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Airbus inspection by drone
Airbus has demonstrated how it is using the latest drone technology to help carry out visual aircraft inspections. The manual launch of the drone during its demonstration flight over the A380 in the static park at the Farnborough Airshow. (Airbus) The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), showcased on the A350 and A380 at last week’s Farnborough Airshow, is equipped with a high definition camera and performs visual inspections of the upper sections of the aircraft’s fuselage. It is flown using an… (www.airlinerworld.com) Plus d'info...
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In my book that's ok for non scheduled no reason inspections. But for regular inspections and inspection wanted due to a concern it's best to do hands on inspections. Lighting of pictures and not having a true 3D type of perception from moving around inspection sites could miss some aircraft skin and leakage problems. Just convert the drone into a hover around watching baggage loaders to display in the aircraft on the movie screen while bussing around showing passengers the plane. $5 extra you can have the drone take your picture while looking out of the plane with the picture emailed to wherever you like.
