1.2 mile UAS Quadcopter drone long distance run flight - May Township / Stillwater, Minnesota (2015)

CX-20 quadcopter (UAS) waypoint mission w/ telemetry.
Distance: 1.2 miles (6,500 ft., round trip).
Airstrip location behind May Township hall in Washington County (Stillwater, Minnesota).
Gear used:
Cheerson CX-20 quadcopter / ArduPilot 2.5.2 / Custom 3.2 APM parameters for 915mHz 3DR Air+Ground Base Station Telemetry (air module to stock onboard "Open Source" OSD).
Ground station hand transmitter rewired to 2.4g / 2 watt (5v) radio signal amplifier w/ UBEC (6v) voltage regulator (7.4v 800mah Turnigy battery) and Ez-12dbi Parabolic dish.
Skyzone 702 FPV monitor using 14dBi high gain panel and 5.8G mushroom antennas (RX), 11.1v 1500mah Zippy battery.
SJCam SJ4000 TV-out to TS832 600mW A/V transmitter (TX).
3D Robotics 5100mAh 11.1v 3S 8C lithium polymer battery.
Dji Phantom flame wheel extended landing gear.
CX-20 triple propellers.
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