Heavy-duty drones are put into use to ensure the weather monitoring layout of the alpine track of the Changchun Winter Games

China News Service, Jilin, November 12 (Reporter Cang Yan Shi Hongyu) On the 12th, reporters learned from the Jilin Meteorological Bureau that the snow venue of the Jilin City subdivision of the Changchun 2027 33rd Universiade Winter Games (hereinafter referred to as the "Changchun Winter Games") used heavy-duty drones to hoist and transport meteorological monitoring equipment, breaking up the transportation bottleneck of observation points on the alpine track.

The roar of the propellers came from far to near. A heavy-duty drone lifted off steadily with weather monitoring equipment and flew along the mountain track to the starting observation point. Reporters at the scene saw that before the drone took off, the staff carefully checked the safety protection conditions such as hoisting ropes and equipment fixation.

The heavy-duty drone takes off. Photo by Shi Hongyu

As the command was given, the drone slowly lifted off the ground. The hanging weather monitoring equipment swayed slightly in the wind, but soon returned to stability and flew to the observation point along the predetermined route. On the ground, the staff stared at the remote control screen to monitor the flight attitude in real time.

Pang Peilin, chief of the Business Science and Technology Section of the Jilin Meteorological Bureau, said that the road conditions in the high mountain competition area are poor, the risk of manual transportation is high, and the transfer time is long. Equipment transportation has become the main problem restricting the installation progress. The Jilin Meteorological Bureau paid close attention to the time node, seized the construction period, actively coordinated with the Tower Group, and used heavy-duty drones to hoist and transport the weather monitoring equipment to various observation points such as the starting point and the middle point of the track for installation, effectively avoiding the safety risks of manual handling and significantly shortening the transfer time.

"In the past, people had to carry equipment up the mountain, and the trip took a long time, and the safety risks were greater when encountering steep slopes and snow-covered roads. Now drones can be transported in a few minutes, and efficiency and safety are guaranteed." Pang Peilin said that this move has filled up the blind spots in mountain track monitoring and built a three-dimensional event weather service monitoring and guarantee system.

Currently, the installation of weather monitoring equipment at the ski resort is nearing completion.