aircraft networking

[Phil]

More to the point, how much power does the drone require when carrying the weight of 300 feet of CAT5 cable - which I assume isn't negligible? I have seen folks scratching their heads when they attach a thin antenna wire to a toy helium balloon and then watch it rise to a stately seven feet and stop. :-)

Phil M1GWZ



On 25 Jul 2016, at 03:33, Terry McCarty - WA5NTI wrote:

> Pete -
> 
> How much voltage and current does a drone require to maintain a 'steady state' altitude of 300 ft ?
> 
> I'm thinking of strapping a Linksys WRT54G router's circuit board under a drone and feeding power up to it via a 200' or 300' CAT5 cable.