SkyperCam

SkyperCam is the worldwide network fleet of microlight camera platforms operated by experienced, responsible pilots—creating greater access to professional aerial cinematography while providing productions with a lower-carbon, lower-noise alternative to traditional helicopter filming. The objective is practical: put capable aerial camera platforms closer to productions, reduce the logistical and financial barriers to professional aerial cinematography, and build an environmentally conscious model that can scale across markets.

Experienced microlight pilots and operators interested in becoming part of the worldwide SkyperCam network are invited to contact us.

Aerial Freedom, Shaped Around the Shot

SkyperCam isn’t limited to a single characteristic of aerial movement. At the foundation of the aircraft is Air Création’s proprietary wing and flight-control design, developed to give the pilot exceptional control over the aircraft’s flight characteristics. Different Air Création wing configurations allow the aircraft to be selected around the sequence. A configuration optimized for controlled, slower flight can serve a very different shot than one selected for greater speed and dynamic tracking. In flight, the pilot can further adjust the wing geometry, influencing the aircraft’s attitude and behavior as the needs of the sequence change. For filmmakers, that means greater freedom to move between intimate low-altitude perspectives, landscapes, tracking sequences and faster-moving subjects with the same aerial platform. For pilots, it means a broad and adaptable flight envelope that can be considered as part of planning—and executing—the shot.

Access Beyond the Airport

Low-speed handling also contributes to one of SkyperCam’s most practical production advantages: short-field operation. The aircraft can take off and land using relatively short operating areas, providing access to microlight airfields and suitable locations that would not support conventional aviation infrastructure. This can place the aerial unit closer to the production, reducing repositioning and allowing the aircraft to operate from locations selected around the day’s work. SkyperCam can be prepared with conventional landing gear for land-based operations or floats for takeoff and landing on water. The configuration can be selected around the production day, extending the platform into remote environments, coastlines and waterways, wildlife and natural-history filmmaking, sailing, open-water sports and adventure production.

Quiet by Nature

Lower noise is more than an environmental benefit. It’s a production tool. Compared with a helicopter, the microlight’s reduced acoustic footprint can mean less disturbance to wildlife, locations, events, performers and the surrounding environment. For documentary and natural-history work, that can help the aircraft coexist more naturally with the subject being filmed. For live events, sports, commercials and narrative production, it reduces the impact the aerial unit has on everything happening below. Combined with long endurance and lower fuel consumption, SkyperCam is designed to remain useful to production without demanding that production revolve around the aircraft.

FoMa Antares — Flexible Stabilization at the Center of SkyperCam

At the heart of SkyperCam is the same FoMa Antares used across professional cinema and broadcast — the most flexible three-axis stabilized remote head on the market. Its unique open-ring design accommodates a wide range of professional camera and lens configurations without requiring traditional counterweights, allowing more of the aircraft’s available payload to be dedicated to the camera package itself. Combined with our High Dynamic Mode, FoMa Antares is optimized for the increased forces encountered during dynamic flight. FoMa Antares delivers precise, stable camera movement across the microlight’s broad flight envelope—from controlled low-speed perspectives to fast, dynamic tracking.

Professional camera stabilization

FoMa Antares stabilization, professional camera integration and continued development of the camera system at the center of SkyperCam.