The application study of helicopter airborne photoelectric stabilized pod in the high voltage power line inspection

Abstract

This paper expatiated on current application situation of helicopter airborne photoelectric stabilized pod in the power line inspection, and analyzed the requirement of the high-voltage power line inspection to helicopter airborne photoelectric stabilized pod. And then we developed a pod and inspected its performance with the flight test. The result showed that the pod could meet the requirement with a stable view and a high definition image. In contrast to the way with the hand-held telescope, the efficiency was hugely improved, for the inspection speed was increased from 20km/h to 40km/h. Finally we predicted the application prospect of helicopter airborne photoelectric stabilized pod and gave some suggestions to the problem that had exposed in the test.