THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INEXPENSIVE RETRACTABLE VERTICAL CAMERA RIG FOR A LIGHT AIRCRAFT

The development and operation of an inexpensive retractable vertical camera rig is described. Unlike several commercially available camera packages, the cameras on this rig are accesible in flight thus permitting the changing of magazines and other operations. Since the camera carriage is only deployed when over the site to be photographed, the aircraft performance is not degraded during positioning flights.     

A VIDEO TRACKING SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT AIRCRAFT

Due to the inherent poor downward visibility of typical light faced wing aircraft the tracking of parallel flight lines is a problem. Various solutions have been examined and details of a remotely controlled colour video system are given.     

Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Coal from Non-destructive Properties: A Comparative Application of MARS,ANN, and GA

Natural Resources Research - Rock properties are useful for safe operation and design of both surface and underground mines including civil engineering projects. However, the cost and time required...     

A NEW LIGHTWEIGHT CAMERA RIG

A new lightweight vertical camera rig which can be clamped to the front legs of the front seat of a light aircraft is described. In one version, a fixed transparent fairing is attached to the door, whereas in the second version the fairing is attached to the camera rig itself which can then be extended and retracted in flight. This rig has received C.A.A. (Civil Aviation Authority) Approval.     

Transferring the international DRR policy into the local context

The disaster experiences of the past resulted in the need for a new international policy. The paper examines the transfer of the international policy for disaster risk reduction (DRR) into a local context, Turkey and Turkish, where new and old perspectives meet. Analyzed is a corpus consisting of two texts, with the purpose of examining the concepts’ actual use and contexts shaped by different attitudes, based on the three-dimensional framework of critical discourse analysis, translation studies and conceptual history. The concept transfer from international to the local level inevitably involves translation. The texts included “new” DRR terms as a result of the concealed translation attempts to adjust the old and contemporary terminologies. Thus, non-functional terms with blurred meanings arose. The awareness that such processes of transfer are complex would help to overcome this kind of simplistic top-down approaches and to give priority to “communicative labor.” The framework is not presented due to space limitations. It was also observed that the Turkish terminology lacks clear definitions. To affirm this, an in-depth analysis is needed. Terms transferred across contexts may end lacking conceptualizations due to non-functional translation choices. When adopting new social policies, this can be overcome through making effort for communication. This research looks at conceptual struggles related to social issues from a different aspect. The vague terms and inefficiencies in social implementations can be avoided by authorities being aware that discourse, translation and their production are parts of social action.     

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF AN INEXPENSIVE RETRACTABLE VERTICAL CAMERA RIG FOR A LIGHT AIRCRAFT

The development and operation of a remote control system for a camera rig and for the camera attached to it are described. Now there is the possibility of reducing the crew from three to two for many tasks and to use the extra payload to collect contemporaneous data using a second airborne system.