First a blimp, mapping. Now a drone, filming
We were in Federal Hill on Monday trolling for news (and not finding much) but luckily, at the corner of Cross and Charles streets, we shifted our gaze away from the streets and up at the sky.
There, hovering above the bars and brick rowhouses, was what looked like a four-legged, ottoman-sized bug with six arms projecting out from the center, a propeller twirling like a cheerleader’s baton on each arm.
Emitting a faint whine, it moved – slow, then fast, then slow – hovering over the street and the oblivious passersby exiting from Cross Street Market.
Cameron Uhlig stood below, guiding its movement like a kid with a remote-control helicopter. (Unlike those RC toy copters, which always seemed to cartwheel out of control and crash into a lamp on Christmas morning, this thing moved smoothly and landed gently.)
“We’re filming all over the city, it’s for Visit Baltimore,” explained Uhlig, of Mount Holyoke, N.J.-based Camagine Design.
http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/10/17/first-a-blimp-mapping-now-a-drone-filming/
