Recent content by Andy Blackburn

The most effective long-term answer is to build dual-band ADS-B (1090ES and UAT) receivers into drone autopilots and have them warn the pilot - or even automatically evade - when confronted with converging traffic. Most jet and turboprop aircraft carry 1090ES Out (transmitters) today and a lot...

Not every camera angle is going to miss the gear, props etc. It looks like if you want to do a pan with the camera field of view well above the horizon you might have a little more flexibility yawing the entire helicopter rather than panning the camera, though that would be harder to execute...

I think it might be an interaction between the vibration damping mount and the x-axis gimbal. It seems to happen even when the H-frame isn't moving and seems to be more pronounced with the H-frame in the up position. It shouldn't have much of an effect on video quality (aside maybe very close...