Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Check out our newest feature: Smart Return-to-Home! Your drone can now autonomously find the shortest route back to the home point. Use the battery bar at the top of the screen to check when it's time to go, then hit the RTH button and let the drone do the work. Make inspections easier for pilots.
Check out our newest feature: Smart Return-to-Home! Your drone can now autonomously find the shortest route back to the home point. Use the battery bar at the top of the screen to check when it's time to go, then hit the RTH button and let the drone do the work. Make inspections easier for pilots.



![Inspecting Pipe Racks with Drones 🔎
One of the main drone inspections that are conducted at refineries with the Elios 3 UT is pipe and pipe rack inspections. Andre and his team now use the Elios 3 once or twice a week to inspect the pipe racks at their refinery in Louisiana. #PipeInspection #PipeRackInspection #RefineryInspection
Pipe racks can be very congested, making it hard to access with standard outdoor drones or man lifts, so Andres is now using the Elios 3 UT to reach spots you wouldnt normally be able to see from the ground or with bigger drones from above. [The Elios 3] allows you to get into those hard-to-get-to spaces. A lot of the time its just a couple of feet between the tiers of a pipe rack, and we are able to get the Elios 3 in there to inspect the underside and the top of each tier of the pipe rack, says Andre.
Find out more about drone pipe rack inspection: https://www.flyability.com/oil-and-gas-drones
Andre then goes on to say that pipe rack inspections with drones are a lot faster compared to using traditional means like scaffolding or rope access. Depending on the length of the pipe rack, it may take us 10 minutes for about 50 feet (15 metres), and we can safely carry out the inspection from the ground.
Read the case studies on NDT drones: https://www.flyability.com/resources?tags=Oil+%26amp%3B+Gas
Revolutionize your pipe rack inspections with drones. Elios 3 is a UT inspection drone made for confined space inspections and NDT inspections in petrochemical plants. It can be used as an oil and gas inspection drone for tank inspections, pipe inspections, pressure vessel inspections, and more, or as an emergency response drone.
#OilAndGasDrone #OilAndGasInspections #OilAndGasInspectionDrone #RefineryInspection #PipeInspection #PiperackInspection #TankInspection #OilAndGasDrone #DronesInOilAndGas #PetrochemicalDrone #Petrochemicals #NDTDrone #UTDrone #Flyability #Elios3 Inspecting Pipe Racks with Drones 🔎](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gyUoz-cbni8/mqdefault.jpg)






