aleuli73]

Using an MPPT from Genasun. Google for it.

[@grimsonfart]

oh... well then fly higher!!

[@polohpi]

i would like to know how do you do to have all this information on our screen , more exactly your hardware setup. Thanks :)

[@grimsonfart]

Would be fun to meet a 747 up there :P

[@DrEvil-yx4vr]

Hey, what kind of OSD is that? Where can i buy it? Thanks.

[@Relizu]

RVOSD V5

[@osmancdamal4359]

What is the engine which is you use in this flying wing?

[@rapidcabin]

I had not given thought to the thinner air. Any idea what percentage of lift you lost?

[@nikdis555]

Nice Flight :D What song is in the background?

[@mattanderson2477]

that is awesome

[@JohnVHRC]

wow, what fpv gear?

[@kennethpappas]

Would like to see how you wired solar panel to battery to osd.

[@rapidcabin]

The spiral at 1:57 on purpose, or was there some sort of problem?

[@keukpa]

what antenna and tracking you using for this? Keukpa

[@gam67]

what video setup did you used ? Antennas ?

[@tommilkybarkid]

Hi, could you upload a video or at least photo of the plane please?

[@Aleuli73]

BanYa - 'Beethoven Virus'

[@berathan90]

Şükrü Korkmaz long range system

[@Aleuli73]

1.2Ghz 1500mW

[@Aleuli73]

Winrider Queen Bee

[@lacucaracha111111]

that was soooo amazing ;u;

[@DAGODER]

Receiver #1, Receiver #2

[@mulderfox059]

damage to the fisheye effect !

[@Cjudd001]

Are you not concerned about other aircraft at that height?

[@TheBaza1978]

cool bro!

[@kennethpappas]

What does RX1 and RX2 in the top left of your screen mean?