ASTAR AS350D
Monitor on right side of the instrument panel
The 10 Amp laser.
LASER SURVEY
Pre GPS daze
Fun Job….some practice required.
So you set up a 10 amp gyro stabilized laser that points straight up.
Get an Astar.
Fabricate a new belly panel with circular cowling with a 24 inch transparent bottom.
This is covered with a plexiglass panel with a sheet of white paper covering it.
Install a camera that points down at the cowling.
Install a small monitor in the cockpit which will show the camera view of the laser dot on the cowling.
Hover over the laser to put the dot on the cowling.
Now climb vertically upwards up to, sometimes, 7000 feet but usually 2-4 thousand keeping the laser dot in the screen.
you have 1 foot in any direction to play with.
If you lose the dot you have to go back down and start over. CAUTION leave the immediate area when descending and don’t look down directly towards where the laser is set up lest you get a 10amp laser burn to your eyes.
When the surveyor a couple of miles away over hill and dale says he can see you ..stop and hover for a couple of minutes. Sometimes they will ask you to climb or descend still keeping the dot in place.
You are basically just a very tall Stadia Rod.
Repeat a lot. the
You will get to experience full VRS a lot but you will lots of altitude to recover.
This is called fun.
It really was.