To boldly go where no FPV-pilot has gone before! David Windestal, a Scandinavian FPV-pioneer, came up with an truely impressive journey. He sends his customized Multiplex Funjet with a weather baloon to the edge of Earth’s stratosphere and controlls the plane back to earth.
He tells the story in his calm and modest manner so that I can’t help myself but to enjoy every minute of this mission. Not everything went as planned. Even after the carefull selection of all of the FPV- and RC gear, the rules of physics and some bad luck changed the mission plan and gave it some unexpected twists. See for yourself.
Thumbs up for first class videos like this. (Also check out his website for more info on that project: http://rcexplorer.se/blog/2013/03/fpv-to-space-and-back-2/
Cheers,
Thomas
