3: Plane Scanner - the Quartz 1200DBE/4W
Friday 19th August 2011
With an aircraft - even a small aircraft like the Rebel Racer - there is a lot of detail and a lot of surface area to cover. For scanning, that creates a dual challenge. A very precise model is required to model airflow, and it must be accurate to fractions of a millimetre - an accuracy which in itself is a challenge across the surfaces of a large structure. But, more than that, the sheer number of measurements required is an issue. To model the surfaces, multiple measurements are required across every millimetre of the surface.
This is no problem for the Quartz family of scanners. We used a pair of scanners - the Quartz 1200DBE/4W is capable of scanning a massive 8m3 volume in a matter of a few seconds, which is simply invaluable in the aviation industry. This allowed the aerofoils (wings, fuselage, tail, propeller etc) to be captured extremely accurately and rapidly.
A second scanner - a Quartz 800DBE/4S - was also used to scan the more detailed areas of the plane. This allowed additional resolution to be brought to bear on critical sections - such as air intakes or leading edges. The data was then merged to create a single model.
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