Is it feasible for a civilian drone to reach 9000'?
Plenty of drones around Everest at times. Youtube has good footage from a Russian drone about level with the summit of Everest - 29000'. Fixed wing though.
at the same time, the smart guys in the engineering school broke the world record for R/C airplane altitude by achieving something over 38,000 ft. It was limited by transmitter power only. (Was still climbing 1000 ft/min+ when they lost control authority IIRC)
That was 30 yrs ago with glow plug engines burning nitromethanol lubricated with castor oil. Pretty sure the Uni engineering wonks are WAAY past that now in the era of cheap gps and semi-autonomous control.
That was 30 yrs ago with glow plug engines burning nitromethanol lubricated with castor oil. Pretty sure the Uni engineering wonks are WAAY past that now in the era of cheap gps and semi-autonomous control.
Almost everywhere over land except Africa has Lora wan coverage, outside that coverage global coverage is available with a small Iridium 9603 modem, about 45 mmx45mm. The data plan costs about $10 a month.
RTK enables the drone to have position accuracy under 4cm.