If you think you get strange looks now with standard rigs. Just attach this gyro head on any sled and you should be ready to go and get even stranger looks! I don't know how much it costs but it looks like it could be a cheaper alternative to the Alien Revolution. The system below is designed to be used on small R/C helicopter platforms and seems to provide a heading lock so the camera stays where you put it even thought the helo continues to move.

Demo Video
www.remoteilabs.com/movie/Remotei_ri250G_BoschAero.wmv

www.remotei.com

Alien Revolution
www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=48186&highlight=Alien+Revolution

Nifty James, thanks for the link--looks pretty impressive although it's hard to tell exactly what degree of accuracy is being represented due to the thrashing around the guy is doing with the mount.

Coptercam had a system like this on top of a Steadicam a few years ago but it was a bit dodgy to use, and didn't work all that well.

On the video, it doesn't look even close to the accuracy the Alien revolution has.

Regards,
Quoc

You ain't kiddn'!! I was being sort of ridiculous by making that comparison. :O