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METAIR-DIMO

METAIR uses a TTC-ECO-DIMO as a platform for carrying instruments of all kind. The advantages of this self-launching, two-seated motor glider are the very quiet operation, the low fuel consumption, a travel speed of 170 to 180 km/h and a maximum flight time of more than five hours.
Two “underwingpods” (aerodynamically optimized containers) are mounted below the wings. Each of them can carry a maximum of 50kg of of scientific instrumentation.

More detailed specifications about our all-purpose motor glider you can find HERE.

We offer a wide range of Measuring system (meteorological, chemical, remote sensing). The measuring system can be modified, extended or reorganized at any time to meet your specific needs.

Photo Cyril Hertz http://c-hertz.ch/ during the Flight Test Lab of the two Universities of Applied Sciences of Aachen and Zurich in August 2016, based in Nordholz/Spieka near Cuxhaven. METAIR-DIMO in flight over the North Sea. In the right hand underwing pod (left in picture), the standard meteorological instrumentation (temperature, humidity, CO2 and wind) is installed, whereas in the LH pod, a new airborne laser system was tested.

News

Quantifying methane emissions in the Surat Basin, Australia

See our latest publication in the list of publications

METAIR-DIMO 2016 over the North Sea
METAIR-DIMO during the FTL (Flight Test Lab) of the two Universities of Applied Sciences Aachen and Zurich (ZHAW) in August 2016.
Picture see HERE
Shortly after this, we documented methane emissions from the natural gas fields near Groningen, Netherlands. See Yacovich et al. in the list of publications
 
C-MapExp
In August 2012, METAIR was participating in C-MapExp  - a joint project with the University of Bremen and FU Berlin, funded by ESA:
Results of the campaign see Publications