Evaluation of Glider Coatings Against Biofouling for Improved Flight Performance
2011
Moline, Mark A. | Wendt, Dean
Autonomous buoyancy-driven gliders are becoming an increasingly important platform for the Navy for semi-continuous oceanographic observations and a host of applications. Glider systems in use suffer in flight performance from biofouling. We evaluated the coatings of the 3 glider types currently in use. Results from the lab assays showed, only the not-toxic CS#1 coating showed results comparable to the Silastic T2 PDMSe standard Results of water jet field testing showed no coatings performed as a true foul-release coating in comparison to the foul-release standard Intersleek More effective antifouling coating on the gliders is recommended to improve flight performance
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