Dudu flew a few of the Makani team out to their test site last night, primarily to locate the field and also to test the video equipment in the helicopter and check out a gyroscope camera mount. The gyroscope was noticeably helpful and the test yielded beautiful footage that could easily be motion stabilized for stable aerial views of a kiteboat or a wing test. In the attached video, Andrea started with a shot of the airport that was filmed before the gyroscope was attached to the camera and as you will see, it is very shaky. The gyroscope takes ten minutes to get up to speed, and does not change direction very easily, but with a little forethought and practice, any […more]