With a couple of flights done successfully, it was time to go back to the location where the earlier plane Bryce was lost. The area seemed to have something that may have influenced the loss, in addition to other factors. The park is rather small, so anyone walking on the field was a no go. With the occasional walker, the park was clear. The ESP32-Cam system was activated to get a GPS lock, while the routine of preflight was done….
The data gathered from the flights revealed some interesting things. The first was that the amount of detected networks increased with elevation. The two flight locations weren’t close to any dense residential areas. At ground level, those networks were limited to the immediate area. However, once in the air, that number increased because they were now line of sight. The data logger also captured the three strongest networks detected, along with their RSSI values. Although the network numbers increased, the…
Many will think of the hair when they hear this name, unless born before 1960 or after 2010, then those numbers might be fewer. This became the name of the remote control plane due to the large pylons on each side of the fuselage. The plane center of gravity was almost a perfect match to the original. The weight was evenly placed but it was noticeably more than the stock 55 grams. It was flight day after a couple of…