airplane ian - abolish ICE

yummy!

i regret to inform me that i enjoyed the $20 erewhon smoothie

ok here is a short compilation of some test footage today, this was run in "IDLE SCAN" mode which uses ZERO operator input, this was fully autonomous the system chooses the TOI and does the aiming solely based on locally received ADS-B data

got carried away and added an "operator situational awareness" module that tells the operator when an interesting thing is about to happen almost immediately paid off by telling me about this lunar transit opportunity

CHP aircraft (ADS-B disabled) apparently caused an RA with inbound Fedex 86 (N851FD, #ABAB90) this evening reported the RA over the radio but indicated no action was required so was likely a "monitor vertical speed" aural warning which matches the geometry (both a/c level, CHP 500ft below)

CHP flying this late without ADS-B is clever (perhaps unintentionally) because TIS-B only works when there are client aircraft nearby... if there's no traffic (such as late at night), no rebroadcasts are triggered, no TIS-B tracks

CHP aircraft (ADS-B disabled) apparently caused an RA with inbound Fedex 86 (N851FD, #ABAB90) this evening reported the RA over the radio but indicated no action was required so was likely a "monitor vertical speed" aural warning which matches the geometry (both a/c level, CHP 500ft below)

ok here is a short compilation of some test footage today, this was run in "IDLE SCAN" mode which uses ZERO operator input, this was fully autonomous the system chooses the TOI and does the aiming solely based on locally received ADS-B data

needs some more tuning, but incredibly pleased with the early results

a lil pre-dawn repeater install to keep things interesting

enjoying a reprieve from PSC life to COML it up

after focusing a ton on optimizing object-agnostic optical tracking for my Wescam at Home™ project, i finally relented and built a pipeline for non optical tracking using locally captured ADS-B data

not sure on a timeline, but I also want to build a mobile/vehicle borne self-contained testbed platform to do more testing in the field i also gotta revisit a hardware variant based off of a dedicated mover platform with multiple sensors (thermal, I2, LRF) to create a true EO/IR system

after focusing a ton on optimizing object-agnostic optical tracking for my Wescam at Home™ project, i finally relented and built a pipeline for non optical tracking using locally captured ADS-B data

despite having zero visual feedback to make small corrections, and operating at a FOV <4 degrees where very tiny errors matter, it works incredibly well keeping a TOI in the "area" reticle (not the much smaller center point reticle) without any chasing or overshoot

after focusing a ton on optimizing object-agnostic optical tracking for my Wescam at Home™ project, i finally relented and built a pipeline for non optical tracking using locally captured ADS-B data

i have completed my annual(ish) rewatch of all four seasons of industry (2020)