As we have seen that most powerful and expensive quadcopters being swept away by prevailing wind gusts and losing connection with the controller, and even that “fail-safe” GPS-enabled Return To Home feature will struggle and oftentimes fail when flying into a strong headwind.
How to make it reliable and robust for sever weather conditions?
The following biomimicry study might be relevant:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41011654
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/8/170077
First, you have to ask yourself if you are ready to lose the quad in bad weather and if it can handle the winds, etc. If that's still a go, then you can apply a hydrophobic coating. This will keep water from seeping into the electronics. You can get that material in form of spray cans.
Dear Liebschner,
There are various ways through which we can make a quadcopter waterproofed.
The problem is "How to sustain a quad-copter to do surveillance in a strong wind"?
Kindly guide in this context.
It is very interesting read about Birds and insects overcoming bursty weather. I believe there is something about the aerodynamic shape of drones which could help mitigate the effect of strong winds etc. I can join anyone who is interested to take it up as a project.
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