..... go!
tomorrow i take a television film crew out on the water. these guys are working on a tv special on "emerging technologies" and are looking at thermal imaging cameras. they already did an interview with the president of flir, shot some footage with a law enforcement unit, and were looking at marine applications. flir referred these guys to johnson/hicks, and galen at johnson/hicks referred them to me.
so i spent the last two days going through the boat. it's all hooked up and ready to go.
the fuel tanks were already topped off with fuel (at $3.00 per gallon) from last year. i ran the engines with the mufflers attached. they started up on the second or third crank. love those yamahas!
the batteries were topped off and i went through all of the electronics. most of it looks vaguely familiar.
the flir camera is hooked up to a dvd player hanging from the radio box. it swivels (galens idea) and provides a very nice image.
i went through all of the pfd's and replaced the cyalume light sticks and the batteries from the strobes. the hand held flares remain vacuum packed and should do fine. two of the pfd's have a hand held vhf radio and a waterproof gps. i just added a lift raft in the cabin, but if the boat were to suddenly roll, the radio and gps are my last resort.
and here's what they're coming to see. it's pricey, but it's amazing being able to see in the dark! we launch at 0300. film at 11!
tomorrow i take a television film crew out on the water. these guys are working on a tv special on "emerging technologies" and are looking at thermal imaging cameras. they already did an interview with the president of flir, shot some footage with a law enforcement unit, and were looking at marine applications. flir referred these guys to johnson/hicks, and galen at johnson/hicks referred them to me.
so i spent the last two days going through the boat. it's all hooked up and ready to go.
the fuel tanks were already topped off with fuel (at $3.00 per gallon) from last year. i ran the engines with the mufflers attached. they started up on the second or third crank. love those yamahas!
the batteries were topped off and i went through all of the electronics. most of it looks vaguely familiar.
the flir camera is hooked up to a dvd player hanging from the radio box. it swivels (galens idea) and provides a very nice image.
i went through all of the pfd's and replaced the cyalume light sticks and the batteries from the strobes. the hand held flares remain vacuum packed and should do fine. two of the pfd's have a hand held vhf radio and a waterproof gps. i just added a lift raft in the cabin, but if the boat were to suddenly roll, the radio and gps are my last resort.
and here's what they're coming to see. it's pricey, but it's amazing being able to see in the dark! we launch at 0300. film at 11!
