Russian unmanned electric aircraft "Owl" fell into a zone of strong turbulence and became unusable. This was stated by Izvestiya Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Foundation for Advanced Studies Vitaly Davydov.
According to him, the tests of the device are completed. "There was a long flight at an altitude of about 20 thousand meters. Unfortunately, the device fell into a zone of strong turbulence and received serious damage, "Davydov said..
The specialist assured that by the time of the device's breakdown, the developers "got all the necessary data, were convinced of both the prospects of the research direction and the correctness of the chosen design solutions".