Cloudless ULEP-1 Stratospheric UAV

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  • Опубліковано 18 гру 2021
  • Next performance tests of our reliable stratospheric UAV. ULEP-1 is a HALE / HAPS demonstrator, Earth Observation platform with better resolution than VHR satellites and near-space research platform.
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  • @bphenry
    @bphenry Місяць тому +45

    Seems like maybe you should paint it bright orange before heading out in the snow. 🙂

    • @v037_
      @v037_ 6 днів тому +1

      oh hell naw, I don't want get kill confirmed by a bright Orange UAV

  • @codemaster442
    @codemaster442 2 місяці тому +14

    Epic flight! I am planning on doing this one day. surprised i haven't seen this sooner.

  • @rickr9936
    @rickr9936 9 днів тому

    Absolutely fantastic video- Thank you.

  • @larryblanks6765
    @larryblanks6765 Місяць тому +3

    Great flight!

  • @sirfred2678
    @sirfred2678 2 роки тому +5

    Fantastic flight :) :)

  • @peanuts2105
    @peanuts2105 Місяць тому +26

    Just imagine Concorde flew higher at mach 2, while people on board sipping champagne, wearing Saville Row suits

    • @Bhatt_Hole
      @Bhatt_Hole 11 днів тому

      Halo,
      what is means Saville Row suits?

    • @Stigstigster
      @Stigstigster 10 днів тому +1

      @@Bhatt_Hole Saville Row is where the most expensive tailors are in London.

  • @suburbangorilla5515
    @suburbangorilla5515 7 днів тому

    Shocking beauty.

  • @khh6243
    @khh6243 Місяць тому +5

    wow, awesome. too bad this wasn't on a 'cloudless' day.

  • @jeneilpringle215
    @jeneilpringle215 3 місяці тому +36

    How did you keep the Electronics and control surfaces from freezing up?

    • @scyonyc
      @scyonyc Місяць тому +9

      Silicon coating. Simple solutions.

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +2

      And the battery functioning?

    • @scyonyc
      @scyonyc Місяць тому +4

      @@pcka12 ceramic heater. Be creative bra🍻👌

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +3

      @@scyonyc your ceramic heater requires electricity to function?

    • @scyonyc
      @scyonyc Місяць тому +2

      Do you run on Solar panels?!

  • @najna91
    @najna91 Рік тому +2

    heloo, można gdzieś się dowiedzieć o danych technicznych?

  • @zeDoSauRus
    @zeDoSauRus 8 днів тому

    what video transmission and control module did you use?

  • @ConsultingjoeOnline
    @ConsultingjoeOnline 7 днів тому

    Thats awesome. Do you notify the FAA when launching the weather balloon? Or just go to remote areas?

  • @carlosgarcialopez6402
    @carlosgarcialopez6402 2 місяці тому +30

    I couldn't stop thinking about the batteries at -60ºC

    • @andrzej3511
      @andrzej3511 Місяць тому

      So start thinking about a PIR foam container. This is the obvious solution to the issue of stratospheric temperatures.
      Judging by the moderate stiffness of the entire structure, the ENTIRE hull was made of this foam.

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +4

      @@andrzej3511 insulation only works until temperature has equilibrated on either side of it, & it has to be sealed against convection.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 Місяць тому

      ​​@@pcka12 Have you never noticed that batteries have internal resistance? They heat themselves. Here, that might be a smart idea, pull Amps and drain that thing, to keep it warm.

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +3

      @@voornaam3191 now you mention it I do know that (strictly speaking) cells have an internal resistance, so that rapid discharge will create heating, quite how effective this might be I don't know, all of this relates the maxim 'a 10 degree Centigrade/Celsius increase in temperature doubles the rate of a chemical reaction' which is why electrical cells work so poorly at low temperatures - a factor very much effecting electric vehicles.

    • @andrzej3511
      @andrzej3511 Місяць тому +2

      @@pcka12 As the flight of this plane showed, somehow the battery did not freeze. And I bet dollars against peanuts that no one did any sealing of the battery. Why? Because the battery heats up when under load...
      And rather, the battery needs to be cooled rather than heated or particularly protected against frost. I am absolutely sure that PIR foam is a completely sufficient solution in this case.

  • @Frickolas
    @Frickolas 4 дні тому +1

    We've seen solar panels put on the tops of wings, but I wonder how effective solar panels on the bottom of this airplane would be with all the light bouncing off of the cloud layer.

  • @monostripeexplosiveexplora2374
    @monostripeexplosiveexplora2374 Місяць тому

    that is pretty awesome

  • @williamlosch
    @williamlosch 8 годин тому

    Very cool, I'm guessing its autonomous while at stratosphere altitudes (flying via gps waypoints?)

