{"id":1083,"date":"2013-03-12T04:04:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T04:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2013-03-12T04:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T04:04:05","slug":"a-high-altitude-balloon-launched-rc-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1083","title":{"rendered":"A high altitude balloon launched RC plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a clever variation on the amateur high altitude balloon project, David Windest\u00e5l of Sweden flew a radio controlled glider on a balloon to 30 km. He was able to direct the plane (to some extent) back to earth after it separated from the balloon and fell to an elevation where it became controllable: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/diy\/article\/2013-03\/build-your-own-diy-space-plane\" target=\"_d\">Build Your Own DIY Space Plane &#8211; Popular Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are details of the project: <a href=\"http:\/\/rcexplorer.se\/projects\/2013\/03\/fpv-to-space-and-back\/\" target=\"_d\">FPV to Space and back &#8211; RC Explorer <\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpBnurznFio?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a clever variation on the amateur high altitude balloon project, David Windest\u00e5l of Sweden flew a radio controlled glider on a balloon to 30 km. He was able to direct the plane (to some extent) back to earth after it separated from the balloon and fell to an elevation where it became controllable: Build &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1083\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A high altitude balloon launched RC plane<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-near-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-ht","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9030,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9030","url_meta":{"origin":1083,"position":0},"title":"Update on the Register&#8217;s LOHAN high-altitude model rocket plane adventure","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted a couple of times (see here and here) about the Register newspaper's LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator)\u00a0somewhat tongue-in-cheek project,\u00a0which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane\u00a0(named Vulture 2)\u00a0from a high altitude balloon. 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