February 15, 2016

Aerial Videos

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We are often asked “how stable are your aerial HD video cameras?”

Zoom, scene lock and pan are demonstrated in the following video.
The plane was traveling about 80kts, at an altitude of 1750 feet, and was approximately 1 mile from the target.

 

Targeting and tracking moving objects are demonstrated in the following video.
The plane was travelling about 90kts, at an altitude of 1800 feet, and was approximately 2 miles from the target.

The camera is mounted on a 2 axis gimbal that is mounted inside our aerial camera platform and mounted to the strut of a Cessna 172. The plane was travelling about 90kts, at an altitude of 1800 feet, and was approximately 2 miles from the target.

SkyIMD's aerial video platform SkyIMD's aerial video platform

 

How it works
The operator uses a joystick to control the camera while previewing the video on a laptop computer. The software on the laptop also displays a moving map displaying camera position, orientation and actual footprint on the ground along with several GPS data sets.

ASI in Gonzales, LA controling the camera from inside the cabin

This video on this page was passed through an AJA Ki-Pro recorder to record these sequences. The video could have been securely streamed, real-time, to the ground using SkyIMD’s data link option.

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