Check out this video of the TornadoVideos.net remote-controlled plane that will be deploying parachute probes into tornadoes beginning in a week or so (weather permitting of course!). The probe and plane technology was built at Radiance Technologies in Oxford, MS, and the plane itself was built by Bruce Tharpe at Bruce Tharpe Engineering. The TVN RC Plane has a 12-foot wing span, and is capable of transporting 8-10 weather data and HD camera probes, designed to be sucked into the tornadic circulation by the attached parachutes. Check out the video below for the demo of this aerial field project. Stay tuned for more pictures and video of the plane in action this tornado season!
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May 21, 2009
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That is, I have to say, a pretty good idea!
Posted by: Tori | May 21, 2009 at 05:36 PM
WHAT A JOKE! THIS IS HILARIOUS! REED IS A POSER. HAHAHA. HE ISNT A SCIENTIST, EVEN IF HE GETS DATA WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT?!?!?
Posted by: this is a joke right? | May 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Tori. He is less then a year away from his Doctorates in Meterology.SO he IS a scientist. PLEASE KEEP YOU BS COMMENTS TO YOURSELF....
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how is that gonna work? you get it too close to a tornado and it will either get hit with debris or crash and burn. Sounds like a waste of money to me but we shall see.
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We have a better system that's deployed and operational using rockets to launch radiosonde payloads into tornadic supercells. Check out http://www.glendaproject.org
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