Elios 3 Context

Market context

Elios 3 is Flyability’s indoor inspection drone for mapping and visual inspection inside confined, hard-to-access industrial assets.

Target environment: Tanks, mines, sewers, power-generation assets, chemical plants, maritime spaces and other confined or GPS-denied industrial environments.
Workflow context: Captures visual, thermal and LiDAR-backed inspection data, then ties findings to a 3D map through Flyability’s software workflow.
Customer context: Asset owners, inspection service providers, mining operators, energy companies, utilities and industrial maintenance teams.
Deployment model: Commercial indoor drone system with companion cockpit and Inspector software plus optional payloads.
Commercial maturity: Commercial product with public documentation and named payload ecosystem.
Adoption constraints: Flight time varies by payload and indoor inspection quality still depends on operator procedure, lighting, access and post-processing.
Market position: Leading confined-space inspection drone category reference with collision-tolerant hardware and SLAM-based mapping.
Adjacent products: Dronut DD1, Emesent Hovermap, Skydio X10

Inspectors

Captures visual, thermal and LiDAR-backed inspection data, then ties findings to a 3D map through Flyability’s software workflow.

Tanks, mines, sewers, power-generation assets, chemical plants, maritime spaces and other confined or GPS-denied industrial environments.

Max Flight Time Minutes: up to 12.5 min without payload; 9.1 min with LiDAR payload; 8.2 min max load
Embedded LIDAR: Onboard LiDAR creates real-time high-density point cloud maps
Lighting: 16K lumen dust-proof lighting on close-up inspection payload
Payload Bay: Two-port modular payload bay, one dedicated to LiDAR and one for auxiliary payloads
Environmental Protection: IP44 design target according to Flyability; not certified IP44