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ELIOS 3

Insights beyond
human reach

As a collision-tolerant inspection drone, the Elios 3 combines advanced pilot assistance and versatile payload options to ensure safe, efficient, and accurate data collection in challenging environments. 

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Overcome the challenges of indoor
drone inspections

Limited Exposure

Confined, cluttered, dark, and dusty environments challenge traditional inspection methods and conventional drones.

Operational complexity

Complex inspection environments require highly trained pilots, limiting operational scalability.

Fragmented workflows

Understanding asset conditions require multiple types of data, often collected through separate workflows.

Decision uncertainty

Inspection data frequently lacks the context needed to support confident maintenance decisions.

Limited Exposure

Confined, cluttered, dark, and dusty environments challenge traditional inspection methods and conventional drones.

Operational complexity

Complex inspection environments require highly trained pilots, limiting operational scalability.

Fragmented workflows

Understanding asset conditions require multiple types of data, often collected through separate workflows.

Decision uncertainty

Inspection data frequently lacks the context needed to support confident maintenance decisions.

Built for challenging indoor inspections. Engineered for versatility.

More than a confined space drone, the Elios 3 helps inspection teams safely access challenging environments, simplify complex operations, capture valuable inspection data, and turn findings into actionable insights.

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Unprecedented access

Complete surveying and inspection tasks where people and other drones cannot operate.

Stress-free operations

Reduce pilot workload and stress with advanced pilot-assist features.

Unmatched versatility

Capture accurate, repeatable visual, LiDAR, and UT data with a single platform.

Actionable insights

Localize findings, collaborate efficiently, and turn data into actionable insights.

Unprecedented access

Complete surveying and inspection tasks where people and other drones cannot operate.

Stress-free operations

Reduce pilot workload and stress with advanced pilot-assist features.

Unmatched versatility

Capture accurate, repeatable visual, LiDAR, and UT data with a single platform.

Actionable insights

Localize findings, collaborate efficiently, and turn data into actionable insights.

An indoor inspection drone

Purpose-built for indoor inspections

  • Designed with Flyability’s patented collision-tolerant technology, the Elios 3 combines a unique flight controller, signature protective cage, and propeller reversal technology. As a purpose-built caged drone, it is the only drone on the market capable of recovering from flips without crashing.
  • The Elios 3 confined-space drone is built for GPS-denied environments. Using the Elios 3’s LiDAR, VIO cameras, and advanced SLAM algorithms, it maps its surroundings while simultaneously tracking its position—enabling precise navigation in enclosed and hazardous spaces.
  • The Elios 3’s compact design fits through manholes and cluttered spaces, enabling safe inspections without requiring workers' entry.

Intuitive operations

  • Autonomy Features
    Advanced autonomy features help operators perform complex indoor inspections with greater confidence and consistency. By reducing pilot workload and reinforcing safety margins, Elios 3 makes challenging missions easier to execute. 
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  • An onboard algorithm continuously detects and corrects the drone’s movements, ensuring stone-like stability even in the dustiest conditions. This piloting assistance enables operators of all skill levels to navigate with confidence, requiring little to no training.
  • In flight, the Cockpit App displays the camera feed and a real-time, high-density point cloud map. This 3D view of the inspected area gives pilots exceptional situational awareness, showing the drone’s position, trajectory, and captured POIs directly within the model.

One platform.
Multiple inspection capabilities.

The Elios 3 combines a built-in visual inspection payload with a growing ecosystem of plug-and-play sensors, enabling teams to tackle multiple inspection challenges with a single platform.

Visual inspection payload built-in

  • 4K camera
    Delivers ultra-high-definition images, enabling detailed inspections and capturing fine visual details even in complete darkness.
  • Captures real-time temperature data for each pixel, enabling quick identification of hotspots and heat patterns.
  • Illuminates surfaces at an angle, casting shadows on asperities and making it easy to spot pitting, cracks, and build-ups just as you would with a flashlight.
  • Reduces glare and enhances visibility in dusty environments, ensuring clear inspection imagery.

Additional Plug-and-Play payload ecosystem

Adapt the platform to evolving inspection requirements without changing tools, enabling a wider range of inspection applications with a single drone.

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Inspector Software

Transform drone data into actionable insights

Elios 3 extends the value of every inspection through Inspector, Flyability's software solution for you to visualize and analyze inspection data without any additional processing. All data and points of interest captured during flight are automatically mapped onto a 3D model of your asset, providing a fast, accurate, and reliable way to localize information and streamline your inspection workflow.

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Inspector software transforming Elios 3 drone data into a 3D inspection model
Video: how Inspector software turns Elios 3 flight data into actionable 3D inspection insights.

Built for long-term success

From onboarding to ongoing operations, Flyability provides the services and expertise needed to help teams deploy, operate, and scale their inspection programs with confidence.

Maintenance

11 service centers
How-to videos
Spare parts

Training

80+ training facilities
15+ training programs
Online training simulator

Support

5 languages
3 time zones
Knowledge base

Care

Damage waiver in case of incident
All-inclusive wear and tear coverage

Maintenance

11 service centers
How-to videos
Spare parts

Training

80+ training facilities
15+ training programs
Online training simulator

Support

5 languages
3 time zones
Knowledge base

Care

Damage waiver in case of incident
All-inclusive wear and tear coverage
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Explore the Elios 3 tech specs

The technical specifications define the product’s functionality and the technical requirements for its features. These documents are available in both web and print formats.

