Sometime in the last 13 years of constant Air Force RPA use, someone decided they needed to know what the winds were like, and specifically what it is doing to the yaw, or the motion of the aircraft on its vertical axis. And that same someone decided hey, when taking off, we have a camera looking straight ahead… so let’s hang something off the front of the system and see how it blows. And hence, the inclusion of horsehair to the front of the Air Force’ fleet of high-tech unmanned systems began. the little low-tech solution actually works out really well during takeoffs
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