Working with WaterNSW & Transgrid, V-TOL Aerospace Flight Services has just completed extensive marking of Transgrid energy infrastructure at five sensitive sites, including three river gorges in the Illawarra water catchment area of NSW, Australia.

Spanning more than one kilometre tower to tower, the three transmission lines over the Gallahers Creek, Flying Fox Creek and Avon River gorges, could only be hazard marked for birds and aircraft using Rotamarkas® and V-TOL Aerospace’s RotaFix® drone technology. A key benefit of using RotaFix is the ease of access where helicopters should not go and where EWPs (Elevated Work Platforms) could never go.

The provided images show once again the clear benefits of using robotics to conduct dangerous tasks and capture digital information are many and significant. Through the close cooperation of industry and infrastructure operators, V-TOL Aerospace has assisted Transgrid and WaterNSW protect this critical infrastructure by providing hazard warning for birds and aircraft.

V-TOL Aerospace RotaFix® is a unique fit-for-purpose robotic, AI and IoT asset management capability developed for the installation of Rotamarka® (Aircraft & Bird Hazard markers), to elevated critical electrical infrastructure, be it energised or de-energised.