 Unmanned Gliders Seek Lift
On Aug 18, 4:41 pm, sisu1a <p...@eaglebrandproducts.com> wrote:
> Boy, I don't like the sound of this. Bas enough we have to share open
> sky with powered UAV's in ever increasing numbers, now the possibility
> of sharing thermals too? Yikes. Mars is sounding better every day!
>
> It would indeed yield the highly coveted 'thermal sniffer' (probably
> the very instrument Johnson described in Kemp's video), but to me
> would not at all be worth the price... (soaring with UAV's)
>
> Violently Opposed,
> -Paul
Once all UK gliders are equipped with Mode-S transponders,
the UAVs will be able to use gliders to act as thermal sniffers,
and will then come and join us in the thermal :)
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