1500' AGL flight

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Unless they had perrmission from their authorities...also posted before. Great video though!
 
as he knew the climbers name i'm guessing it was all authorised, either way forget that lol
 
DeathFromJuu said:
These irresponsible people are going to ruin it for everyone else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is an excellent video and a great example of drone tower inspection. I nearly pooped my pants watching it. The only damage it may cause will come from comments like yours that assume it was done irresponsibly.
 
It still surprises me that towers like that don't blow over with a slight gust of wind, let alone in a storm.
 
Swaying enough with what looks like relative calm conditions.
That had to be set up in advance. The climber was well aware of what was going on and appeared fine with it.
The 400" thing. Well, if the tower wasn't a problem, the quad(or whatever) wasn't.
Neat footage.
I would have to say that if someone did that without permission, woe unto them.
 
DeathFromJuu said:
csauer52 said:
Highly doubt that it's 1500' AGL, it would be in this list and it's not:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ta ... _the_world

You really should have read that link before posting it.

"The technical definition of a tower excludes continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts."

p.s. it's 1564.96 feet high

I stand corrected. Actually, it looks like it's 1999' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDLT_tower

Truly impressive....
 
DeathFromJuu said:
csauer52 said:
AND? A cursory poke around the internet lists this achievement is having taken place in the UK. Another cursory poke around yields this list of the UK's tallest structures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ta ... ed_Kingdom

Note, NONE of them are even close to 1500' in height. You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet.

The guy still has balls of steel but it's not 1500' AGL.

Your wrong again, again, and again.

The mast is not in the UK. It's in Salem, SD. It's 477 meters tall (1564.96 feet).

I don't believe everything I see on the internet. Especially your posts.

I don't believe yours either - It's KDLT tower which is located in Rowena SD and is 1999' - we're both wrong.
 
Nice video. I hope the climber did more than a bulb change.
This is a good example where a UAV can be used to inspect the tower before sending a climber.
I didn't see anything unsafe about this flight, and would assume it was done with permission of the property owner /climber.
 
DeathFromJuu said:
csauer52 said:
Highly doubt that it's 1500' AGL, it would be in this list and it's not:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ta ... _the_world

You really should have read that link before posting it.

"The technical definition of a tower excludes continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts."

p.s. it's 1564.96 feet high
There are a lot of 1500 ft radio/TV towers around the country - just look at the Sectional Aviation Charts.
There's two more east of Sioux Falls that are even higher.

SiouxFalls%20towers.jpg
 

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