Canon 5D Mark ii Machine

This was a custom built RC Helicopter for aerial filming and it was built to cary the Canon 5D Mark 2. I spent a ton of time tuning and modifying this machine to the point where you could climb or descend at a fairly rapid rate or cruise at 40 mph without causing jello in the video. It would have been a true rock star with a DJI RS 4 Gimbal attached to it. As you can see it is only a two axis gimbal. Pan axis was achieved by yawing the helicopter. The radios that we used to control the Helicopter and gimbal were linked together via buddy box cord. I could throw a switch and that gave the camera/gimbal operator control of the tail rotor, giving him pan control. The pilot had to have a lot of trust in the gimbal operator to not do anything that would put the Helicopter in danger.