Pattern E — Wind Turbine Flight Pattern

Drone capture geometry for a wind turbine in Y-locked rotor position. For the Omniris 3D Splatting Pipeline.

Safety: Rotor must be locked stationary for the entire capture. The lower blade tips sweep a circle of radius equal to blade length, centered on the hub. Any drone path inside that circle below hub height is at catastrophic risk if the rotor releases. Verify lock visually and with the operator before takeoff.

2D reference

Pattern E wind turbine flight pattern, front elevation and plan view Front elevation showing a wind turbine in Y-locked position with five drone capture passes at different altitudes plus a nadir overflight, and a plan view showing the rotor sweep circle and concentric orbit radii. Front elevation Ground High orbit Hub level Mid tower Low Nadir High −45° Hub 0° (critical) Mid −10° Low +15° Blade-tip sweep (exclusion zone) Plan view (top-down) Rotor sweep — exclusion zone Rotor axis Hub-level orbit r ≥ 1.5× blade length High & mid orbits r ≈ 1× blade length Low orbit r ≈ 0.5× blade length (below blade reach)

3D scene

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Drone position Orbit path Blade-tip sweep (exclusion zone)