If you want to grow as a pilot, fly something besides a drone - this was my point in my response above.
I agree that flying a multi rotor is a serious business and needs to be taken seriously. I do. As I mentioned I am a 40 year RC pilot as well as a 107 commercial operator. The point I am trying to get across is that Flight Modes like CCC and devices like Steady Drive allow skilled operators to advance their 'videography' shots but they are not crutches for lack of 'pilot' skills. Just the opposite - I am saying the 'Average' drone pilot that has their hands full just flying a Typhoon H probably should not use advanced flight modes or devices while flying. Also, there is nothing 'locked' on and in fact; the SD can be pulled off just as fast as you can let the stick go.
I find it rather difficult to control camera movements and have both hands on the sticks. I rather liken this device to the trim controls on a full scale aircraft. It does not hinder the operation of the flight controls, but eases the burden on the pilot. The attention needed to maintain a constant steady right stick motion of the aircraft can now be shifted to controlling camera movement.
Innovation is the path to the future. Some will resist that path, while others will embrace it. The innovation here is that the SD is a simple yet effective tool that works better than the trim feature (CC) in the H480 and left out of the TH Plus.
As easy as I found this to use, a more experienced pilot will find this to be one of those “why didn’t I think of that” tools.
I don't contradict either of you, because I totally agree. Is it difficult to control the aircraft and at the same time the camera? Yes. Does not having an FPV camera make the process even more difficult? Yes. I think the idea is a good one and it makes it easier for us to manoeuvre? Yes. The only thing I'm saying is that as it's a physical and mechanical limitation, and as you explain very well in the video, it has a point of danger because you have physically limited the movements of that stick, and that's what I don't like. Of course I don't take away your merit and I'm grateful that people like you implement, or create things to make things easier for us.
I'm going to introduce another point in this conversation that maybe some illuminates you because I'm saying what I say. It can be helpful for more than one. And it is nothing other than how we use the sticks, how we take the transmitter.
Most people take the transmitter like this, moving the sticks only with their thumbs. They have to hold the weight of the transmitter.
Others handle the sticks with two fingers and although it's hard to get used to it, it cost me quite a lot, you make much more precise movements.
I go further, taking the sticks with two fingers and not having to hold the weight of the transmiter with the rest of the fingers, this makes you free the rest of the fingers to use the controls of the camera. For that use a desk or a transmiter tray. It must have lateral supports to support the edge of the hand, which rests the hand and leave free movement of the rest of fingers.
For those of you who haven't used it, it may never seem like a hassle, another piece of junk to carry, but really handling the transmitter is a wonder. The precision you get of movements allows you to do things that only 1 finger per stick is much more difficult. Taking into account the dimensions of the ST16S, where you can support the singing of the hands without tray, using the sticks with two fingers and using the rest to handle the camera is made very easy with a little practice.
I think that something as simple as taking the transmitter one way or another, or using a tray or not, can make the difference between better control of the aircraft. I don't know if I've explained well what I mean
Man! One of these days, I will ride on a heli. but I've done well in life in avoiding being on an aircraft.. LOL. Reasons, I've let go lots of opportunity to travel, outside of California..
If you get the chance, fly in a helicopter, for me it's like an unfulfilled dream. And someone who is also afraid of heights tells you that. Fear, that a long time ago left me blocked, without being able to move. How did I partially solve it? Climbing. It is incredible that today, I approach a height of more than 10 m and I'm still afraid, vertigo, but the moment I tie the rope, everything disappears and I can be quietly hung in a precipice of more than 100 meters without problem. The fact of having the rope tied is what managed to remove much of the fear that I have at heights, not everything, but enough as crossing hanging pedestrian bridges, see through the transparent floor of bridges hanging on cliffs, etc..
I don't know if this advice will work for you, because since you say you're 103 years old, you've still been caught a little older to start climbing ? ? ? ?