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Trusted by thousands of happy customers

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Anthony Rampello, Project Manager, EDF Cattenom
“We are able to reduce the inspection time considerably because we don’t have to set up scaffolding and we are able to carry out the checks with Elios 3. Inevitably I see a financial gain.”
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James Comeau, Long Range Planning Lead, Glencore
“I see it being a true replacement for human eyes underground. The Elios 3 it’s really an everyday tool that can capture the data you have and keep it in sort of an archive form.”
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Roze Wesby, Global Head of Plants of Tomorrow, Holcim
“The drones for us are really important. It starts with health and safety. Its also good for our profitability. But finally it also helps our people be productive and efficient.”
Watch the full interview
EDF Cattenom logo
Anthony Rampello, Project Manager, EDF Cattenom
“We are able to reduce the inspection time considerably because we don’t have to set up scaffolding and we are able to carry out the checks with Elios 3. Inevitably I see a financial gain.”
Watch the full interview
Glencore logo
James Comeau, Long Range Planning Lead, Glencore
“I see it being a true replacement for human eyes underground. The Elios 3 it’s really an everyday tool that can capture the data you have and keep it in sort of an archive form.”
Watch the full interview
Holcim logo
Roze Wesby, Global Head of Plants of Tomorrow, Holcim
“The drones for us are really important. It starts with health and safety. Its also good for our profitability. But finally it also helps our people be productive and efficient.”
Watch the full interview
RESOURCES

Learn more about the Elios 3

drone flying in front of LP turbine blades
Blog | Product
10 Elios 3s and counting: how Dominion Energy set up a drone program
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Cargill Flyability
Case study | Product
ROI of drone inspections
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Case study | Product
Surveying sewers 4x faster with the Elios 3
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drone flying in front of LP turbine blades
Blog | Product
10 Elios 3s and counting: how Dominion Energy set up a drone program
Learn More →
Cargill Flyability
Case study | Product
ROI of drone inspections
Learn More →
01-12-37-15
Case study | Product
Surveying sewers 4x faster with the Elios 3
Learn More →

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What makes the Elios 3 different from other inspection drones?
The Elios 3 was purpose-built for indoor inspections. Its collision-resilient design, GPS-denied navigation, pilot-assist technologies, and versatile payload ecosystem enable teams to safely inspect challenging environments and collect actionable data.  
How does the Elios 3 handle collisions?

Flyability's patented collision-resilient technology combines a protective cage, a unique flight controller, and propeller reversal technology, allowing the Elios 3 to recover from impact and continue operating in confined and obstacle-rich environments.

Can operators with limited drone experience use the Elios 3?

Yes. Advanced pilot-assist technologies, real-time 3D mapping, and autonomy features help operators perform complex inspections with confidence and minimal training. Flyability also provides dedicated onboarding and training programs to help teams get operational quickly.

What types of inspections can the Elios 3 perform?

The Elios 3 supports visual and thermal inspections, ultrasonic thickness measurements, radiation monitoring, gas detection, and surveying through its built-in payload and growing ecosystem of plug-and-play sensors.

Can the Elios 3 operate in GPS-denied environments?

Yes. The Elios 3 utilizes LiDAR, visual-inertial cameras, and SLAM algorithms to navigate, map, and maintain stable flight in environments where GPS is unavailable.

How does Inspector help inspection teams?

Inspector organizes inspection data by asset and maps findings onto a digital twin, helping teams document defects, track changes over time, and support maintenance decisions.

Can I add new inspection capabilities after purchasing the Elios 3?

Yes. The Elios 3 is designed as a versatile inspection platform that can be expanded with specialized payloads for surveying, thickness measurements, radiation monitoring, and gas detection.

How does the Elios 3 help improve inspection safety?

The Elios 3 reduces the need for personnel to enter confined, elevated, or hazardous environments by enabling remote inspections and safer access to critical asset data.

What makes the Elios 3 different from other inspection drones?
The Elios 3 was purpose-built for indoor inspections. Its collision-resilient design, GPS-denied navigation, pilot-assist technologies, and versatile payload ecosystem enable teams to safely inspect challenging environments and collect actionable data.  
How does the Elios 3 handle collisions?

Flyability's patented collision-resilient technology combines a protective cage, a unique flight controller, and propeller reversal technology, allowing the Elios 3 to recover from impact and continue operating in confined and obstacle-rich environments.

Can operators with limited drone experience use the Elios 3?

Yes. Advanced pilot-assist technologies, real-time 3D mapping, and autonomy features help operators perform complex inspections with confidence and minimal training. Flyability also provides dedicated onboarding and training programs to help teams get operational quickly.

What types of inspections can the Elios 3 perform?

The Elios 3 supports visual and thermal inspections, ultrasonic thickness measurements, radiation monitoring, gas detection, and surveying through its built-in payload and growing ecosystem of plug-and-play sensors.

Can the Elios 3 operate in GPS-denied environments?

Yes. The Elios 3 utilizes LiDAR, visual-inertial cameras, and SLAM algorithms to navigate, map, and maintain stable flight in environments where GPS is unavailable.

How does Inspector help inspection teams?

Inspector organizes inspection data by asset and maps findings onto a digital twin, helping teams document defects, track changes over time, and support maintenance decisions.

Can I add new inspection capabilities after purchasing the Elios 3?

Yes. The Elios 3 is designed as a versatile inspection platform that can be expanded with specialized payloads for surveying, thickness measurements, radiation monitoring, and gas detection.

How does the Elios 3 help improve inspection safety?

The Elios 3 reduces the need for personnel to enter confined, elevated, or hazardous environments by enabling remote inspections and safer access to critical asset data.