CTLE Light Sport Police Aircraft

There's a new eye in the sky over Tulsa these days, and it's keeping an eye on things for the local sheriff's office for about 10 percent of the cost of a helicopter. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Roger Crow of Echo Flight Resources about the Flight Design CTLE law-enforcement platform based on a light sport aircraft.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Flight Design
• CTLE
• aircraft
• police
• pilot
• law enforcement
• plane
• Tulsa
• light sport aircraft
• LSA
• airplane
• surveillance

[jasleil]

What I'm surprised about this system is that, there is a PS controller for the system. I wonder what's that for.

[DiamondPilotDan]

@88119966 congratufuckinglations

[SOCALFLYBOY]

Smart and cost effective!

[nilcouak]

What a nice idea! I always wondered why they used helicopters for patrol, as they are expensive to fly and,very noisy.

[RichDenmark]

@jasleil The most likely answer is that it controls the view/zoom of the motorized camera on board.

[transsib]

Engage!

[sexcation]

Will they be policing airspace violators and giving out warnings to those pesky pilots that talk over other pilots calls and describe in detail every move they make in the airplane?

[ljackso]

Just another "tool" of the Beast. His mark is coming soon. Maranatha!

[TheDuvalMilitia]

@MySuper2N

A cyanide capsule has been mailed to you :)

[budandbean1]

After looking at some of this video, some looks smoother than heli footage that I have seen. The plane is around 140-K, how much does all the super-cool spy stuff raise the price to? I'm sure it is still cheaper than any heli you could purchase...

[Brontosauredumarais]

The console gamepad is used to operate the camera.