flying steady cam

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This device is intended to turn an FPV drone into a hand held steady cam. The handle allows for significantly easier hand catch and launch scenarios, while the spring mechanism deadens the sharp gyro noise created while walking so shots can be post stabilized with much less effort.Please take a moment to read the warning below before using this device.As an example use case: I was asked to do a shot where the drone was going to enter a building through the front door, then (without a cut) transition to a hand shot so the camera could be walked down a hallway to then transition again to a flying shot inside the manufacturing area of the building (also without a cut).I think it is important to say I was able to accomplish this shot without this devise. However, it took several takes simply because either the hand catch or launch was not smooth enough, or the walking with the camera down the hall was not smooth enough. My goal in creating this was to make this kind of shot more consistent in order to save time and takes during shooting, while also lowering the skill bar required to accomplish shots like this. I am terrible at the camera man ninja walk and this allows even someone with my lack of ninja skills to accomplish smooth shots significantly more often than without it.