Freefly Systems Bush Pilot

The Freefly Systems Bush Pilot is a compact knob with a joystick and slider which quick releases the MIMIC (sold separately) so several people can work together to control the footage you capture. The Bush Pilot provides users the ability to control Focus, Iris, or Zoom on the FIZ driver. You can assign one user the focus, for example, while another controls iris and zoom. Freefly intends this as the first in a series of control accessories to execute the shots your want.

Pair the Bush Pilot with any MoVI Pro or MIMIC running at least 1.2 firmware. It draws little power from the MIMIC and will not greatly reduce the MIMIC's run time. 

During NAB 2017, Nic Somera featured the Freefly Systems products. In his video blog, Freefly described the Bush Pilot as a modular MoVI Controller. Check out his Freefly Updates video blog to view the MoVI Pro interacting with the Pilot and MIMIC. That video includes a configuration with a shoulder harness where the MIMIC intuitively captures fast motion and it is reflected on the MoVI Pro gimbal.

The Bush Pilot knob cannot currently be reversed, but Freefly states they may consider this change in the future, if there is enough interest. Tag them #FreeflyBushPilot and #AbelCine on social media to tell them what you want.

It includes a 13mm quick release mount and a wire to connect to the MIMIC Controller.

When using the Bush Pilot and an optional MoVI Controller (connected to COM 1), the MoVI Controller will defer to whichever axis is active on the Bush Pilot. An example of this might be when someone is pulling focus on the Bush Pilot and someone else is operating the iris and zoom from their MoVI Controller, which is sold separately.

NOTE: Once you set end points of your focus wheel the first time you plug it into your MIMIC, you will not need to reestablish that every time. If you swap the Bush Pilot between MIMICs, then you will need to calibrate prior to operation.