A City Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana purchased a 3.9mm x 1.5m VJ-Advance articulating video borescope to inspect their Turbomeca helicopter engine. This company frequently uses the VJ-Advance to look inside helicopter engines that are not other-wise visible without taking them apart. The VJ-ADV’s compact, portable design and on demand power (the VJ-ADV video borescope simply requires AA batteries – no need to wait for it to charge or make sure there is an electrical outlet nearby), helicopter turbine inspections are completed with ease. In this case, the goal is safety and timing, the VJ-ADV borescope allows maintenance technicians to inspect necessary components quickly, eliminating the needless downtime of the technician slowly tearing down the aircraft to visually inspect something.
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