Does the Hawkeye System support pan/tilt mechanisms and head trackers?
Yes and no. There are enough channels (8 physical PWM output channels on the Hawkeye Airborne Unit) for pan and tilt servos. However, currently the system does not support head trackers. This may be a feature to be added in the near future. For pan/tilt without a head tracker there are some options. In certain autopilot modes the left stick is completely unused. See Hawkeye Ground Unit at the bottom of the page. In these modes the left stick could be used for pan/tilt for those not wanting to purchase a head tracker. This may be very advantageous since in these modes the airplane is doing most of the flying itself, allowing you to concentrate on looking around. This would be a simple software modification. I have not done a lot of experimentation with pan/tilt because moving the camera around misaligns the synthetic horizon with the actual horizon in the video. I thought this would discourage people’s interest in pan/tilt, but apparently not. In reality, the synthetic horizon may be us
