On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:21:03 -0700, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 5:55:25 PM UTC-7,
wrote:

While it's spectacular to set altitude records, the real importance of
this project is making steps toward stratospheric research in a vehicle
that will not contaminate the nearby atmosphere with noise: chemical,
mechanical, aerodynamic.

This is not a toy and its mission is not play.

On that basis, wouldn't you be much better off doing your oh-so-serious
research with a UAV?

Possible/probable reasons why Perlan 2 is the best choice:

- Perlan 2 already exists.

- There are no electric UAVs with a similar flight envelope.

- Any powered replacement has to be electric to avoid atmospheric
exhaust contamination.

- Even an electric UAV will add unwanted disturbances with its prop wake.


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