*3 days have passed* The last resort is to hit the drone to force it to send some kinds of distress. Poor Soul: Crap, who make this cheap drone, there is a hole where I hit it, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@bigbirdmusic8199 You've obviously never been sailing in a storm. The violence of a storm at sea is unbelievable. I was on a multi-thousand-ton naval vessel, and I was still a bit scared.
I guess what kcaz is saying is to resolve any mysteries. But I would say the mysteries are largely surrounding the magnetic anomalies in the area, and also the fact that there are two sets of nearly identical looking islands but quite some distance apart which caused issues for dead-reckoning navigation. I don't recall hearing any incidents since modern navigation equipment such as GPS came in to common use.
Such a wonderful video with clear and concise explanations. I used to work as a student for a Microtransat challenge, the goal of which is what the Saildrones embody precisely. Bloomberg captured the wonder perfectly here!
DSAK55 Yeah not so much in the pacific, and if this is implemented near the East African Horn then I’m sure they’d have some defensive mechanisms. Also I don’t think pirates can detect tiny vessels like that, a tiny blip on a radar would be a huge air craft carrier in real life.
If I'm ever shipwrecked it would be a damn blessing to see one of these. You may still die but at least you can feel alot more safe than just floating out in the open.
@@CountingStars333 external camera that attaches to what? Even if you just glued the camera to the outside, at some point you have to feed power and data through the hull - which presents the same issues that you start with.
Exactly my first thought. But they would have a slight/small problem. How hard would it be for the cops to find 1000 of them traveling across the ocean surface?
They are considered Media, and media has made a real bad name for themselves in the last few years. That should answer your question. Guilty by association.
I was on a research ship that had like two of these following us. You’d be surprised at how small they look when on the bridge. There was a few times where we were almost on top of it before seeing it because the AIS system that they used to let ships know where they were was wonky. Funny looking when it just bobs along.
Nothing short of genius. I only wish the video had shown how they sail on a run or even on a reach. Clearly they looked as if they could pinch upwind. I also wanted to see them knocked down by a following sea and then pop back up again. What do they do in the Horse latitudes? (the doldrums) Do they need to hove to in a squall? What type of proximity sensors do they have? How do they navigate through shoals? Can they take advantage of tides? I have lots of questions.
5:45 "they behave really predictably and safely around ships" ... this point needs some further clarification. Does it know the collision regulations, can it communicate with other vessels, can it reliably detect vessels both on and off AIS and act accordingly? I would assume they're not allowed to operate without supervision within the San Francisco VTS area.
I'm pretty sure what this means is if other ships come near it, it will avoid you in an attempt to not be seen. I can't imagine some of the people out their on the high seas just letting one of these sail by. Some of these pirates will pluck it from the water, scrap it for parts, and sell them. Damn things are full of high dollar electronics that are worth a fortune. Like a floating gold mine waiting to be harvested. Things obviously have radar to some degree, and I'm pretty sure if you get near it, a sensor will detect you and snap a photo. Investors are going to want to know they have some type of security with these investments. I'm pretty sure the thing has an array of sensors that he won't even disclose for that one reason.
I see that this video is four years old. They mentioned that they were hoping to have 1000 drones operational by now, 2023. Does anyone have any updates on where the company is in regards to that goal?
this is so cool! the idea that they're fully autonomous is the best bit. it's like, a sensor has failed, it needs repairs, so you just give it a beach to come hang out by and then you can go grab it with a little skiff.
That drone will pay for itself. What is happening at shark cafe? Are they mating or eating? Who knows? "Nobody knows." Let's send multi-million dollar drones to find out!
Based in Alameda, I've driven past them so many times. Sail drone is close to doer the submarine company and a rocket company. There's breweries, distilleries, and wineries. The base has changed so much over the past ten years.
What are the settings for crashes with other vessels? As in commercial lines, etc. What are the legal repercussions when running into one, or vice versa?
At roughly 6 min the claim is made that these vessels have had no accidents or incidents. This is not true. Last year, in Drakes bay, during the final weeks of commercial salmon season, there was an incident involving the 55foot steel fishing vessel Aurora. The collision involved the sail drone cutting behind the commercial vessel with gear deployed. This drone was certainly scratched as wires and cables, fishhooks, floats, and a lead were dragged over it. The salmon vessel lost one float, one 30lb lead, 60ft cable, and assorted bait equipment. The saildrone did as it was programmed to do and passed astern of the vessel. However, it failed to take the fishing gear into account, either because the program does not recognize the configuration of a fishing vessel or because it is programmed to get too close to an unidentified vessel that may be dragging something. This is a hazard that can also entangle the coast guard or vessel assist or a tug+tow as well.
