How FLOLS Works
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Video Description
Part two of the optical landing systems - this time the story behind Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System also known as FLOLS. All models and animations done in Blender 3.0 ------------------------------------ References: "The Retinal Image of the Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System" by Leonard A. Temme and William A. Monaco "Computer Simulation of Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System" Computer Laboratory Naval Training Equipment Center Orlando, Florida "Focusing the Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System" by W. F. Mullis, I. Nimeroff, and E. L. Walters NATOPS LSO Manual - US Patent No 3,447,128 - US Patent No 3,003,451 - US Patent No 4,414,532 ------------------------------------ 3rd party video/photos clips used: YouTube: Landing Signal Officer - Waving Part 1 Landing Signal Officer - Waving Part 2 Landing Signal Officers 1963 Landing Signal Officers USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Planes Land by Mirror (1955) bad weather landing Flight Deck Crews Landing Re-Spotting World Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (FLOLS) ------------------------------------ Music: Neon by KV kvmusicprod Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3WJAIrR Music promoted by Audio Library Visby by Scandinavianz https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3ozK4tL Music promoted by Audio Library Chill by Wanheda https://soundcloud.com/user-724527508 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/41KNlDR Music promoted by Audio Librar ------------------------------------ contact: [email protected]
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