Wind turbine cleaning and de-icing drone

I would assume so... but it can charge it's own drone, so that's cool. I wonder what they use, since the turbine is never going to be under the the same atmospheric conditions a plane at altitude would be. We need @guest_

I don’t have an exact answer. For protection of turbines that encounter frequent icing several systems exist and may be used based on client preference. Passive systems include electrical heating of the blades, or hot air jets as common methods- as well as specialized coatings and paints which are icephobic. In active protection it’s likely chemicals similar to those of aircraft are used but I don’t have any proof. Considering though- due to the highly critical nature of aircraft and the more varied conditions, altidues, and orientations they face, certain surface treatments might not hold up in those applications but hold up on turbines fine. Also consider the aircraft flight surfaces are much smaller and less ice causes larger problems. Based on my information I’d suspect the drone system is used where de icing either isn’t a regular issue to save on costs of a more permanent system where no needed, or where an existing turbine lacks sufficient de icing but the costs aren’t realistic

Interesting, I know for aircraft deicing it can become ineffective while still on the ground. An airliner crashed because it took off 45 minutes after deicing. But you’re right that the turbines aren’t going into clouds like the airliner did

boom goes the dynamite.