This ‘Idiot’ Flew a DJI Camera Drone to 11,000 Feet and Above Clouds
The US and EU both have regulations that prevent you from flying your drone above ~500 feet. Someone in the Netherlands decided to ignore the law and fly their camera to 11,000 feet.
The 4-minute video shows the drone’s ascent all the way up to 3.4 kilometers, or ~2.11 miles, above ground (~11,155 feet). At this altitude, the drone is flying above a layer of clouds. With only 27% of their battery life left, the drone operator decided to begin the descent back down to Earth. It had just 4% by the time it landed.
Needless to say, this is a highly dangerous and illegal stunt, and the operator is being called “stupid” and an “idiot” in news articles about it. A drone flown to these altitudes could collide with an airplane, or it could plummet to the ground if it were to run out of battery at a high altitude.
So unless you want to put people’s lives in danger and face serious punishment from your government, don’t try this yourself.
