Lightweight Wind Sensors for Drones

By Mike Ball / 26 Jan 2022

Wind Sensors – Weather Stations & Meteorology

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FT Technologies wind sensors for drones brochure FT Technologies has released a brochure that provides an overview of the advantages of using wind sensors on UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), and also details the company’s Acu-Res ultrasonic technology.

Download the full brochure here, or visit this page for more case studies featuring FT Technologies wind sensors

The brochure covers:

Why wind sensors are useful for UAVs
How Acu-Res ultrasonic technology has been developed with drones in mind
Case study – an unmanned fixed-wing seaplane
Case study – forest fire monitoring
Case study – urban air mobility (UAM)
Case study – measuring wake turbulence around wind turbines
An overview of the FT205 and FT742-SM wind sensors for UAVs

FT Technologies’ low-SWaP (size, weight and power) ultrasonic wind sensors are ideal for integration into drone platforms for a wide variety of missions. To find out more, download the full brochure here.

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