  • @DSAK55
    @DSAK55 Місяць тому +7

    Would have expected the propeller to be larger given the altitude

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 Місяць тому +2

      I would expect no propeller at all. It can fly for a week, anyway. Why stay up any longer?

  • @j.jarvis7460
    @j.jarvis7460 24 дні тому

    what is the wind like that high?

  • @k1ng401
    @k1ng401 23 дні тому

    Brilliant!

  • @marcindubiel8795
    @marcindubiel8795 2 роки тому +2

    Łączność z kamerami on-line czy zapis? A jak radzi sobie szybując na dużych wysokościach?

    • @Cloudless1
      @Cloudless1  2 роки тому +1

      Tutaj zapis, możliwa jest transmisja na żywo. Wszystko zależy od rodzaju misji. Radzi sobie wyśmienicie :)

  • @kwd-2023
    @kwd-2023 21 день тому

    Awesome!

  • @cleisonarmandomanriqueagui9176
    @cleisonarmandomanriqueagui9176 6 днів тому

    Amazing

  • @alialias3913
    @alialias3913 9 днів тому

    Is that large screen ?

  • @lignatious
    @lignatious 16 днів тому

    such a wonder

  • @rocksnot952
    @rocksnot952 6 днів тому

    Nice model airplane.

  • @CosmicSlopVibrations
    @CosmicSlopVibrations 3 місяці тому +10

    Holy shit surprised this doesn’t have more views

    • @lowdt
      @lowdt 2 місяці тому

      becuase people still think earth is flat, belive that israel is defending itself and elections arent staged. this is a clowns planet. people like scientists in this video are the rare breed

  • @yxhankun
    @yxhankun Місяць тому +1

    love to do science.

  • @lavericklavericklave
    @lavericklavericklave 28 днів тому +1

    what does this give you that a balloon doesnt?

  • @SQ9IWE
    @SQ9IWE 19 днів тому

    Do takich lotów trzeba miec juz nadajnik a-dsb ??

  • @michaelwalsh7846
    @michaelwalsh7846 Місяць тому +7

    "Hey turn around" that's Earth where they are all killing each other!

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 Місяць тому +1

      They call it the Gun Hobby, or something like that. No guns, no killing, but they never got that copied. Stupid, huh?

  • @romeo5239
    @romeo5239 Місяць тому

    How did you communicate with it?

    • @Glitch_25
      @Glitch_25 Місяць тому +1

      It looks like the ELRS radio protocol

  • @SolarWebsite
    @SolarWebsite 9 днів тому

    1:43 42 hPa? That's about 4% of normal atmospheric pressure here at the surface? That must make the aerodynamics interesting, I'm sure 😊

  • @rescuedrestorations
    @rescuedrestorations 10 днів тому +2

    Nice to see above the jet exhaust plume trails that spread out and block the sun. Thanks.

  • @Kresnov
    @Kresnov Місяць тому +29

    a flat earthers nightmare, love it.

    • @unrealmango
      @unrealmango 29 днів тому +1

      what 🤣🤣

    • @peterresetz1960
      @peterresetz1960 28 днів тому +2

      The Flat Earthers have many members from around the World.

    • @RUS38
      @RUS38 28 днів тому +8

      What are you even on about? That fish eye lens curve?🤣 LAMO that’s globehead’s nightmare

    • @RenoLaringo
      @RenoLaringo 27 днів тому +4

      Flat earthers make very nice dreams about fish-eye lenses mind you...

    • @TheRealRenn
      @TheRealRenn 25 днів тому +2

      Truly amazing how that globe spinning at ~1040mph below the drone had zero effect on the pin point landing.

  • @alsaid9336
    @alsaid9336 9 днів тому

    كيف يمكن للبالون ان يحمل وزن الطائرة

  • @mlentsch
    @mlentsch 16 днів тому

    how do you get clearance for that?

    • @techtinkerin
      @techtinkerin 11 днів тому +3

      Just do it early in the morning 😂

  • @Workerbee-zy5nx
    @Workerbee-zy5nx Місяць тому +3

    Wow, from space to earth.

  • @travisfries
    @travisfries Місяць тому +1

    Looked like 900mHz antennas sticking out of the fuse.

    • @black_baron_net
      @black_baron_net 28 днів тому

      ☠BLACK BARON☠ For such high altitudes ... I presume mHz and not gHz. Well done Techies, communication and battery tech works ... even at -69°C👍

  • @tobyadog
    @tobyadog 11 днів тому

    LoRa is incredible

  • @TheEragoon
    @TheEragoon 21 день тому +1

    wonder how the GPS signal was lol

  • @Bajran_
    @Bajran_ 20 днів тому +1

    Dobra nazwa :)

  • @ChristianHungary
    @ChristianHungary 27 днів тому

    😉👍

  • @jaquu
    @jaquu Місяць тому +1

    What kind of permission you need?

