TornadoVideos.net RC Plane

Partnering with Radiance Technologies of Oxford, MS, TornadoVideos.net will soon be flying this RC plane and dropping parachute probes around tornadoes. With a 12 foot wingspan, this "Super-Hauler" will be capable of carrying 8-10 weather data and HD video probes, that will be dropped in the tornado inflow region and pulled into the circulation by a parachute system. The TornadoVideos.net plane will be deployed in Tornado Alley beginning late season 2009.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tornado
• plane
• video
• footage
• storm
• chaser
• TornadoVideos.net
• Reed Timmer
• Chris Chittick

[2muchskill4you]

ok, now try flying that in 150mph winds and golfball sized hail.

[crashnburn2109]

i wanted to see the plane get sucked up by an f5

[MegaRenEau]

Good Landing ... Yeahh .. ^;^ ..

[syikie]

Lolol do you seriously think a little parachute will save your rader (or whatever it is... i guess it's something like that) while your flying in a tornado....... it gets thrown away and you will never find it back (maybe a few pieces though ^^)

[kgpatrick21]

So...uhh... where's the tornado?

[HermanDerGerman]

What about high performance model rockets? Not the ones with d motors but those crazy big ones?? Shoot it in tornado, deploy probe, done.

[31runescapepie]

@dalittleman001 there using it to launch probes for footage of tornados so they dont have to get really close

[Fourteen88SoCal]

balsa wood and tornadoes don't mix!

[mousavsm]

@dalittleman001 I think that may be the planes name? Not really sure.

[dalittleman001]

and what did this have to do with tornadoes?

[GraveHorizon]

I was expecting the plane to fly into a tornado. I was disappointed. :(

[W4UAV]

That BTE Super Hauler sounds fantastic in the air!