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Posted: 4/27/2018 6:26:47 PM EDT

How about this long range pan/tilt thermal imager manufactured by Elbit. Got it up and running this week and it's pretty sweet, it has 3 fields of view and reaches out a looong way! I will try to get some video from it this weekend and post it.

20180423_174020 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr

20180423_174011 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr

Posted: 4/27/2018 6:34:55 PM EDT

[#1]

Dam thats heavy duty.

Posted: 4/27/2018 6:58:17 PM EDT

[#2]

I am guessing that uses a cooled array? Any idea on the focal length(s)?

Posted: 4/27/2018 7:10:52 PM EDT

[#3]

So....how much counter weight will I need on the helmet and does Wilcox make a mount for it?

Looking forward to pics/video this weekend!

Posted: 4/27/2018 7:43:30 PM EDT

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I am guessing that uses a cooled array? Any idea on the focal length(s)?

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Yes, cooled array.

Fields: Narrow 0.18 x 0.14

Medium 0.36 x 0.27

Wide 0.72 x 0.54

Discrete zoom lens with base focal length of 1000mm

Resolution: 752x582

Posted: 4/27/2018 7:45:30 PM EDT

[#5]

You are welcome to come hunt on my property. It's about 300 yards deep so you may have to crank that thing to 11

Posted: 4/27/2018 10:45:02 PM EDT

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So....how much counter weight will I need on the helmet and does Wilcox make a mount for it?

Looking forward to pics/video this weekend!

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Silly Rabbit, you can’t helmet Mount that. It’s obviously more suited for drone use. ??

Posted: 4/27/2018 10:51:01 PM EDT

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Wow, big mother. How much? My guess would be around $500,000.

Posted: 4/27/2018 11:01:33 PM EDT

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Wow, big mother. How much? My guess would be around $500,000.

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Total system cost with imager, pan/tilt, control unit, controllers and monitors was 400-500k from Elbit in 2013. This system has only had 110 hours on the meter and is like new.

Posted: 4/27/2018 11:07:40 PM EDT

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Maybe it's perspective but those pics make it look reallly top heavy with a less than ideal base width.

Posted: 4/27/2018 11:13:01 PM EDT

[#10]

Horta is that you?

Posted: 4/27/2018 11:42:34 PM EDT

[#11]

That is slick. I hope to see it in the EE!

Posted: 4/28/2018 7:56:01 AM EDT

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Horta is that you?

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Definitely not Horta! I purchased it from the US Government, so absolutely no issues with provenance on it.

Posted: 4/28/2018 8:00:59 AM EDT

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IR footage of a couple havin fun ^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Z1GaRFMfk

Posted: 4/28/2018 8:21:17 AM EDT

[#14]

You win captainpooby, the title for this thread belongs to you!

Posted: 4/28/2018 8:44:15 AM EDT

[#15]

Now that's what I want in the top of my truck instead of this measly old flir Vue. Needed it last night to know for sure what these were across the road.

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What will you do with that machine?

Posted: 4/28/2018 5:05:27 PM EDT

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Cooled array...When all other thermal and NV wont do.

Posted: 4/28/2018 7:03:28 PM EDT

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Yes, cooled array.

Fields: Narrow 0.18 x 0.14

Medium 0.36 x 0.27

Wide 0.72 x 0.54

Discrete zoom lens with base focal length of 1000mm

Resolution: 752x582

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Holy crap! You should be able to see some incredible detail with that thing provided it is in good working order. I am very much looking forward to seeing some of its imagery. If you do so, please state the approximate range of whatever the subject happens to be. You may need to enlist the help of Google Earth to do it because that thing has to have some absolutely ludicrous range

Cool toy (pun intended), thanks for sharing.

