Perlan High Altitude Tow Plane
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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