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Prop wash! Turbulence! You must be kidding! They are using wire rope isolaters to shield the gimbal from prop resonation. If they actually knew what they were doing, they could hard mount the gimbal to the airframe. Stang is right - huge waste of money when equivalent, lower cost options are...

Looking at this video the stability of this $50K+ multi looks pretty sad. Looks like the perfect purchase for someone with more money than brains. I heard they just sold one in the U.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQdM0IgzwCc

The jiggles are no problem whatsoever. If the wind forces get too great, it will stall the motors.

Its in my plans to film with our Movi from an R44 but i have been too busy getting it fitted to our super heavy lift heli. The feedback from others who have done so say it works really well as long as you keep it out of the slipstream.

Most are flying hobby grade components built under minimal quality standards. I have over 30 years professional RC experience and until a month ago hadn't had a crash in 10 years with an AP rig and I won't fly over crowds, ever, and I have a lot of faith in my equipment and skills. It is not...

These "Dudes" seriously need to stop flying over large crowds. This is the third video they have posted flying directly over large crowds/events. http://vimeo.com/71525049

Don't confuse flying skill with operating safely. Certainly skill is an asset but overconfidence can lead to unwise risk taking. I catch myself regularly thinking "I could probably get away with that". When I have those thoughts my next thought is always "what is to be gained verses lost?"...

1:37, 1:42, 1:51 and the worst 3:00 directly over the large crowd. As a professional RC pilot for the last 30 years I would have declined to do all of those shots.

Yes it is....good enough for event promoters and production company's to insist on flights over crowds and pilots following suit and willing to comply. The future doesn't bode well if this continues.

I predict these jokers will be the next in the news - Drone Dudes http://vimeo.com/72421820

Is Colibri available to purchase right now?

What are the similarities/differences between this and the Movi? Does it have a single operator mode?

At this stage of the game it is just about impossible to make an apples to apples intelligent comparison of capabiliites/limitations between the few serious gimbals available for "pre-order".

Is there any footage of the Colibri using 100mm glass?

It's kind of like taking a tour of a hospital and having a nurse say: "We've been pretty good about not dropping newborn babies"

Don't sell, just rent your stuff out. Add a nice nondisclosure/liability clause and your all set! There are tons of production companies with deep pockets out there. Sure people will get hurt but life is dangerous, wear a helmet!

I have to admit that the ole RCAP business plan looks about as promising as building a coal fired power plant about now. Not getting out completely yet but making a course correction for sure.

To have flown in TV and film, the author doesn't know much about the history of unmanned aerial filming. Emmanuel Previnaire started Flying Cam back in the late 80's using modified Eyemo film cameras.

There are many with the same thoughts you have. What most don't understand is that once the regulations are in place, it is very, very unlikely your equipment investment and business will be permitted to operate legally. Powerful forces are lobbying for requirements that are estimated at several...

One of these worked for about a month and died suddenly. The second one died after about 3 months, also in the middle of a job. Very disappointing.