They just found that sailing drone on a beach in Victoria Australia. It was lost whilst sailing around Antarctica collecting data. It disappeared for a year. Before washing up a beach.
I always wondered if larger versions of these unmanned sea drones, would have "submarine" capabilities, to instruct the drone submarine to move to a certain point, DIVE, then follow a plotted path across the sea, Rise and then dock. These will be able to transport or smuggle packages across oceans, undetected by radars and coast guards. like how aerial drone are being used to drop off packages, these will be the underwater versions. You wont need a crew for them, or food for the long voyage.
Unlikely, A more strategic use will be to surveil the worlds oceans, Keep tabs on recreational coastal activities, and monitor global shipping trade routes by the CIA, NSA, and other nefarious Permanent State Alphabet Agencies.
Would commercial airline tracking could be possible using these drones if they were fitted with the right equipment and networked back to land? It would assist should something like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 occur...
This is a five year old video but I don't see any comments about 4:42 where the graphic appears to have the foils backwards. In the graphic the rudder is on the bow and the foils are angled to catch debris instead of shed it. -OCD sailor
He's on the verge of owning the ocean. Imagine his ability to harvest lobster and crab and tuna! With a few modifications he could open drone-seafish-Restaurant to sell fresh sea product.
So these would really great for finding people lost at sea? Could find them first before sending people since there could be ton of them out there searching for anything.
Great, more things to hit on the open sea. Hope they have AIS and are programmed to divert from collision courses with other AIS broadcasting vehicles.
A brilliant genius idea. It's easy to ask a negative question, and only from my amateur perspective... but there are amazing satellites now days that monitor the oceans. Aren't there satellites that can remotely do the same job? How is the data collected by the sailboats better than what can be gathered by satellites? The sailboats are an ingenious design, but hundreds of them all over the world? Would this be then data in conjunction with or subcontracting to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the "NOAA"? Thanks for this fine video and for caring about the planet!
Satellites are expensive and have limited resolution and coverage. Vision is easily blocked by clouds. I don’t know how accurately (if at all) satellites can measure parameters like water temperature, currents, wind speed, humidity etc. That being said, I don’t see the advantage of a *moving* sensor/weather station like these drones. Stationary buoys (if the ocean is shallow enough to anchor them) should be cheaper and much more reliable.
Forgimme for being intrusive, but don´t they need to have those green and red indication lights to show other ships where it´s starboard and portside located? They are only noticed by radar? I didn´t see any
Wow! This is the most beautiful project I've seen in recent years! These drones are perfect for so many functions and this design looks simple and cool. Wish luck to this guy!
Not sure if that would work, the added drag of carrying a net to collect garbage might make it difficult for the bots to maneuver. Interesting idea though.
Isn’t there a chance for them to be mistaken as shipping lane buoys? I’m just interested because they could pose a risk for ships running aground due to them.
These things need more solar power, a marine grade speaker, a marine grade music player, and the theme to jaws Also, I want their trimaran and 2 or three of those sails :-D
Currently reading 'Elon Musk: The quest for a fantastic future', by Mr.Vance. I had no idea you're relevant on youtube too. You shed light on so many important topics. What a brilliant man, and what a BRILLIANT idea this Saildrone is!!! THE FUTURE IS NOW :D
I'm very curious how it moves forward, as plane wings work by having thing wing "redirect" airflow to the bottom increasing pressure (wings are very slightly curved inward in the bottom as well as pitched ever so slightly up, creating a high pressure bubble of air below the wing that generates lift), so what part of the vertical wing provides the forward motion? If anyone knows please let me know, it has me stumped. It seems like it would just try to roll if you were to try and recreate the design. Plus planes use propulsion to move forward and wings to go up, how does the drone move forward using only a lift-generating device?
A sail on a boat, even a fabric one is a wing. It works on the same principals but instead of generating lift it generates forward motion. The wing sails on these work in the same way but have some efficiencies in performance but especially in simplicity and strength.
weather- water- and biology measurement... for risk assesment, for insurance firms, for financial markets and human safety... hmmm what else you think?
