Sprite: a different drone

Re:Sprite: a different drone by OrwellianChild on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @02:49PM (#9572248)

The third axis would just provide the ability to pan the video without rotating the drone itself. With SPRITE's pod-style helicopter design, they may be able to use the counter-rotor to provide the third axis of rotation automatically.

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Re:Sprite: a different drone by baddox on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @02:57PM (#9572291)

Yes, the third axis is for yaw stability. While you certainly want that for professional aerial video, it's not at all necessary for these action sports products. Also, the aircraft can definitely yaw.

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Re:Sprite: a different drone by codezero on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @05:03PM (#9573113)

But this also ties the stability to the stability of the drone itself, if it had a third axis, that could be used to compensate for the drone stability, right?

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