MPA
Elite Veteran
Location: Australia
| Ok to explain the poll.
Some time ago it became apparent to me that everytime I was practicing videography manouvres over a period, if I went off and flew around doing loops etc, when it came back to the smooth flying I was all sticks and had to cool it and settle back to taking it easy.
It seemed to me this was wasting a fair bit of practice time getting the ability to fly smoothly over a set flight path and I re-assesed my aims or the point I am trying to acheive, which is heli cam work.
So I stopped doing any 3D on or off the sim in any form and stuck to only flying "scaler" like style of smooth predictable patterns.
I am reaping the benefits it seems and at this point some 6 months later with my flying it is so much smoother and have no problems holding smooth flight paths.
I found a few tricks to avoid sharp tail movments.
I find I can do the manouvres quicker without any trail runs to get settled.
I got thinking over time, I guess this is what all RC heli videographers do, by that I mean bite the bullet and stop doing 3D, and get focused on the aim of the game ever improving their gracefull manouvres.
Reading the input about gyro stabilisation systems in camera gear and the likes of what that is intended to cure as such, something occured to me. Maybe everyone that flies heli cams for commercial work does not limit themselves to the one kind of flying style and avoiding 3D type flying and zooming around, so I decided to ask.
62% do fly 3D + 16% on the Sim.
OK
I feel like I am staying the obvious here and perhaps it is, but then sometimes the obvious gets overlooked.
May I make a suggestion to the 78%, if you fly a heli cam for $commercial intent and also fly recreationally and in sporting style.
If you are having any issue regarding smooth flying for pics and or video, and perhaps considering fitting gyro stabilisation to the camera system to counter the effect of fast_fingers, perhaps try giving up the sport flying for a while and see what happens.
Give it 2 weeks, no loops, rolls, piro's or anything other than scaler like gracefull flight on and off the sim.
Flying the camera so to speak.
Youll never know if you dont give it go.
And after that if some do stop the sport flying perhaps it will be shown there can be benefits in avoiding flying sporting manouvres in the reach to be better at what you do for a $return.
On and outside chance, maybe you wont need to attach a pile of new fangled doohickies to fly the camera smooth for you.
HTH
Dave
www.polecam-systems.com |
