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Tri rotor flying itself in high wind.

Manual hover in front of camera followed by the same autonomous mission several times.

Autonomous quad rotor maneuvers.

The quad rotor's first autonomous hovering.

Stable timelapse was achieved with auto hover & software stabilization.

Magnified view from auto hover with software stabilization.

Auto hovers in front of Moffet field.

The biggest payoff from autopilot is making timelapse movies from a mostly stationary aerial position. heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Autopilot can paint words in the sky. heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Light painting LION from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Stabilized hover timelapse with interpolation from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Windy hover with software stabilization from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

High resolution timelapse of pilot from the air from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Light painting CAT on autopilot.

Swashplate mixing with a neural network from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

More autonomous hover in wind from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.
Stabilized video from T-Rex.


Night video from T-Rex followed by power glitch induced crash.


Autopilot flights are shown in timelapse.


Ground view of hover in no wind.


Daylight auto hover in high wind.

Stabilized HD cam from Corona.


Onboard camera view during daylight hover demo.


Autonomous hover in daylight from heroine worshipper on Vimeo

Vicacopter on PBS from heroine worshipper on Vimeo.

Timelapse of the first still camera images in auto hover.

The first time position hold started working.

Closeup of automated cyclic response to tilt.

First attempts to implement the tail gyro in software.

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