Overview of the development and advantages of new, larger fairings for the iRobot Seaglider

iRobot has developed a new, larger set of fairings for Seaglider. The design of the new fairing significantly increases Seaglider´s volume and mass payload capabilities while reducing total drag on the vehicle. Payload volume is increased by 6.5 times and payload mass is doubled over the original design. Development over the course of a year involved computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis, prototyping, and ocean testing to arrive at an optimized design solution.