*Wonderful technology* that will help humanity to understand the ocean better.
What does that mean?
Would be cool if it had a fleet of detachable submarines on it's underside
The ocean is terrifying 😳🤯😵💫
Daft comments here
The less we " know" the better...i dont know if you know but people are very capable of using information for the bad....
That seal saw an opportunity to work on its tan, and it seized it :D
Imagine being lost at sea and finding one of these. . . is there a "help" button?
If you sit on it they would see you on their cameras, just like the seal.
At least thats what im guessing
Tap 🆘 on the hull that should get someone’s attention.
*3 days have passed* The last resort is to hit the drone to force it to send some kinds of distress.
Poor Soul: Crap, who make this cheap drone, there is a hole where I hit it, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
For assistance... DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER
@@DiscoR53 or put your face in the cam lol
"indestructible' there is no such work in the oceans vocabulary.
fixento People truly don’t learn from history. The titanic was the first “unsinkable” ship....smh
@@austinbartose6527 wow youre comparing the titaninc so small unmanned drones? why are you so dramatic? jesus you sound pompous as hell
Everything is breakable
@@bigbirdmusic8199 You've obviously never been sailing in a storm. The violence of a storm at sea is unbelievable. I was on a multi-thousand-ton naval vessel, and I was still a bit scared.
Spellchecker is indestructible.
Have one stay in the Bermuda Triangle for a few months
Great idea
Wonderful idea
I guess what kcaz is saying is to resolve any mysteries. But I would say the mysteries are largely surrounding the magnetic anomalies in the area, and also the fact that there are two sets of nearly identical looking islands but quite some distance apart which caused issues for dead-reckoning navigation. I don't recall hearing any incidents since modern navigation equipment such as GPS came in to common use.
It wouldn't even last a day out there!!! devils triangle bra!!
they did and it just showed up in the Nevada desert
Such a wonderful video with clear and concise explanations. I used to work as a student for a Microtransat challenge, the goal of which is what the Saildrones embody precisely. Bloomberg captured the wonder perfectly here!
in 10 years there will be robot pirates
can't wait for the new "Robirates of the Caribbean" with Robby Depp.
DSAK55 Yeah not so much in the pacific, and if this is implemented near the East African Horn then I’m sure they’d have some defensive mechanisms. Also I don’t think pirates can detect tiny vessels like that, a tiny blip on a radar would be a huge air craft carrier in real life.
@@ibrahimalhamzah3035 You mean Robby Beepp?
True
@@ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr lets not fight now nerd! Its pronounced Depp in my language. Beepp in robot language.
Why aren’t they rowboats?
It would be rowbots
If I'm ever shipwrecked it would be a damn blessing to see one of these. You may still die but at least you can feel alot more safe than just floating out in the open.
well considering they have cameras on there, you might even be seen and rescued
Climb onboard like the seal.
He days he is making them robotic and manual
But not those small ones
Or you might be caught on camera and be saved
Wonder what they use for antifouling if they can spend that much time out at sea and not come back crusted with barnacles!
wiser to put an extra camera near the bottom to study marine life as a bonus!
adds an extra place for leaks to form - hole, window, securing bolts/glue seams, etc, etc ,etc
@@tomw9078 great point.
u mean the disappearing ocean life?
@@tomw9078 ehh attach an external camera. Sure they can do that.
@@CountingStars333 external camera that attaches to what? Even if you just glued the camera to the outside, at some point you have to feed power and data through the hull - which presents the same issues that you start with.
The Seal on the Drone for 6 hours, was like this is fun! 😂😂😂
Can I ride one for research purposes
to shark cafe?
I'm surprised americas cup teams aren't using this sail design, seems much more stable and easy to control
Hyperious verrry funny
only if you're a seal
@@davidhastings7714 no thanks lol
The Columbian drug market would like to order all 1000 of these drones lol
in ocean blue
@@tiltil9442 🤣🤣 100%
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Exactly my first thought.
But they would have a slight/small problem. How hard would it be for the cops to find 1000 of them traveling across the ocean surface?
Awesome video as always, Ashlee!
It's weird how little views these interesting Bloomberg episodes have.
some of us could not care a bit about tech and spend our time on more imp[ortant issues .like SCRIPTURE
They are considered Media, and media has made a real bad name for themselves in the last few years. That should answer your question. Guilty by association.
they are only for smart people...so
I just saw one of these offshore, during a delivery, just South of San Francisco....
