> I am not a quad-copter expert (IANAQCE?), but does a quad-copter really
> need a separate gimbal for the camera?  I would assume that the camera
> could be affixed to the QC frame rigidly (possibly a little up-down
> movement), and the swivel left-right would be added into the flight control
> that the pilot is sending...

> And depending on the range of motion, the up-down might also be just a
> command to fly the QC at a bit out of level (though using additional power).

> Very cool footage and platform.

> Dan

> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Eric J. Kaplan <ekapla...@gmail.com>wrote:

>> That's how the pros do it, like the SkyCam in pro and college football or
>> during the Olympics. One person drives the camera rig, and the other
>> controls the camera.

>> Sent from Eric's iPhone

>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 7:05 PM, David Knaack <davidkna...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Neat rig. As I was watching the video I was thinking that a really sweet
>> setup for that kind of work would be a two-man POV system where one person
>> is the pilot with a stereoscopic view and the flight controls, and the
>> other is a camera operator, with his remote linked to an HD camera on a PTZ
>> platform. That way the pilot could concentrate on flying the course and
>> staying out of the trees while the camera operator could focus on getting
>> good footage.

>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Jay Hannah <j...@jays.net> wrote:

>>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Jay Hannah <j...@jays.net> wrote:
>>> > Anybody know who/how they shot this?

>>> >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmowWzRX-bs

>>> Oh... There it is:

>>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=368398423245814&set=a.3683969...

>>> j

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