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Jan 13, 2016, 07:01 AM
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lasmariaspr
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Discussion500 meters equals to what? This is what my Toruk AP 10 can fly, up and forward. Can you give me examples of 500 meters compares to? Examples how many football fields, etc.
Originally Posted by lasmariaspr This is what my Toruk AP 10 can fly, up and forward. Can you give me examples of 500 meters compares to? Examples how many football fields, etc.
lol,
Jan 13, 2016, 08:17 AM
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freechip
freechip Surface, Air & Water Rc Toys..
Go outside, put your model on small stand or something to position it 3-4 ft off the ground. Now walk away 500m and turn around to look at it and see for yourself how far it is and how small it looks. First hand knowledge of what it will look like will be invaluable to you.
Jan 13, 2016, 08:18 AM
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MultiRotR
MultiRotR ALL GOOD NEVER BETTER
Math, it just works!
Jan 13, 2016, 08:29 AM
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Xmode
Xmode Registered User
Those 100m long sprint tracks.. its 5 of those. A 50m long swimming pool.. its 10 of those. A 1 meter ruler.. Its like 100 or so of those.
Jan 13, 2016, 09:36 AM
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cheebs318
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Originally Posted by Xmode A 1 meter ruler.. Its like 100 or so of those.
Uhhh... try 500? Also approximately 5 city blocks.
Jan 13, 2016, 10:03 AM
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earlwb
earlwb Registered User
500 meters is 1640 feet or about 546 yards. So it would be about 5 and a half football fields in length. Now if you were in the USMC, 500 meters was the distance to the long range rifle targets that you had to shoot at to qualify as a rifleman. But the closer you are to ground the less the range for a RC system. So you may not be able to get out that far if the aircraft is down close to ground.
Last edited by earlwb; Jan 13, 2016 at 10:06 AM. Reason: add more inform ation
Jan 13, 2016, 10:31 AM
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Hajile
Hajile Registered User
To visualize, this is what i do: Go to google earth and find a nearby park or flying site you can use regularly, and then mark off the ranges with the ruler tool. Pick a good place to set up your equipment, and then measure from there. If you follow the road alongside your site, are there any landmarks around 500 metes away? Is there anything at 1km away? In my case. 100m = hospital, 300m = helipad, 500m = mcdonalds, 1km = high voltage tower, 1.5km = water park, 2km = highway exit ramp. These are places i can walk to every day so i have a pretty good idea of what they are physically. When i spent a day at the beach and flew along the coastline as well as going out to sea following the sandbar at low tide, i thought i got pretty far until i looked it up on google earth and realized i only flew a mcdonalds
Jan 13, 2016, 03:02 PM
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lasmariaspr
lasmariaspr Registered User Thread OP
earlwb, Hajile Thanks for the feedback, thats exactly what I was looking for.
Jan 13, 2016, 03:31 PM
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waltr
waltr Team AlienWarpSquad
500 meters is five soccer fields end to end.
Jan 13, 2016, 05:46 PM
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woobirdy
woobirdy Registered User
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Originally Posted by lasmariaspr earlwb, Hajile Thanks for the feedback, thats exactly what I was looking for.
i'm glad you found what your looking for, just wondering what 600m looks like??
Jan 13, 2016, 11:16 PM
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Xmode
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Originally Posted by cheebs318 Uhhh... try 500? Also approximately 5 city blocks.
I said or so, cant be 100% accurate when dealing with estimated distances
Jan 13, 2016, 11:31 PM
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2is
2is Registered User
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Originally Posted by earlwb 500 meters is 1640 feet or about 546 yards. So it would be about 5 and a half football fields in length. Now if you were in the USMC, 500 meters was the distance to the long range rifle targets that you had to shoot at to qualify as a rifleman. But the closer you are to ground the less the range for a RC system. So you may not be able to get out that far if the aircraft is down close to ground.
5.5 football fields if you don't include the end zones. 4.5 if you do
Jan 14, 2016, 03:49 AM
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lasmariaspr
lasmariaspr Registered User Thread OP
Maps app on iPhone gives me more or less idea of distance. Never thought of this one. Thanks guys..
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