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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The challenge for our pilot is the airplane has to stay on course against a wind while crabbing, and the altitude has to stay very constant and the wings can't bank much and the pitch and roll has to remain constant. The camera needs to point straight down as much as possible. The camera mount has some automatic leveling and a fast gimbal but air turbulence cause challenges.
Imagine staying on a course in X Y & Z axis while flying into a crosswind with wings level as possible. Then do that for 90 miles, turn 180 and go back just one row over. Do that for 8 hours.
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That is pretty much exactly as I figured it would go. I didn't say it would be exciting, just challenging. GPS makes it easier to be precise than when I was going to school for flight ops.
We didn't get all the crap weather we were supposed to get but the snow blower looked more like a slushie machine when I did the drive.