A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane | NOAA

[rcjordan]

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

[littleman]

That's pretty amazing footage.  I'd like to learn more about how that  "hurricane wing" works.

[rcjordan]

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