Spark at 4286 mt / 14061 ft A.S.L.

pjaramillo28 · Mar 30, 2018

Hello

I am happy to report an also a proud owner of a spark that flew above 4286 mts / 14062 A.S.L. You know the felling from accomplish these little things with such a small aircraft... I had some strong wind on the peak of the mountains and was afraid that I could loose it , but turn out ok. I will edit the video and poste afterwards, in the mean time I loaded the flight record, which I still believe

is amazing for the spark. I will try once again next week to go close to 5000 mts / 16400 ft and let you know.

Regards,

Pablo

suprPHREAK · Mar 30, 2018

That is impressive! Would have figured the air would be too thin up there.

the88man · Mar 30, 2018

Impressive man awesome. How much batt was left?

Syphen · Mar 30, 2018

suprPHREAK said:
That is impressive! Would have figured the air would be too thin up there.

The magic of electric motors - they don't suck too bad with density altitude issues or flying up super high. The blades will lose a little efficiency I suspect but the motors have power to accommodate.

steve.r · Mar 30, 2018

Wow.. can't wait to see the photos from that, a globe shot would have been good to see too.

webvan · Mar 31, 2018

That's pretty high ! Shot a Sphere at 3000 meters in February, no issues noted except that my hands half froze, it was -20° celsius !

Poppis · Apr 1, 2018

pjaramillo28 said:
Hello

I am happy to report an also a proud owner of a spark that flew above 4286 mts / 14062 A.S.L. You know the felling from accomplish these little things with such a small aircraft... I had some strong wind on the peak of the mountains and was afraid that I could loose it , but turn out ok. I will edit the video and poste afterwards, in the mean time I loaded the flight record, which I still believeView attachment 4228 is amazing for the spark. I will try once again next week to go close to 5000 mts / 16400 ft and let you know.

Regards,

Pablo

Wow , how is this possible. I have i weak GPS directly What is The trick?

pjaramillo28 · Apr 1, 2018

Yes the electric motors have enough power as Syphen pointed out and also I do not want to misled anyone, the launching site was at 4000mts at that peak on the ecuadorian Andes mountains, but the real thing is that the spark is able to cope with the altitude , which I was not 100% certain. i tried today launching from a higher peak but had no luck with the weather since was raining on and off all day. but I will keep trying to find out how high it can fly launching om a higher peak.