Telescope on drones to escape light pollution? Would it be possible to mount a telescope on a high quality drone and fly above the light pollution to get better star shots (if the wind allows it of course)?
Yes, but not in the exact way you think of.
To avoid light pollution it is better to go sideways.  If you are in a light-polluted city, there would still be light pollution at an altitude of 400ft (the maximum operating altitude of drones) And, moreover, amateur drones are not powerful enough to carry a telescope of any useful size. So you will find that driving a few miles out of town will be much more effective, and much cheaper.
On the other hand, water vapour in the atmosphere absorbs infra-red light. If you can take a &quot;drone&quot; up to 40000 ft, you would have a good location for infra-red astronomy.  You would just need a big &quot;drone&quot;. . . A 747 would be big enough. SOFIA is just that: a telescope mounted on a jumbo jet to get above the water vapour in the lower atmosphere.
So, it's not practical to use an amateur drone to get above light pollution. It is practical to put a telescope on a plane but only for quite specialist observations.