IF1200A
About
About IF1200A
IF1200 is a folding heavy-lift hexacopter with an open payload bay for lidar, mapping, inspection and multisensor equipment. The aircraft carries substantial professional payloads while maintaining flight endurance suited to survey and infrastructure missions.
A universal payload interface provides mechanical attachment, power and data connections for customer equipment. The US-built platform uses NDAA-compliant components and supports Blue UAS-aligned government procurement. Inspired Flight supplies aircraft integration, payload engineering and field support.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: City of Troy live utility-line maintenance work, Professional aerial survey sites, Environmental survey and research sites
- Control modes: Remotely Piloted, Remotely Piloted Or Waypoint Autonomous
- Power-line inspection
Customer-site use - Support aerial rope-pull and live-line maintenance on utility infrastructure with a Linebird payload. - environment: City of Troy live utility-line maintenance work
Source - Mapping and photogrammetry
Claimed - Collect high-resolution imagery for photogrammetric survey mapping. - environment: Professional aerial survey sites
Source - Aerial LiDAR surveying
Claimed - Carry a LiDAR payload to collect terrain and structure data for 3D survey models. - environment: Professional aerial survey sites
Source - Environmental monitoring
Claimed - Collect multispectral data for environmental analysis and research. - environment: Environmental survey and research sites
Source
Observed use
Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.
- YellowScan Mapper and Mapper+ lidar payloads
2023-10-05 - Evaluation - Mounted - Physical - Case Study: Environmental Monitoring and Analysis using LiDAR Technology
Source
Supply
Supply / Components
- Inspired Flight IF1200A
Aerial Camera Payload - sensors - Phase One - Inspired Flight offers a plug-and-play IF1200A configuration with the Phase One P3 100MP payload - source: inspiredflight.com
Source - Inspired Flight IF1200A
Thermal Camera Payload - sensors - Workswell - Inspired Flight lists Workswell WIRIS Pro and Enterprise payload configurations for IF1200A - source: docs.inspiredflight.com
Source - Inspired Flight IF1200
Aerial Tool Payload - utility_payloads - Linebird - Inspired Flight offers Linebird's Osprey payload system as an IF1200 option - source: shop.inspiredflight.com
Source
Context
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