- active direct participation by camera operator viewing through camera
- can be reloaded inflight
- agile, allows whip pans, snap zooms, rapid framing adjustments and dutching on-the-fly for induced urgency
- near-ball mount quality with gyro assist on focal lengths up to 250mm
- Solid state reliability with very little electronics. Mount still usable even during electronic failure.
- Ability to use standard production camera packages and lenses
- Extensible to non-aerial applications with land or marine vehicles on a limited basis.
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- allows filming of the straight ahead pilot POV - as helicopter banks or turns, the camera horizon banks
- joy-stick operated, single axis (Tilt), statically stabilized systems.
- mounts mandate reloading on the ground. For a helicopter nose mount this can be done relatively quickly.
- utilize 400' - 1000' magazines
- Viewing is via a color LCD monitor; other monitors can be added.
- useable focal length range of approximately 9.8mm to 50mm (35mm film format) for all film & video formats.
- various film and video format cameras can be attached to mount.
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