lib435
Heliman
Location: UK
| hi all, sorry for the delay in posting some photos but things have been busy for me just lately (plus the fact that i can only upload on mondays). Anyway, if you check out my gallery you will see our system set-up, we are using a Joker 2 with a full carvec system (all the modules), actro 24-5 with 18 tooth pinion, 2x8000mah TP lipos, 710 blades, new carvec custom camera mount, 2.4 ghz downlink, canon A640 for stills, Sony HD5 for video and soon to be added is a thermal image camera. Maximum take-off weight is 6.8kgs and Max flight time is about 15 mins but most flights provide enough information after 5-6 mins. First operational incident was a great success and justified all the effort in getting this project off the ground (no pun intended) as the images helped save at least half of the workshop and its contents. Obviously i can only post photos that have already been released into the public domain (newspapers/tv) but i'll keep you updated as best i can. Hopefully this should raise the profile of our machines and people will stop seeing them just as big boys toys.
Thanks for all the support guys,
Graham.........
A thousand nuts and bolts all flying in formation, untill one decides to leave and the rest follow. |
Believe it or not but that one minute clip of film took 1 1/2 hours to shoot. For those that may be interested the heli is a Joker 2 with a full blown Carvec set up (I'll post some pics soon). This project took a year from the initial suggestion to the final purchase of the system with many presentations thrown in. I expect there may be some that are possibly thinking "Oh No, whats a fireman doing with this, does he even know what he is doing"? I have been a heli flyer for 7 years now and its great that my hobby has now become part of my work. Even though our machine is sub 7kgs, I pre-empted the proposed changes to the ANO by including the restrictions for vehicles of over 7kgs in our operating procedures/documents. There have been a few other Police/Fire services who have trialled a lightweight system (Micro-Drone) and i later found out that the people conducting these trials had no r/c experience whatsoever and therefore no understanding of the Air Navigation Order, they were just suckered in by the salesman. I beliieve this may have been a contributary factor to the proposed changes to the ANO.(see my posts in Changes to CAA Regulations) Anyway, if anyone wants more info on the heli then just let me know and i'll oblige.
