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| Glendale PD, 2004 Photo: Craig Dyer |
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| Glendale PD conducting airborne SWAT training, 2004. Photo: Craig Dyer |
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| Design Features The Tyler Special Operations Platform is designed to mount to the helicopter’s aft cabin area and fuselage jack points with special clamps & brackets. The installation is user-friendly and requires no modification to the airframe. Once the initial setup is complete, it takes less than 5-minutes to install the cargo platforms (no tools required).
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Tyler Camera Systems is a FAA approved Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) and, has obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Special Operations Platform on the MD 500 Series helicopters.
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Technical Characteristics:
Platform Assembly: The main frame is 3-inch diameter 6061-T6 aircraft aluminum tubing and longitudinal supports are 1-inch diameter 6061-T6 aircraft aluminum tubing. Approximate weight is 35 pounds per bench.
Mount Brackets & Bench Supports: 7075-T651 computer control (C&C) machined anodized aluminum. Complete system weighs approximately 130 lbs.
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Seatbelts The TSOP is designed with attachment points to secure personnel wearing rappelling type harnesses, but some agencies are employing self-retracting twist-release seatbelts. These seat belts are specially designed to work on the TSOP.
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| Seatbelts installed |
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| Tie-in Ring |
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| Glendale PD, 2004 Photo: Craig Dyer |
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