Quad-rotor drone shots taken low to the ground are difficult: GPS altitude is fairly rough on accuracy, and obstacle avoidance can get significantly more difficult versus just flying over the everything. Cinema rover drones are less common but do get around a number of these problems, especially if the subjects are not high off the ground. As a fan of karting, lightweight contraptions and photography this seems like a pretty good project: Tackle a mechanically stabilized video platform, pilot it remotely and capture some outdoor action. Taking a look at the Chassis I picked up this from BMI surplus [ link ], during an adventure with Jake Hecla [ link ] and the mysterious Arsenio [ link ]. For some quick back-story, BMI surplus is this incredibly interesting surplus emporium in Massachusetts, while they do not have tours, you can pick up items that you purchase ahead of time. We were fortunate to get some time to browse inside the incredibly dense arrays of machines, gadgets and gizmos.…