Balanced Gimbal with Props, Rather than the Inverse

The principle of a gimbal gets a new twist with this invention: The camera hardware is tethered on a balanced “bridge” straddling the flying hardware, and looks essentially like a teeter-totter. The part that does all the flying can move freely, and the bridge is balanced horizontally to maintain a steady shot.

Further advantages are the orientation of the props, away from the edges of the machine, and its seemingly minimalist framework, which is claimed in Claim 1 (so it must be important and novel).

Title: “REMOTE-CONTROLLED AERIAL DEVICE PLATFORM”

US Patent Application Publication No: 20150021429

Filed (Germany): July 18, 2013

Published: January 22, 2015