REFLECTOR: Velocity FLIR

[John Dibble]

Cool!  Does it work in the clouds (IFR)?

John

Bob Jackson wrote:

> 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).
>
> 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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