Still too nasty for flight test, but here are more ground tests of the thermal camera - this time in fog. Drone was on the garage floor and the wife was 100 ft out in the woods. This was challenging because she had her back to me and was all bundled up with no flesh exposed.
First pic is visible light. Wife is between the two trees to the left of the basket ball goal. All other pics are tests of various settings. 28 and 32 are playing with the isotherm settings. The isotherm settings permit you to specify a specific temp range. It's obvious that you need to experiment and understand the thermal settings because what is optimum at night will be different from daylight in the fog. You need to become proficient at dialing in the optimum thermal setting for the conditions. The isotherm shows great promise once you understand the best settings for the specific conditions the drone is in.
It's apparent that extensive practice and testing with the thermal camera settings in all kinds of conditions is required to be able to effectively use the M2ED for SAR operations.
First pic is visible light. Wife is between the two trees to the left of the basket ball goal. All other pics are tests of various settings. 28 and 32 are playing with the isotherm settings. The isotherm settings permit you to specify a specific temp range. It's obvious that you need to experiment and understand the thermal settings because what is optimum at night will be different from daylight in the fog. You need to become proficient at dialing in the optimum thermal setting for the conditions. The isotherm shows great promise once you understand the best settings for the specific conditions the drone is in.
It's apparent that extensive practice and testing with the thermal camera settings in all kinds of conditions is required to be able to effectively use the M2ED for SAR operations.
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