I have been thinking about making this method more accurate. It appears that they are loaded sideways and then dropped, a method to orientate them vertically before dropping will reduce drag on the way down, accelerating its fall. The faster the falling, the less influence from side winds at any point down. To reduce the issue of the fin stabilised section getting pushed more than the nose, which can influence flight from vertical, I also have a simple solution but won’t mention here.
I think there could be a further refinement using a light, 3D printed caddy that can carry several items, and integrating with it the function of accurately knowing the pitch of the aircraft, which tells you more precisely whether you are perfectly over the target. This could be engineered to perform the side-ways to vertical transition of the items. There are other solutions but would rely on a different drone design, but I think that could be advantageous anyway, these have relatively short range which can be extended with a different design.
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Great, but one thing, I noticed a miss.
I have been thinking about making this method more accurate. It appears that they are loaded sideways and then dropped, a method to orientate them vertically before dropping will reduce drag on the way down, accelerating its fall. The faster the falling, the less influence from side winds at any point down. To reduce the issue of the fin stabilised section getting pushed more than the nose, which can influence flight from vertical, I also have a simple solution but won’t mention here.
I think there could be a further refinement using a light, 3D printed caddy that can carry several items, and integrating with it the function of accurately knowing the pitch of the aircraft, which tells you more precisely whether you are perfectly over the target. This could be engineered to perform the side-ways to vertical transition of the items. There are other solutions but would rely on a different drone design, but I think that could be advantageous anyway, these have relatively short range which can be extended with a different design.