aircraft networking

[Joe Leikhim]

Not sure why you would bother with CAT5 POE when you could use more 
suitable cable and simply use RF for local connection  to the router.

This company, local to me has worked out the tethering for UAV's.

https://www.hoverflytech.com/

Also, there is this Google project Loon which uses long endurance 
balloons equipped with a computer which determines the best altitude to 
catch wind conditions conducive to loitering at a spot in the sky. This 
seems like a better long duration approach than a powered UAV.

> *From:*Tacos [mailto:tacos-bounces+howardc=macrollc.com at amrad.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Terry McCarty - WA5NTI
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:33 PM
> *To:* kf4hcw
> *Cc:* tacos at amrad.org
> *Subject:* Re: aircraft networking
>
> 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.
>
> Could the drone draw its power off of the unused wires in a Cat5 cable 
> and provide a stable/stationary router platform/node up about 300' in 
> the air ?
>
> -- 
>       Terry McCarty
>      3t3 at comcast.net <mailto:3t3 at comcast.net>
>     President - AMRAD
>          wa5nti
>

-- 
Joe Leikhim


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