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Kevin,
WOW!!!
A friend of mine has a somewhat "cheap" version, only
about $200K (Cineflex) on a somewhat more expensive tripod ($2.2M for a AS350B3
- no, not the one I got checked out on....). The one in your photo seems to be a
B2 or BA.
What is the brand of the gimbal/camara?
I doubt that they ever have a need to go to
90º!!
It is an awesome move though - on my checkout I was
demo-ed a 70ª nose-down and a 110ª roll over, after that a couple of level
70-80ª turns (there you really start to feel some g's!
The 70º starts as a HOGE at around 2000' AOL and ends as a
highspeed, soft, pull out of the dive.
The 110º starts as a highspeed climbing (20º) turn,
bleeding off speed at the top and just keep rolling and let the machine dive -
no pulling g's until pulling out of the dive.
If you are ever in one of these maneuvers you start to
feel sorry for the camera!
Your comments give me hope though that, if I ever have the
chance to fly a gimbal/camera like this, it would not be boring.
Generally the producer want's you to be nothing than a
steady tripod and let the camera engineer do all the fun (yes, there is no more
such person like a camera-man on these things :)) On lower budget
productions the TV-camera is shoulder or bungee supported which prevents maximum
use of the zoom as shaking (from the helicopter, wind buffet, etc.) shows
in the picture - that means the camera/helo has to get close to the object. The
cameraman tries to keep the cam as steady as possible and generally the helo
does all the interesting moves - that's where I get the most fun!!
Best Regards,
Thomas :)
PS: The cineflex goes for about $6K per day, what this
puppy?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:56
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] 3 rotors &
camera - off subject
never seen this before, a $1.5M camera
and a $1.5M "tripod"! they are filming downtown and stopped for
fuel. can you believe they flew this 6 hrs from LA.? (that's $9,000+ one
way) the gyro mount can handle 110 degrees of bank! (that's past
vertical) the pilot admitted he's never been past 90
however. kevin
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