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +1

      To go above 400 ft?

    • @jaquu
      @jaquu Місяць тому +1

      @@pcka12 To enter controlled airspace and above.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 Місяць тому

      Are you aware that not everybody has your German mentality? Like, it is against the rules, so you NEVER even think about it? That is very very German. You are like todlers: ah, what they do is not allowed by mommy and dead! OMG! Call the FOO!
      Man, they did crowd funding and they BOUGHT that airspace. Yes, billions and billions of bitcoins. Now it is THEIRS, they can legally go to the moon. All airliners and spy planes must ask permission to those two weirdo's. Has it ever occurred to you, this could be TRUE? Your government is strange enough for this. Watch your presidents. Same thing. You all are pretty weird. Just saying.

    • @pettz18
      @pettz18 Місяць тому

      that’s why he flys while it’s cloudy and also the landing is foggy.
      As simple as that

    • @jaquu
      @jaquu Місяць тому

      @@pettz18Please do explain a little more

  • @omarjassar4650
    @omarjassar4650 Місяць тому

    How can a propeller work in the stratosphere ??

    • @ivankoval3540
      @ivankoval3540 Місяць тому +5

      Fly is on ~21 km. Kármán line is arpund 100 km. Нe was the first person to attempt to calculate a theoretical limit of altitude for airplane flight. At approximately this altitude the atmosphere becomes so thin that aerodynamic aviation becomes impossible.
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Atmosphere_layers.svg/255px-Atmosphere_layers.svg.png

    • @omarjassar4650
      @omarjassar4650 Місяць тому

      @@ivankoval3540 so the propeller is spinning but not doing anything else

    • @ivankoval3540
      @ivankoval3540 Місяць тому +2

      @@omarjassar4650 Not. The propeller is spinning and doing good work as well as wings, but not so effective as on the lower altitude.

    • @black_baron_net
      @black_baron_net 28 днів тому

      ☠BLACK BARON☠ 1:44 Pressure Indicator

  • @jumpingjacks5558
    @jumpingjacks5558 3 місяці тому +2

    That was awesome to see. I'm not sure if you are from a different country than I am but to pull off a flight like this one would have to have all the "Okays" from the FAA

  • @1966Hemi426
    @1966Hemi426 25 днів тому +1

    That’s a tad over 400 ft.

  • @dipling.pitzler7650
    @dipling.pitzler7650 29 днів тому

    No permission needed for FL 600 ?

  • @AlemitoFilms
    @AlemitoFilms Місяць тому +2

    Cool video, unlike the bragging wannabe funny comments down here

  • @kennethschultz6465
    @kennethschultz6465 19 днів тому

    solar panels on all the surfases up..
    it go way higher then 21 km..

  • @DJI_Silesia
    @DJI_Silesia 3 місяці тому +1

    Prodrone dostarcza anteny widzę :)

  • @marcidannafpv
    @marcidannafpv 2 місяці тому

    😮😮😮❤👍👍🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

  • @antonydecosta6262
    @antonydecosta6262 15 днів тому

    Thats where all my data goes ...up in the cloud.... Planes like these do cloud transfer

  • @user-gm7if5zv6e
    @user-gm7if5zv6e Місяць тому +1

    Кто заметил что в определенные моменты горизонт становится абсолютно ровным?

    • @GlennBeer
      @GlennBeer 6 днів тому

      The curve may be an artifact of the lens.

  • @jimydoolittle3129
    @jimydoolittle3129 Місяць тому +1

    With the altitude you have …. Why you need a propulsion system ?😝

  • @radiof8
    @radiof8 2 роки тому

    śmigło od spaliny do elektryka?

    • @Cloudless1
      @Cloudless1  2 роки тому

      Testujemy różne rozwiązania, które są odpowiednie dla warunków "bliskiego kosmosu".

    • @bogumiw9404
      @bogumiw9404 Рік тому

      Doskonała robota!
      A film powinien zobaczyć każdy płaskoziemca!

  • @uwillnevahno6837
    @uwillnevahno6837 10 днів тому +2

    Where's the dome and the waters above flatheads?

    • @andreym325
      @andreym325 9 днів тому +2

      Where is earth curve?😂

    • @uwillnevahno6837
      @uwillnevahno6837 9 днів тому

      @@andreym325 literally in the video you flathead

  • @Steve-sh9lj
    @Steve-sh9lj Місяць тому +2

    Was the done over American airspace? If so how did you obtain clearance for such altitudes

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 Місяць тому

      Bean dear, seen dad, drone dead. You "gorfot" a question Marx. Hello, you can EDIT your typo.

  • @Dynamitry
    @Dynamitry Місяць тому

    Antennas from Poland detected!

