How high can you fly?

On Sep 20, 9:17*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 8:42*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:15*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 6:00*pm, wrote:
george wrote:
On Sep 21, 3:44*am, wrote:
george wrote:

I think the 'electric' powered aircraft is little more than a toy.
Seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWoLsJz8J5U

Compared to a real airplane, yes.

There may be some niche applications, like unmanned surveillance, where they
might be useful but they are terribly fragile.

And a range of 90 minutes....
That's barely enough to start a crosscountry.
If you want a fun machine that goes places cheaply
The Bantam B22 Microlight has a 4 hour range at 60+ knots.

I was referring to the unmanned research things that stay up for days, mostly
because they are little more than gliders covered with solar cells with an
electric motor.

Correct. Those are aeronautical physics experiments.

They are unmanned to set records in duration and elevation.

No they are unmanned because they would have to be many times bigger to
carry the weight of a person.

--
Jim Pennino

Actually you could carry 2 or 3 people. They are unmanned to set
records in duration and elevation.

Where would you put them, strapped across the wing?

Well, since there's sufficient lift to carry them, you would
design accomodations. But they didn't build them to carry
people. They were trying to set records in endurance and
elevation, within the criteria of the original mission statement
which sought to display it's applications in mapping, etc.

Nope, they built them to keep researchers employed.

Surrre they did, because obviously researchers cannot
find work, and no one really wanted to accomplish these
world records. LOL!

They serve no other purpose.

It's called science. It works like building blocks. You
work your way up but not with little wooden squares,
but knowledge through discovery.

As a UAV they are a dud.

I can't comment until further study. Form follows
function. This should tell you something.

---
Mark

--
Jim Pennino

Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 9:17Â*pm, wrote:

Nope, they built them to keep researchers employed.

Surrre they did, because obviously researchers cannot
find work, and no one really wanted to accomplish these
world records. LOL!

Nope, as a matter of fact, you can't find work in research unless it is in
a politically correct area, or has a politically correct tie in these days.

Why do you think they hyped all the crap about hydrogen?

They serve no other purpose.

It's called science. It works like building blocks. You
work your way up but not with little wooden squares,
but knowledge through discovery.

There was little to no science involved, just some engineering.

Bolt A to B, fly it, more study, i.e. money, needed.

As a UAV they are a dud.

I can't comment until further study. Form follows
function. This should tell you something.

Try looking at real, working UAV's.

They aren't electric.


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Jim Pennino

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:51:36 -0700 (PDT), Mark wrote:

I can't comment until further study. Form follows
function. This should tell you something.

It tells me that you claims to be an "wealthy, accomplished abstract
artist" are as full of **** as you are.
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:59:26 -0700 (PDT), Mark wrote:

Yesterday you called me stupid

No no no it's been months now.
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On Sep 20, 10:28*pm, Ari Silverstein wrote:
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:59:26 -0700 (PDT), Mark wrote:
Yesterday you called me stupid

No no no it's been months now.
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