REMOTE-CONTROLLED HELICOPTERS - A TOOL FOR AIR SAMPLING IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS

Remote-controlled (RC) sampling helicopters were designed and construc ted for use as air sampling platforms. These units employed hobby-kits as a basic chassis. Sampling instruments mounted included sampling pu mps with sorption of indicator tubes, detection instrumentation and ev acuated gas sampling canisters. Example of system usage is given, alon g with the description of the X-Cell, the third generation of RC helic opter developed by the Emergencies Science Division (ESD). Also report ed here are data on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as collected in the smoke plume of the Newfoundland Offshore Burn Experiment (NOBE).