CGOET thermal imaging and low-light camera

[JMichael]

I need some real world input from pilots that are using this camera on a Typhoon H3.
I have a customer that is interested in an infrared set up for his Typhoon H3.
I have no experience with this set up and I have no desire to mislead my customer.
Any input will be much appreciated .
Thank You

 

[DoomMeister]

The CGO-ET comes in two versions One for the Typhoon H (H480) and the H520. The firmware for each is different and is not user changeable. If the H3 could use one it would be the one for the H520, but I would call Yuneec Sales and check with them before attempting this. It is likely they are not compatible.

 

[JMichael]

The CGO-ET comes in two versions One for the Typhoon H (H480) and the H520. The firmware for each is different and is not user changeable. If the H3 could use one it would be the one for the H520, but I would call Yuneec Sales and check with them before attempting this. It is likely they are not compatible.

Thank you for the reply and the thank you for this information.

 

[G Saunders]

Also, for Windows users it's a tortured work-flow to get the imagery off the camera. It records the thermal and low-light separately in a multi-track video and the two streams are different sizes. They need to be split apart and the low-res thermal overlaid on the low-light images with a video editor. It involves MKVToolnix and VLC Player...

I found this article very helpful:
Extracting IR video from the CGO-ET

Here's one I posted with a little more step-to-step:
Extracting IR video from the CGO-ET

 

[Griffinaerialphotos]

I need some real world input from pilots that are using this camera on a Typhoon H3.
I have a customer that is interested in an infrared set up for his Typhoon H3.
I have no experience with this set up and I have no desire to mislead my customer.
Any input will be much appreciated .
Thank You

 

[Griffinaerialphotos]

The thermal camera on the CGOET has a very small thermal sensor. The images right off the as card can be very frustrating. It takes time to learn the camera and how to manipulate the images. I had almost give up bu finally got some images I would consider sending to a customer.

 

[Mrgs1]

The CGO-ET comes in two versions One for the Typhoon H (H480) and the H520. The firmware for each is different and is not user changeable. If the H3 could use one it would be the one for the H520, but I would call Yuneec Sales and check with them before attempting this. It is likely they are not compatible.

Oh come on the H3 will have a completely new thermal camera at a grossly extravagant price.
Wonder who they will team up with for that?