Cool things seen on FlightRadar
Discussion
PRTVR said:
No explanation needed, I think I will not be posting anymore military stuff till things settle down, it just feels wrong and I know that everything we can see, others can also see, but it still feels wrong.
red_slr said:
PRTVR said:
No explanation needed, I think I will not be posting anymore military stuff till things settle down, it just feels wrong and I know that everything we can see, others can also see, but it still feels wrong.
I would not worry, the really interesting stuff will be jamming plus not emitting and not giving out mode 3 that's for sure.El stovey said:
red_slr said:
PRTVR said:
No explanation needed, I think I will not be posting anymore military stuff till things settle down, it just feels wrong and I know that everything we can see, others can also see, but it still feels wrong.
I would not worry, the really interesting stuff will be jamming plus not emitting and not giving out mode 3 that's for sure.https://theaviationist.com/2017/07/20/here-is-the-...
Not so much a cool thing as a strange thing - there's currently two KLM927s showing - PH-BGQ is just turning to land at Inverness and PH-BGN is just through Laurencekirk on the way there. If you click on BGN, there's no track showing, but BGQ is showing as normal. FR24 funny or something else?
MissChief said:
An Tiomanai said:
Heli camera view of the track yeah.
I'm sure they said it was the relay for the in car cameras so there was little to no breakup.Jonnny said:
MissChief said:
An Tiomanai said:
Heli camera view of the track yeah.
I'm sure they said it was the relay for the in car cameras so there was little to no breakup.They don’t seem to use it often on fixed racetracks like this or gps though. Perhaps they usually have better fixed ground facilities?
El stovey said:
You get this often at sports events especially with long routes like Tour de France etc. They have mobile cameras lower down on motorbikes or helicopter, then an aircraft higher up doing the relay, the aircraft higher up does orbits but they follow the race along the course.
They don’t seem to use it often on fixed racetracks like this or gps though. Perhaps they usually have better fixed ground facilities?
F1 circuits have multiple receive points installed around the track these days. They used to have to use a helo but that's old hat now.They don’t seem to use it often on fixed racetracks like this or gps though. Perhaps they usually have better fixed ground facilities?
Anything with a long, temporary route used for marathons, TDF or the Nurburgring needs an uplink to get the signal from the cameras along the route to a receive point further away where they can mix it with all the other camera feeds and broadcast it.
The original system to do just that was developed by Qinetiq and flown on a Pilatus (because they can fly in tight circles for a long time between refuellings). I think the commercial arm of that system (Skylink) is no longer operating. Maybe it was taken over by AIS who own PH-PIX or maybe they are using a different system, but it no doubt works in the same way. The clever bit is the antenna on the aircraft used to receive multiple feeds from relatively low power transmitters moving between buildings, trees etc.
Le Mans was still using helos until recently but may have switched to a different system now. The French always like to be different...
Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Monday 14th May 11:34
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