REFLECTOR: Velocity FLIR
Richard J. Gentil
richard at naples-air-center.com
Wed Jun 24 14:54:10 CDT 2009
I have seen Blue Mountain Avionics selling one too for around $9k:
EOS Panorama Brochure Part 1
<http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/pdf/eos_final_brochure_front_revb.pdf>
EOS Panorama Brochure Part 2
<http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/pdf/eos_brochure_back_revb.pdf>
Richard
SlvEgl99 at aol.com wrote:
> There is now a commercial FLIR system available STC'd to the likes of
> Cessna 182 for $15,000. What is the estimated cost of this one?
>
> Bob Wood
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2009 11:37:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bobj at computer.org writes:
>
> For people who may be interested, we have developed, test flown,
> and posted a demonstration video of a prototype FLIR (Forward
> Looking Infrared ‘night vision’) camera system for our Velocity
> (N2XF):
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> The primary purpose of the FLIR is to help the pilot avoid things
> he needs to miss (like cell phone and communications towers), and
> find things he needs to find (like the runway) at night and in
> poor visibility conditions. The Blended Vision FLIR technology is
> derived from 25-30 years of development for military and aerospace
> applications. The image from the current prototype is displayed
> in the ‘Video’ mode on our GRT Technology ‘HX’ EFIS cockpit
> displays. We also record the video from the FLIR in real time
> onto a laptop (which is what we used to create the demonstration
> video).
>
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>
> If you’d like to see what FLIR imagery looks like, as flown on a
> Velocity, go to the Blended Vision website and to the Flight Test
> Video tab. This demo video was created from the first three FLIR
> test flights that were flown late last week and over the weekend.
>
>
>
> http://www.blendedvisionllc.com/flight_video
>
>
>
> Bob Jackson
>
> Blended Vision, LLC
>
> Velocity XL/RG
>
> N2XF
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