Captured this guy doing some sort of low-flying surveying. The way they were flying around erratically and extremely low got me curious. Looked up the aircraft: the leasing company photos didn’t show this device.
Anybody recognize this payload or device?
7 Comments
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
Could be anything, but as a geophysicist, I assume it is a ground penetrating radar or similar. I don't see a lens that would suggest it is a spectrometer. And it's missing the characteristic shape of a lidar. Could theoretically be a scintillatometer (gamma ray spectrometer) --
In most cases the data will be much better lower to the ground.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Bell Jetranger, tail N233MH registered out of LA, by way of Meridian Helicopters LLC, last flown in Colorado.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
LIDAR pipeline inspection
https://www.lasen.com/helicopter-alpis
General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
OMG yes, perfect explanation! I had suspected something to do with pipelines, mostly due to the absolute whacky flight paths I saw when I looked it up on FlightAware. Thanks!
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
what are you up too General Shenanigans?
General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yes
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y