9 Jul
2004
9 Jul
'04
9:41 a.m.
At 11:59 AM 7/9/04 -0700, you wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Forward Looking Infrared Reciever. It's the device that let you see at
night. These are sensative enough to see body heat or even the heat
generated by air friction of a moving aircraft. Sensativity is WELL under 1
degree. This is the same FLIR used on the Apache helicopters but with a
different field of view. You've probably seen on TV what they can do. But
to really appreciate what they can do you have to wait till a woman walks
in front of one :-)
Joe
Interesting. Spar is probably the largest
Aerospace company in Canada.
They made the robotic arm for the space schuttle and they made FLIRs for
us. FWIW after the program was cancelled a lot of the hardware ended up
being scrapped and I found a 99% complete FLIR in a scrap yard. I'm now the
proud owner of it :-)
What in tarnations is a FLIR?
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