Elios 2
About
About Elios 2
Elios 2 is Flyability’s collision-tolerant inspection drone for navigating enclosed industrial spaces with a protective cage around its rotors. A pilot uses the live camera feed to examine structures, with optical and thermal cameras recording together. The optical system captures 4K video and 12-megapixel still images for closer inspection.
Distance Lock assists the pilot in maintaining separation from a surface, while altitude control helps hold height. Adjustable onboard lighting and camera tilt support inspection from different angles. During flight, the pilot can mark points of interest; these are reviewed with the recordings in Flyability Inspector to connect observations with the inspection record.
Timeline
- Elios 2 inspects Chernobyl Reactor Five
2020-11-12 - Deployment - The collision-tolerant drone crossed a 70-metre wall to enter inaccessible areas. Its imagery showed that the holding pools were empty and no nuclear waste was present. The historic mission supported reactor decommissioning and was not a standing site deployment.
Source - KWO uses Elios 2 for inspection work in a Swiss mountain project
2020-10-14 - Deployment - The drone kept personnel out of a hazardous inspection area. Inspectors collected the visual data needed to assess whether construction could proceed safely. The deployment occurred at a mountain-pass infrastructure project.
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