I was on a research ship that had like two of these following us. You’d be surprised at how small they look when on the bridge. There was a few times where we were almost on top of it before seeing it because the AIS system that they used to let ships know where they were was wonky. Funny looking when it just bobs along.
This should be used to keep track of fishing vessels. At least 90% of which probably misreport where and how much fish they catch.
Something tells me drug cartels would love to get a hold of this things.
More than likely have.
what for?
vite vega: who do you think funded these things?
Tom Servo
Nice.
Because they're interested in research? Or reef search?
Nothing short of genius. I only wish the video had shown how they sail on a run or even on a reach. Clearly they looked as if they could pinch upwind. I also wanted to see them knocked down by a following sea and then pop back up again. What do they do in the Horse latitudes? (the doldrums) Do they need to hove to in a squall? What type of proximity sensors do they have? How do they navigate through shoals? Can they take advantage of tides? I have lots of questions.
Imagine just chilling with your homies somewhere and then have a swarm of weird drones flying above you with cameras pointed at you
This makes me proud to be British. Great guy
5:45 "they behave really predictably and safely around ships" ... this point needs some further clarification.
Does it know the collision regulations, can it communicate with other vessels, can it reliably detect vessels both on and off AIS and act accordingly?
I would assume they're not allowed to operate without supervision within the San Francisco VTS area.
I'm pretty sure what this means is if other ships come near it, it will avoid you in an attempt to not be seen. I can't imagine some of the people out their on the high seas just letting one of these sail by. Some of these pirates will pluck it from the water, scrap it for parts, and sell them. Damn things are full of high dollar electronics that are worth a fortune. Like a floating gold mine waiting to be harvested. Things obviously have radar to some degree, and I'm pretty sure if you get near it, a sensor will detect you and snap a photo. Investors are going to want to know they have some type of security with these investments. I'm pretty sure the thing has an array of sensors that he won't even disclose for that one reason.
cause we all know how much devestating damage a peice of floating plastic with a sail is going to do to a 2000 tonne ship. Home run canseco!
@@JB-jn9kb yeah and they'll know where every part went considering it has every type of tracking imaginable
It's a cia project. what do you think of them not thinking ahead?
There already has been a costly collision with a salmon vessel and one in Drakes Bay. Costly for the fisherman. The drone just got scratched TF up.
Wow sounds like fun job and company to have. What a great story.
Sharks: Damn it robots, gonna take over our jobs!
I see that this video is four years old. They mentioned that they were hoping to have 1000 drones operational by now, 2023. Does anyone have any updates on where the company is in regards to that goal?
this is so cool! the idea that they're fully autonomous is the best bit. it's like, a sensor has failed, it needs repairs, so you just give it a beach to come hang out by and then you can go grab it with a little skiff.
Lol that seal hung on the drone for 6 hours!! you deploy a million of this drones, seals don't got to visit the beaches no more!!!
Since I was a kid I wanted to make a very similar thing, I'm happy somebody did it
I want to make a robot that searches the ocean floor, but it'll have to be nuclear powered
That drone will pay for itself. What is happening at shark cafe? Are they mating or eating? Who knows? "Nobody knows." Let's send multi-million dollar drones to find out!
are the sharks paying?
Or something like accurately predicting the course of a hurricane, that could save millions of dollars and thousands of lives...
Drinking double espressos
u underestimate power of sharkweek advertisements
This is the most San Francisco thing I've ever seen
Absolutely awesome and breath taking. Love what these robots an do in the vast ocean.
Based in Alameda, I've driven past them so many times. Sail drone is close to doer the submarine company and a rocket company. There's breweries, distilleries, and wineries. The base has changed so much over the past ten years.
What are the settings for crashes with other vessels? As in commercial lines, etc. What are the legal repercussions when running into one, or vice versa?
At roughly 6 min the claim is made that these vessels have had no accidents or incidents. This is not true. Last year, in Drakes bay, during the final weeks of commercial salmon season, there was an incident involving the 55foot steel fishing vessel Aurora. The collision involved the sail drone cutting behind the commercial vessel with gear deployed. This drone was certainly scratched as wires and cables, fishhooks, floats, and a lead were dragged over it. The salmon vessel lost one float, one 30lb lead, 60ft cable, and assorted bait equipment.
