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by Ancapistani 1896 days ago
> 2+ hours? Dang, what COTS UAS achieves that?

I had the Autel Dragonfish in mind with that statement: https://auteldrones.com/pages/dragonfish-detail

> Also keep in mind that range and payload weight is likely a huge factor here... the ability to deploy and move long distances, circle rapidly at altitude for a wide FOV with frequent insights at new angles... can your thermal quad do that?

Most of it, but it’s not exactly the right tool for this. A fixed wing is more appropriate I’d say.

> Does it have multiple magnitudes of optical zoom?

Mine doesn’t, but they exist. The Dragonfish has 4x (and could be much closer to the subject)

> The ability to overlay situational awareness info like street intersections based on positional lock?

Sure - GPS metadata and camera angle are included in the stream, so that can be added by the base station on the fly.

> I am curious. Maybe your solutions do achieve this. But I was impressed from an optics perspective, SA HUD perspective, etc.

Oh, I am too! I’m just saying that it seems like overkill for this particular mission.