ORIGINAL: Sky High
That was much better and it looked more like a news helo looking down at a sharp angle while over that house. So, the reason it was crooked in the first video is because you tried to align by sight or guess and didn't quite get it.
Thanks. The reason it was crooked in the first video is because we changed the downward tilt of the camera just before the flight. It had been carefully calibrated level/straight prior to the demo, but when we changed it to look more downward it threw everything else off. Because of the 45 degree geometry of the camera mount, the horizon and forward alignment must be reset every time the upward/downward angle is changed. In other words there are three interactive variables - change one variable and it affects the other two. I'm not sure DFI took this into account when they designed the SAVS. I would think that the simple ability to adjust the camera declination without messing up the horizon line would be a rather rudimentary design constraint. I like this 45 degree down-tilt angle, so I'm hoping we won't have to change it now that we've got it dialled in. However in a mission environment, that can't be guaranteed.