Low level in the eye of a storm. NOAA Coyote
How would you fly accurately 200 miles off shore near the surface of the ocean when it rises and falls by 50′ Alan Leonardi, Deputy Director, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Joe Cione speak to Patrick and Gene in our latest podcast episode #41 NOAA Unmanned Systems Applications
NOAA are using the air launched BAE Coyote in a collaboration first announced in 2010. The airframe is in reality a beefed up sonobouy. Just shy of 6kgs in weight the aircraft unfolds it’s wings once it is air dropped from a standard A sized sono tube. The Coyote cruises between 6o and 75 knots and can stay in the air for an hour and a half in some configurations.
