[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

[paul youlten]

> RC blimp might also be more practical since you could steer it etc.

Do modern RC controls have that sort of range? 3.5km seems a lot... an
alternative would be to control it with GPS and some sort of
electronic flight plan/autopilot.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/23 paul youlten <paul.youlten at gmail.com>:
>> ... because you'd only sending it up to 3,500m (rather than 30,000m)
>> you wouldn't need to worry so much about low temperatures freezing the
>> batteries.
>
> At that altitude you wouldn't have to worry about the balloon bursting
> at that altitude either.
>
> The bigger issue would be the weight of the tether.
>

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