The saildrone did as it was programmed to do and passed astern of the vessel. However, it failed to take the fishing gear into account, either because the program does not recognize the configuration of a fishing vessel or because it is programmed to get too close to an unidentified vessel that may be dragging something. This is a hazard that can also entangle the coast guard or vessel assist or a tug+tow as well.
They just found that sailing drone on a beach in Victoria Australia. It was lost whilst sailing around Antarctica collecting data. It disappeared for a year. Before washing up a beach.
Watching your video got me a job. Thanks Bloomie
I always wondered if larger versions of these unmanned sea drones, would have "submarine" capabilities, to instruct the drone submarine to move to a certain point, DIVE, then follow a plotted path across the sea, Rise and then dock. These will be able to transport or smuggle packages across oceans, undetected by radars and coast guards. like how aerial drone are being used to drop off packages, these will be the underwater versions. You wont need a crew for them, or food for the long voyage.
Fascinating invention! I hope this will improve our knowledge of the oceans.
Unlikely, A more strategic use will be to surveil the worlds oceans, Keep tabs on recreational coastal activities, and monitor global shipping trade routes by the CIA, NSA, and other nefarious Permanent State Alphabet Agencies.
Samuel Pezzetta ...Going for a swim moron...
Cool, it ll display the nuclear submarine. Just add a water rocket.
@@rainmechanic Yeah. Lets have innefficient litterally drifting logs help for survelance.
Would commercial airline tracking could be possible using these drones if they were fitted with the right equipment and networked back to land? It would assist should something like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 occur...
Chris Miller's book ( Chip War ) covers saildrone technology very well.
Alameda ...I miss it. NAS Alameda is home to a ton of smart people after the base closed. Well done on this one.
Are there any really small versions? They would great pool toys; maybe river and lakes too.
No mention of they original creator of saildrone Dylan Owens .
I can only imagine someday someone lost at sea will be saved by one of these guys
This is a five year old video but I don't see any comments about 4:42 where the graphic appears to have the foils backwards. In the graphic the rudder is on the bow and the foils are angled to catch debris instead of shed it. -OCD sailor
cool video.
Thank you.
Thanks for watching! There's more Hello World coming soon, so keep an eye on this channel.
Not once did he mention if it could withstand a shark bite
Genius! This will save lives and bring light via direct data to global areas that need attention.
You are being watched. Even in deep sea. 👓
I wonder if it has ever picked up a rogue wave or if it would or could measure a rogue waves height
Giant ocean plastic waste cleanup system:
*Allow me to introduce myself*
No. It would need more thrust.
Simply amazing. Interesting and informative. and very cool !
There is one of these here at the marina in Cape Verde, not sure what it is doing here.
an emergency SOS comm function would make gilligan islanders happy
Wonder if two wings would give better performance, control and efficiency wise?
He's on the verge of owning the ocean. Imagine his ability to harvest lobster and crab and tuna! With a few modifications he could open drone-seafish-Restaurant to sell fresh sea product.
clave, what ever happened to Leviticus 11?
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 It went the way of Liv. 19:28
So these would really great for finding people lost at sea? Could find them first before sending people since there could be ton of them out there searching for anything.
These should be used for rescue! If someone is lost at sea, send 20 of them out with heat sensors.
graydon pawlik
Yeah, in 14 years they would complete the search area.
Looks like he is the only one doing all the work.
drones Collect waste store it in a floating capsule with gps tracker on board. Then track the waste and collect how you wish
that sounds remarkably inefficient
Now you've got waste in a floating capsule? More waste
Great, more things to hit on the open sea. Hope they have AIS and are programmed to divert from collision courses with other AIS broadcasting vehicles.
Exactly!
Thank You Kanye, Very Cool!
This rig definitely caught my eye as a windsurfer of 30 years! Cool rig Richard! What kind of tack does it perform, upwind or downwind?
A brilliant genius idea. It's easy to ask a negative question, and only from my amateur perspective... but there are amazing satellites now days that monitor the oceans. Aren't there satellites that can remotely do the same job? How is the data collected by the sailboats better than what can be gathered by satellites? The sailboats are an ingenious design, but hundreds of them all over the world? Would this be then data in conjunction with or subcontracting to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the "NOAA"? Thanks for this fine video and for caring about the planet!
Satellites are expensive and have limited resolution and coverage. Vision is easily blocked by clouds. I don’t know how accurately (if at all) satellites can measure parameters like water temperature, currents, wind speed, humidity etc.
