[OSM-talk] Mystery structure on a South China Sea reef

Oleksiy Muzalyev oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch
Mon Jul 31 12:50:19 UTC 2017


Yes, a good point. I wanted to say, that it is technically doable.

Certainly, for organizing such an expedition it is necessary to take 
into account meteorology, legal aspects, flight planning, etc.

Best regards,
O.

On 31.07.17 15:40, James wrote:
> In before osm community causes international dispute
>
> On Jul 31, 2017 8:37 AM, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" 
> <oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch <mailto:oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Andy,
>
>     Actually it is doable. The TAM-5, 11-pound RC plane, flew 1,888
>     miles from Canada to Ireland over the Atlantic ocean in 38 hours
>     still in 2003 [1].
>
>     The distance from Puerto Princesa City, Philippines, to this reef
>     is only 265 miles. And the technology is much better now. A RC
>     plane of this small size is invisible to radars.
>
>     It would be about ten hours flight. Nowadays electric RC gliders
>     can stay in the air times longer [2]. Certainly, such a flight is
>     possible only with a good weather forecast for the whole route.
>
>     [1]
>     https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/model-plane-flies-atlantic
>     <https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/model-plane-flies-atlantic>
>     [2] https://youtu.be/8m4_NpTQn0E
>
>     Best regards.
>     Oleksiy
>
>     On 31.07.17 14:25, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>         ...
>         What is this place on Google Maps?
>         https://goo.gl/maps/qF8YXxr86zo <https://goo.gl/maps/qF8YXxr86zo>
>           ...
>         Anyone fancy doing a survey? ;-)
>
>         ...
>
>
>
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