Posted: 4/28/2018 7:53:15 PM EDT

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Here are a few more photos of parts of the system. Comes with several hundred feet of fiber optic cable to set the camera quite a distance from the control system/server.

href=https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/41725935822_34d82d6ff7_b.jpg 20180428_113350 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr" />

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/970/40867833555_0a9a5f0296_b.jpg 20180428_113222 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/964/41725936872_7910885f37_b.jpg 20180428_113433 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/960/40867834055_89e3d16c42_b.jpg 20180428_113523 by Robert LaBarge, on Flickr

Posted: 4/28/2018 9:06:28 PM EDT

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Sorry for the terrible video. At this point I can only capture an AVI of the screen and the limit is one minute. Geez, the file size was 4 gigs! I will try again later.

Elbit Smart Sentinel Long Range Thermal Video Infrared FLIR #2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTs9_aKsoqw

Posted: 4/29/2018 3:36:30 AM EDT

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Sorry for the terrible video. At this point I can only capture an AVI of the screen and the limit is one minute. Geez, the file size was 4 gigs! I will try again later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTs9_aKsoqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTs9_aKsoqw

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Yea... I want one.

Posted: 4/29/2018 12:49:45 PM EDT

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So....how much counter weight will I need on the helmet and does Wilcox make a mount for it?

Looking forward to pics/video this weekend!

Silly Rabbit, you can’t helmet Mount that. It’s obviously more suited for drone use. ??

Hell with a drone, you could mount that to a real plane or helicopter

Posted: 4/29/2018 6:10:06 PM EDT

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Here is a better video showing some system capabilities.

A couple cool capabilities is VMD - Video Motion Detection, building a smart scan panorama image and creating trajectories for the system to scan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bz3wuAXwOM

Elbit Smart Sentinel Long Range Thermal Video Infrared FLIR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bz3wuAXwOM

Posted: 4/30/2018 8:35:38 AM EDT

[#23]

So was this on one of those Government Liquidation type websites or something? What did you pay for it? Inquiring minds and all that. :-)

Posted: 4/30/2018 11:19:32 AM EDT

[#24]

So when we going to get a hog killing video with this machine?

Posted: 4/30/2018 12:41:54 PM EDT

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Maybe it's perspective but those pics make it look reallly top heavy with a less than ideal base width.

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Agree on the top heavy observation. Those EVPU pan tilts are really robust but that payload CoG looks pretty far from the axis of rotation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like an MSO-2 system. They are servo driven and can sag when power is removed. If the system isn't balanced well, it could take a nose dive when power is removed. A better design approach would be to side-mount the payload. That way, you could add a long-range vis camera to the other side. I know EVPU offers side arms for many of their p/t systems. Is there much backlash in your system? Any idea who the camera manufacturer is?

Posted: 4/30/2018 12:44:31 PM EDT

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So when we going to get a hog killing video with this machine?

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When he figures out how to mount it on his 300 black out.

Posted: 4/30/2018 2:27:34 PM EDT

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Here is a better video showing some system capabilities.

A couple cool capabilities is VMD - Video Motion Detection, building a smart scan panorama image and creating trajectories for the system to scan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bz3wuAXwOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bz3wuAXwOM

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Crazy. Nothing is sneaking past that. Tech gives you such an unbelievable advantage on the battlefield

Posted: 4/30/2018 5:47:21 PM EDT

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Agree on the top heavy observation. Those EVPU pan tilts are really robust but that payload CoG looks pretty far from the axis of rotation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like an MSO-2 system. They are servo driven and can sag when power is removed. If the system isn't balanced well, it could take a nose dive when power is removed. A better design approach would be to side-mount the payload. That way, you could add a long-range vis camera to the other side. I know EVPU offers side arms for many of their p/t systems. Is there much backlash in your system? Any idea who the camera manufacturer is?

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No issues with the payload being top heavy, when power is turned off the pan/tilt does not move. The whole system/camera was manufactured by Elbit Systems out of Israel.

Posted: 4/30/2018 7:56:06 PM EDT

[#29]

Wow, thanks for the video. That’s one hell of a thermal. Puts my little Flir PTS233 to shame.

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