Unmanned Aerial Mapping Services

Skywalker Specification

Geo Sense Skywalker Specification (customization):

Body material : Foam with Carbon Fiber Tail
Length : 1,180 mm
Wing Span : 1,810 mm
Weight With pay load : 3.3 kg
Autopilot type : APM / Pixhawk
Motor Spec : High torque brushless AXI2826 / 12 Gold Line
Battery power : LiPo 4s 10,000 Mah
Propeller Spec : APC 11" x 7"
Flight time : Up to 45 min
UAV Altitude Capability : 500 ft to 2500 ft (280m to 60m)
UAV Operational Altitude : 1000 ft (320 m)
Total Per Flight Distance : 40 km
Telemetry Distance : 5 km
Mapping coverage area per 40 min flight mission : 3.5 - 4 km2 per flight (Depending on flight plan shape)
Coverage mapping productivity per day : 8 - 12 km2 per day

 

UAV Specification

 


 


 

Geo Sense Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Specification (customization):

Body material : Based on Electra Pro top airframe. Epoxy Fiberglass with Gel Coat model and Carbon fiber airframe model
Length : 1,230 mm
Wing Span : 2.550 mm
Weight Without payload : 2.5 kg without load
Weight With payload : 3.3 kg with load
Autopilot type : Micropilot
Standard Load : Caliberated digital camera, FPV and video camera system
Motor Spec : High torque brushless AXI2820/10 Gold Line
Battery power : Original 8200 Mah - Modified to 13500 Mah
Propeller Spec. : Aeronaut 13"x 8" folding with 50 mm holder
Flight time : Up to 45 min
UAV Altitude Capability : 500 ft to 2500 ft (280m to 600m)
UAV Operational Altitude : 1000 ft (320 m)
Total Per Flight Distance : 40 km
Telemetry Distance : 5 km
Micropilot Telemetry Signal : 2.4 GHz
RC radio signal : 35 MHz
FPF signal : 1.3 GHz
Mapping coverage area per 40 min flight mission : 3.5 - 4 km2 per flight (depending on flight plan shape)
Coverage mapping productivity per day : 8 - 12 km2 per day
Coverage mapping for line area such as piping and electrical transmission : Coverage requirement of 0.5 km x "n" km -  5 to 10 km distance per day

 

Benefits of Using Geo Sense Glider Based UAV


Setellite imaging Manned Aircraft UAV
Typical Coverage Per Day

A typical size of coverage per layer or scene is 60 x 60 km or 3,600 km2. Higher res sat. like Geoeyes is 2000 km2 per scene.

400 km2 8 - 10 km2
New Acquisition to Delivery Depending on cloud - New tasking for Malaysia 1 - 4 months 2 weeks to 2 months Less than 2 weeks (for 30 km2) 4 days image acq. 5-7 days image processing
Altitude 300 km - 500 km (Space) 2000 - 10,000 ft 500 ft to 2000 ft
Subject to strict flying regulation No Yes No
Image resolution pixel per cm 60 cm - 200 cm 20 cm - 60 cm 8 cm - 15 cm
Issues Cloud cover Cloud and weather Weather and wind
Original Format Ready - GeoTiff, Ortho, Multispec GeoTiff, RAW, multiple inc. Hyper/Multispec, LIDAR etc. JPEG and RAW. RGB image
Acquiring Cost RM150 to 600 per km2 min. 10 km2 . Sample SPOT pricing. Min. aircraft engagement RM80,000. RM1000 per km2 Typical 400 km2 coverage task, RM400,000, aircraft, equipment rental and image processing. RM2000 km2 for typical 30km2 coverage - including image processing and georef. The cost can reduce to RM1600 per km2 for larger coverage.
Sample Image Clouds issues - sample image res.as typical google earth image.

[1] http://www.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r146_9_pricelist_spot_en_2012.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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