"While my interest is not in adding stability to a quadcopter, I am very much interested in adding horizontal thrust. I invite you to have a look at how that might make quads used for vertical profiling of the atmospheric boundary layer more useful…"

"There is a need to make meteorological measurements - initially in the 1000m or so above the ground. They could be used to feed numerical models predicting the evolution of local conditions, conduct air pollution surveys, support generic research…"