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High Speed Video Recording for Cargo Aircraft Testing
A leading aircraft manufacturer uses AOS high speed cameras for developments on the most modern cargo plane.
The cameras are directly mounted on the wing tips and the tail. The cameras must function stand alone during the mission. Due to the severe environmental conditions AOS developed an airborne worthy housing for protecting the camera and optical systems against environmental impacts. The housing comes with comprehenisve interface electronics for embedding into the aircrafts system. An anti-fog control is implemented as well to avoid blurry pictures due to moisture on lenses or front glass coverage.
The system including the camera underwent severe environmental testing and certification by an independent laboratory according MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461.
Automotive Crash Test Facility
In automotive crash tests, high speed cameras record the details of impacts and provide in-depth insights crucial in designing safe cars.
High speed cameras used in these tests often undergo severe shocks when used on board. One of the core competences of AOS is designing and building these cameras for the automotive crash test market.
A leading crash test service provider planned a new state of the art high speed video infrastructure together with AOS. In addition the company has different makes of high speed cameras for all kind of applications. The infrastructure in place consists of fiber optic links to the camera locations. The main control PC runs an universal control software from a 3rd party provider communicating with the different brands of high speed cameras. The combined project team of AOS and customer evaluated possibilities and needed camera operation always taking the economical side into considerations. Th result is a state of the art safe in operation test facility that serves the needs of today's crash tests.
Airborne Store Separation Recording
In military application there are numerous tests where high speed cameras are imminent to provide insight on high speed events.
Application ranging from use of camera onboard fighter aircraft for weapon system integration to ground tests where mechanical systems undergo stress tests.
For an airborne application the X-EMA camera underwent an extensive evaluation period with a world renowned military aircraft manufacturer. The camera was mounted in several positions including in the aircraft body and under the wings exposed to the natural environment.
Together with this aircraft manufacturer many hardware extensions as well as hardware and firmware modifications have been developed.
The camera was set for multiple sequence recording and with each flight 2-4 sequences have been taken. After the last recording was finished the download to the built in CF card started automatically while the aircraft returned to the base. On arrival of the aircraft the data was already stored in the Compact Flash card. The ground staff connected the Gigabit Ethernet link to the cameras after arrival and streamed the data to disk. For data security the CF card was removed and stored until the data was transferred to the central archive.