RC Plane Delivers GPS Beacon in Antarctica

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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2008

June 2008 -- A radio-controlled airplane places a GPS beacon on the top surface of a large, tabular iceberg in Antarctica's Scotia Sea.

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  • Cool! Scary landing aswell.

  • nice flying !

  • That is AWESOME!

  • Very well done!!! Thats the coolest FPV flight yet!! Very nice landing, the Kadet Senior was the perfect choice for the mission!!

  • Awesome use of an RC plane!!! Gratz on the landing! Good luck on the rest of your project.

    lbj

  • Nice! Scary landing though!

  • this is completely awesome! did u rig the plane up w/a 5th channel servo to dislodge the gps beacon?

  • That was pretty damn cool. Nice work.

  • A very good example of a practical use for RC and video FPV.. I like the RF antenna holder....

    What was the electronics and instrumentation did you use?

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