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A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane | NOAA
« on: October 01, 2021, 03:02:48 PM »
Video is pretty much what you'd expect, but this hurricane-capable sailing drone is an amazing tech feat.

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/world-first-ocean-drone-captures-video-from-inside-hurricane
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Re: A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane | NOAA
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2021, 10:30:50 PM »
That's pretty amazing footage.  I'd like to learn more about how that  “hurricane wing” works.
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Re: A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane | NOAA
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2021, 04:21:13 PM »
The 23-foot Saildrone Explorer is typically equipped with a 16.5 ft (5 m) rigid wing sail for forward propulsion.

Saildrone’s “hurricane wing” is a shorter, ruggedized wing optimized for tropical storm wind events Category 1 (74–95 mph/118–151 km/h) and above on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Sailing into the Eye of the Hurricane – Saildrone
https://www.saildrone.com/news/tropical-atlantic-hurricane-mission-launch
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