지난 7월초 공지사항(http://www.lsair.kr/xe/2197)을 통해 소개해 드린 Flight Design의 새로운 모델 CTLE 1호기가 미국 캘리포니아 Tulare County Sheriff’s Department(http://www.tularesheriff.info/) 에 항공순찰용으로 납품되었습니다.
2011년 8월 24일에 Tulare County Sheriff’s Department의 David Williams, Sergeant (Captain, Retired)이 Woodstock, Connecticut에 있는 Flight Design 미국본사에 CTLE를 인수하기 위해 방문하였습니다. David Williams은 키를 받고 일행인 Lt. Marsh Carter와 함께 CTLE를 타고 캘리포니아로 돌아갔습니다.
Tulare County Sheriff’s Department는 미국에서 최초로 LSA 항공기를 풀타임 항공순찰에 투입한 경우라고....
기존에 순찰용으로 운영하던 헬리콥터와 경비행기에 비해 적은 운영비용과 완화된 비행자격요건을 갖추고 있어 앞으로도 많은 보급이 될 것 같군요, 한국에도 잘 보급시켜봐야 겠는데....기사 원문은 하단에 있으니 참고로 보시기 바랍니다.
동체후방에 보안관마크(별모양)가 보이네요~~
우측날개에 장착된 카메라,,,,
부조종석에서 카메라를 제어하네요... 키보드도 달려있고~~~
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유튜브에서Tulare County Sheriff’s Department 관련 동영상을 찾아보니, 동네 보안관서 치고는 장비나 훈련정도가 대단하네요~~
Thursday 8 September, 2011 7:11 am | news release
8 September 2011
THE CTLE CTLE Is Special “Law Enforcement” Version of CTLS Light-Sport Aircraft
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, GERMANY / 8 September 2011 – On August 24th, 2011, David Williams, Sergeant (Captain, Retired), of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department traveled to Flight USA headquarters in Woodstock, Connecticut to pick up the department’s new CTLE. He and Lt. Marsh Carter accepted the keys (photo) and flew the CTLE back to California.
“The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department will be the first agency in the U.S. to put a Light-Sport Aircraft into full time service in support of Patrol, just as many agencies do with a helicopter,” observed Williams. “Flight Design was selected not only for its commitment to provide a low-cost, turn-key law enforcement aviation platform, but also based on overall safety in design, from benign stall characteristics to the ballistic parachute system. Safety for our officers and our residents is always our number one priority.”
According to David Williams, “The Flight Design CTLE … can do much of what the department’s existing plane, a 1973 Cessna Skymaster, can do with lower fuel and maintenance costs.” CTLE can slow down to about 50 mph, allowing it to circle and conduct aerial searches for suspects on the ground. “You can make the same sort of orbit as a helicopter without any problem at all,” Williams, a pilot, noted. Pilots of Patrol aircraft do not have to be police officers, however, most are, said Williams. “It is easier to train existing personnel since the CTLE is a Light-Sport Aircraft.”
Helicopters or larger general aviation aircraft have long been used for law enforcement or surveillance work. Given the much higher operating costs of those aircraft and the fuel efficiency, long endurance plus low noise profile of Light-Sport Aircraft, these newest aircraft in the fleet were a reasonable alternative … if the right equipment could be mounted. A second CTLE has been prepared to more fully unveil this use of a Light-Sport Aircraft.
“Working with Flight Design’s largest distributor, Air Time of Tulsa Oklahoma, Roger Crow of Echo Flight Resources installed a Cloud Cap Technology TASE 200 gimbal camera unit on the CTLS’ right wing,” said John Doman, Flight Design Director of Business Development, Global Sales & Marketing. “The interior has a special display and keyboard to control the dedicated police equipment.” (See photos.) Once the equipment was added, the CTLS model was dubbed CTLE, with “LE” representing Law Enforcement.
Initial flight testing proved the CTLS handled the additional gear without problems. “CTLE didn’t even know there was a pod hanging on its wing. With a density altitude of over 4,000 feet (temperatures above 100 degrees) the indicated airspeed was reading 117 knots,” reported Crow. Inside the aircraft, law officials employ an adjustable video display screen that can be folded to a stowed position on the pod by means of a Ram mount. The side pocket mounted to the right side of the pod stows the “iKey” keyboard used to operate the on-board computer/processor and video recorder.
Police cruisers can cost a sheriff’s department $60,000 and typically last three years. Even after adding high-tech surveillance equipment, a $250,000 Flight Design CTLE should serve more than 12 years, making it an attractive investment compared to police automobiles, much less helicopters. “Flight Design now has a specially prepared law enforcement aircraft with specific camera mounting hard points, an extra alternator, and other extras like high intensity lights and police radios while still meeting an aggressive price point,” stated, John Gilmore, National Sales Manager for Flight Design USA.
FACTS ABOUT FLIGHT DESIGN GmbH
Flight Design is a 24-year-old manufacturer based in Germany. The company remains the worldwide Light-Sport Aircraft market leader thanks to its popular CT series of aircraft. More than 1,700 of these aircraft are flying in 39 countries. One of the first aircraft certified under ASTM International standards in 2005, the CT (“composite technology”) remains the top-selling LSA in America through six consecutive years. Flight Design sold the first LSA to India and was the first LSA to earn Chinese Type Design Approval. Three times a CT has been flown around the world. In 2011, the German company unveiled its C4 four seat aircraft based on the CT technology.
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