Here are the videos from the June 15 Macksville, KS tornado and the
June 17 tornadoes north of Gibbon, NE and west of Aurora, NE, as shot
from the TornadoVideos.net SRV. The June 15 tornado was definitely one
of the strongest of the year, ripping trees out of the ground as it
crossed the road in front of us, and then turned southwest and headed
straight toward our location! I tried to back up away from this
tornado as it was too strong for intercept, but encountered a minor
obstacle... The Radiance Technologies/TornadoVideos.net RC Plane
successfully deployed a parachute probe into this tornado from the
southeast, and it was lifted from 400 feet where it was dropped to an
altitude of above 3500 feet before being carred for ~6 miles!
The first video below from June 17 is of the first two tornadoes produced by this supercell just north of Gibbon, NE. We attempted to intercept the first tornado but it roped out just as it reached our north-south road, and the second tornado was just as short-lived. Still though, the RC Plane was able to deploy 5 parachute probes into the inflow region of the second tornado (aerial video coming soon) as we in the SRV Dominator were attempting to collect vertical wind data near/in the tornadoes with the mobile radar.
The first video below from June 17 is of the first two tornadoes produced by this supercell just north of Gibbon, NE. We attempted to intercept the first tornado but it roped out just as it reached our north-south road, and the second tornado was just as short-lived. Still though, the RC Plane was able to deploy 5 parachute probes into the inflow region of the second tornado (aerial video coming soon) as we in the SRV Dominator were attempting to collect vertical wind data near/in the tornadoes with the mobile radar.
Your TIV needs to be improved by the frame structure. Using a semi frame would give you more stability. Your stabilizer should be made of stronger steel, postioned differently. These things will give you a better chance of going into the center of the tornado and be able to get the shot you want.
Posted by: John Metzger | July 18, 2009 at 03:16 PM
hi guys, love the show. i have some pretty cool pics of offshore water spouts that id love to share with you guys.
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Posted by: jimmy | October 22, 2009 at 11:16 AM
The use of a remote control aircraft for this purpose may be a violation of State and Federal law. If this site is administrated, I would appreciate it if the production company would contact me at the Kansas Department of Transportation Aviation Division.
Posted by: C. Edward Young | November 23, 2009 at 11:04 AM
i am your bigest fan . i am a twelve year old boy . there is a severe tornado waring in florida .keep up the good work .
Posted by: alex | December 02, 2009 at 08:12 PM