We’ve been keeping a close eye on [Nick Rehm]’s cool spinning drone project ... roll and pitch control. This basically imitates the cyclic pitch control of a classic helicopter — a sort ...

You might be surprised to learn that the FAA has over 1 million drones registered in the U.S., and an average of around 8,500 are buzzing through the sky each day, per the U.S. Department of Defense.

Most Classic 3 pilots, however, are likely to take control over the drone themselves on most occasions. Nevertheless, ActiveTrack 5.0 is very useful if you want to keep a subject in the frame.

But what is more interesting for us, is what happens when you try to attach an inverted pendulum to the top of a drone in flight? (video embedded, below) This is a classic control theory problem ...