Payload delivery to a drop zone includes selecting a remote location at which to measure a remote wind stick and doing so based at least in part on current weather conditions. This is followed by determining a release point, flying to it, and then dropping the payload from the release point. Determining the release point includes estimating a wind stick at the drop zone based at least in part on the measurement of the remote wind stick.


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    Title :

    WIND ESTIMATION USING REMOTELY-DROPPED DROPSONDE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-06-14


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01W METEOROLOGY , Meteorologie / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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