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Bashy Posted at 2018-8-17 20:56
I have proven that any turbulence from the blades is not worth mentioning, it has NIL effect on our drones. My P4P happily hovered behind turbine in 30mph gusts whilst chatting to 2 traffic cops that was interested In the video i was about 80m away, i thought it was about 50m but googles not often wrong lol the part i didnt video i was closer, i wont say how much closer but suffice to say, there is nil effect, even if there was, its not noticeable, the ac would compensated quite easily I will also say that there was no interefence what so ever from the blades nor the nacelle, again, i wont say how close i was but i will say that a drone could not have safely flown between me and and it ;) thats open to a lot but think minimal
Near the nacelle, the blades are moving really slowly, no reason there would be much turbulence there, nearly all the turbulence comes off the blade tips where they are doing 180mph, and close to the blades the turbulence is small but very strong. If you are close to the back of the turbine then you are unlikely to be affected, further back where the turbulence has spread out there should be noticeable effects for quite a long distance back.
Maybe the turbines you encountered have anti-radar coatings to avoid interfering with your reception, one of the biggest problems with large turbines is their affect on air traffic control and military radars. |
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