{"id":22894,"date":"2022-06-01T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=22894"},"modified":"2022-06-01T01:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:46:26","slug":"drones-to-face-a-hurricane-force-test-this-season-by-noaa-hurricane-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/drones-to-face-a-hurricane-force-test-this-season-by-noaa-hurricane-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones to face a hurricane-force test this season by NOAA Hurricane Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hurricane Hunters at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland are some of the only people who fly into a hurricane on purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rup-P5Pkm0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even they have areas they will not go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cWith these uncrewed systems, we can now collect data in the parts of the storm that we don\u2019t want to be,\u201d said Lt. Commander Becky Shaw, a Hurricane Hunter and test pilot at NOAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA has been testing three models of uncrewed aircrafts that drop out of the Hurricane Hunter P-3 planes, including the Altius-600 and BlackSwift models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are able to collect data in lower altitudes that have never before been captured, due to crew safety risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A crew member will be operating the drone while on the Hurricane Hunter plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to launch it in a tube form, it\u2019ll spread its wings in flight and it will fly at a low altitude while we\u2019re at our normal 8-10,000 foot altitude and we\u2019ll be collecting data from both aircrafts,\u201d said LCDR Shaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike dropsondes, which take a snapshot of conditions as they fall to Earth, the drones can stay in the air for hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cTo be able to fly those altitudes in and out, it\u2019s going to change a lot of what we know about these storms,\u201d said LCDR Shaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crews have been testing the aircrafts\u2019 abilities to safely drop from the plane, stay in range and collect accurate information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow we\u2019re ready to go to take it into a storm which I think this year will be the first year that we take this into a storm and then see how the data comes back,\u201d said LCDR Shaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the drones have completed their mission and transmitted the data, they will not be able to be recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re responsible for making sure it\u2019s not going to hang out out there and go find a ship or go find another plane. So we make sure that the system will land on the water, it will ditch into the water once we get all the data off of it,\u201d said LCDR Shaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hurricane Hunters at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland are some of the only people who fly into a hurricane on purpose. 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