That being said, I don’t see the advantage of a *moving* sensor/weather station like these drones. Stationary buoys (if the ocean is shallow enough to anchor them) should be cheaper and much more reliable.
had you listened as opposed to looking for holes you would have had your questions answered.
is there a thruster? Where is it?
How did they bring it back?
I've seen 2 of these this month in different Australian harbour's one with a smashed sail .
interesting what part
What determines whether you do or don't fit the outriggers, turning Saildrone into a trimaran? And what happens if it overturns with the outriggers?
Autonomous water craft seems great
They can't sink...they just need power. Seasteading can be done better using them.
Amazing. Wind and solar power and data gathering on the high seas.
I see it as nice weapon system. It can drop sail, start engine, and become in torpedo, when it need...
How about purposing the robots to clean up the plastic in the ocean?
Sounds like a great idea
The ocean can clean him self from plastic much faster, we simply have to stop plastic production.
Boyan Slat is doing it already.
Forgimme for being intrusive, but don´t they need to have those green and red indication lights to show other ships where it´s starboard and portside located? They are only noticed by radar? I didn´t see any
1:12 Did he forget about satellites or is there context missing from that quote?
the seal on the back of the drone is the best thing ever
"The honey badger" 🤣😂😂
What about barnacle growth? Oooopsie!
Wow! This is the most beautiful project I've seen in recent years! These drones are perfect for so many functions and this design looks simple and cool. Wish luck to this guy!
They should be made to collect garbage and take it back to a barge.
go look at "the ocean Cleanup"
Not a bad idea
Not sure if that would work, the added drag of carrying a net to collect garbage might make it difficult for the bots to maneuver. Interesting idea though.
Yes, make them do it! Damn filthy robots...
drones Collect waste store it in a floating capsule with gps tracker on board. Then track the waste and collect how you wish
What happens when the cross a shipping lane, and can not mover fast enough to get out of the way of those huge vessels?
i challenge the notion he "invented" that back fin
Yes done decades ago
is this used to patrol antarctica to prevent people going there?
Can’t imagine being stranded in the middle of the pacific, specially down between New Zealand and South America. Literally middle of nowhere
5:56 seals, the "sea dogs"
Isn’t there a chance for them to be mistaken as shipping lane buoys? I’m just interested because they could pose a risk for ships running aground due to them.
Were can you buy these
When the surface is dangerous for the saildrone, go below the surface to wait it out.
I can forsee issues when it comes to abandoned fishing hardware / nets / buoys / seaweed / garbage patches
Blessings to this guy.
This is a really great creation! A lot of great possibilities to make the world better!
Awesome vid, wish I could like it twice
These things need more solar power, a marine grade speaker, a marine grade music player, and the theme to jaws
Also, I want their trimaran and 2 or three of those sails :-D
Its a great initiative...if we can know more about them then we can preserve those spots
Currently reading 'Elon Musk: The quest for a fantastic future', by Mr.Vance. I had no idea you're relevant on youtube too. You shed light on so many important topics. What a brilliant man, and what a BRILLIANT idea this Saildrone is!!! THE FUTURE IS NOW :D
Is that the 2015 book? I read that it was eye-opening! Vance has some tenacity to biography someone who values control and privacy so much
i have a feeling the navy would like a bunch of surveillance ship drones
Can these be used for search and rescue?
do they follow riht of way rules on the sea? i guess technically they are a sailing vessel so they get priority mostly... any AI for that?
I'm very curious how it moves forward, as plane wings work by having thing wing "redirect" airflow to the bottom increasing pressure (wings are very slightly curved inward in the bottom as well as pitched ever so slightly up, creating a high pressure bubble of air below the wing that generates lift), so what part of the vertical wing provides the forward motion? If anyone knows please let me know, it has me stumped. It seems like it would just try to roll if you were to try and recreate the design. Plus planes use propulsion to move forward and wings to go up, how does the drone move forward using only a lift-generating device?
+Alex P Ashton Ahh that makes sense, I imagine the drone would have a significantly smaller top-speed as it has a much smaller sail?
A sail on a boat, even a fabric one is a wing. It works on the same principals but instead of generating lift it generates forward motion. The wing sails on these work in the same way but have some efficiencies in performance but especially in simplicity and strength.
weather- water- and biology measurement...
for risk assesment, for insurance firms, for financial markets and human safety... hmmm
what else you think?