  • @SpideyVids
    @SpideyVids Місяць тому +3

    Oh, look, we can see the curve of the Earth just like people flying on Concorde could so the Earth is definitely NOT flat!
    Who knew? 😂👍

    • @Vtarngpb
      @Vtarngpb Місяць тому +6

      With the right lens, and the right angle, even a telephone pole can get curves 😉

    • @SpideyVids
      @SpideyVids Місяць тому +3

      @@Vtarngpb
      The Earth still isn't flat.

    • @crissd8283
      @crissd8283 Місяць тому +2

      If you watch the video, sometimes the horizon is concave and sometimes it is convex. The curve you see is from the wide angle lense that distorts the image. While the earth is round, this observation is certainly not proof of the roundness of the earth

  • @Bonewerkz
    @Bonewerkz 25 днів тому

    And the motor acts as charger generator at whilst decending from the stratosphere...?

  • @psychiatry-is-eugenics
    @psychiatry-is-eugenics 24 дні тому

    .

  • @RenoLaringo
    @RenoLaringo 27 днів тому

    Ooh what a nice ball...

  • @a-nw7fk
    @a-nw7fk 2 місяці тому

    На такой высоте атмосфера разряжена, лопастям винтов незачто зацепиться, какой толк от него

    • @pcka12
      @pcka12 Місяць тому +5

      If the wings are working, why not the propellor?

  • @deron616
    @deron616 10 днів тому

    Nie dobrze , na ujęciu ze zwolnienia balonu, widać ze ziemia nie jest ani kulisa ani płaska tylko WKLĘSŁA😮😮😮!!!! No to, żeście teraz chłopaki namieszali 😂😂

  • @baldrickscunningplan6154
    @baldrickscunningplan6154 2 місяці тому +4

    Once you go flat.
    You never go back.

    • @sgtjonzo
      @sgtjonzo Місяць тому +1

      usually because the meth addiction takes over

  • @st939
    @st939 Місяць тому +1

    This must be CGI, it's showing a round earth 😁😁

  • @mans4104
    @mans4104 26 днів тому +1

    I can not see any star.

    • @Bonewerkz
      @Bonewerkz 25 днів тому +1

      This is the stratosphere,not the outer space. There are several km of air between.

    • @mans4104
      @mans4104 25 днів тому +1

      @@Bonewerkz So...? , I can see the srtas from the ground .
      The reazon I can not see the stars is ther Sun light is too strong.

    • @evolicious
      @evolicious 19 днів тому

      @@mans4104 you need to learn how a camera works

    • @mans4104
      @mans4104 19 днів тому

      @@evolicious I know how a camera works.Was a trick question related to the moon landing.

    • @techtinkerin
      @techtinkerin 11 днів тому

      No, you still need to learn how a camera works 😂

  • @620ironwolf
    @620ironwolf Місяць тому +3

    They used a gas propeller on an electric airplane... I wonder the thought process behind that?

  • @pistipisti9122
    @pistipisti9122 5 місяців тому +4

    Flat!

  • @noserly
    @noserly 5 днів тому

    Show this to flat earthers.

  • @be2the4out
    @be2the4out 24 дні тому

    looks pretty 'flat' to me :P

  • @vincentyapmankeong3034
    @vincentyapmankeong3034 4 місяці тому +7

    Flat earth Real Yes

    • @josephinebennington7247
      @josephinebennington7247 Місяць тому +2

      How far to the edge? Why has no-one been there, filmed it and proved it?

    • @SpideyVids
      @SpideyVids Місяць тому +1

      @josephinebennington7247
      Exactly, they see the curve but they just can't admit it and blame the camera lens for bending a straight line but there was a guy who sent up a balloon with two Go Pros equipped with lenses that show straight lines as straight lines and curves as curves and the Earth was still curved much to Flat Earthers' chagrin.

    • @Omsip123
      @Omsip123 Місяць тому +2

      Grammar Real No

    • @Manfred-ml1oq
      @Manfred-ml1oq Місяць тому +2

      😂 lol nope

    • @caturlifelive
      @caturlifelive 28 днів тому

      😮

  • @Michael-oy3pz
    @Michael-oy3pz 22 дні тому

    Look the earth is flat 😂😂😂

  • @henriks5008
    @henriks5008 Місяць тому

    Fake! Earth si flat!

  • @MalawijaSMITH
    @MalawijaSMITH 4 дні тому

    Boże co to za ulep znowu?!

  • @lostinthedesert6149
    @lostinthedesert6149 22 дні тому +1

    The fisheye lens elastic horizon effect.
    Is it a ball from the inside
    Is it flat
    Is it a ball from the outside
    Is it all horseshit

  • @georgka74
    @georgka74 23 дні тому +1

    In the old days the " space" was begining At 100 km.... but today its at 20 km... hahaha....

  • @siribiriz
    @siribiriz 10 днів тому +2

    Nice definitely proves my suspicions of how flat the earth truly is ❤🥏