2 – ELIOS 2 system description
ELIOS 2 USER MANUAL
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Recommended capacity: max 32GB
USB-C CONNECTOR
To ease the access of the inspection footage recorded on the aircraft, ELIOS 2 embeds a USB-C port
allowing to read and write the content of the CAM SD card as well as the LOG SD card.
SMART BATTERY
A fast swappable Smart LiPo battery powers the aircraft, providing up to 10 minutes of flight time.
VISION AND DISTANCE SENSORS
To help stabilize the drone, ELIOS has 7 pairs of Vision and distance sensors.
VISION SENSORS
These are specialized cameras which sense the velocity of the aircraft with respect to
surrounding objects, the vision sensors are a crucial element to ensure the stability of ELIOS 2
DISTANCE SENSOR
By measuring the distance to nearby objects, these sensor further stabilize the drone. They are
also used to make 2D measurements on the camera footage, and for the Distance Lock flight
mode
SMART ONBOARD LIGHTING
ELIOS 2 has a smart lighting system composed of 9 LED panels. The panels can be controlled
independently to offer the best lighting to the inspection footage. The intensity of each panel is
adjusted depending on the pitch of the Camera head to ensure optimal lighting, while saving battery
capacity and flight time.
NAVIGATION LIGHT AND AIRCRAFT STATUS LED
To help the pilot during Line of Sight (LOS) operations, while airborne, the ELIOS 2 has red and green
Navigation lights to help improve orientation awareness. The Red LED is located on the left, and the
Green LED on the right side of the aircraft.
In some cases these lights also provide additional information on the Aircraft status.
AVIONICS LED STATUS
Gives information about the status of the avionics.
TRANSMITTER LED STATUS
Gives information about the status of the transmitter.
