Cinewhoop
Also known as: cine whoop, ducted FPV drone
A small FPV drone with ducts or guards around its propellers, built to fly smoothly and safely close to people, through buildings and in tight spaces.
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What it means
A cinewhoop is a compact FPV drone, usually on 2.5 to 3.5 inch propellers, with a duct or guard ring around each prop. The name joins "cinematic" with "whoop", the tiny ducted indoor quads that started the style. The ducts let it bump a wall or brush a branch without dropping out of the sky, and they make it far less dangerous near people.
Where a freestyle quad is built for speed and flips, a cinewhoop is tuned for slow, gliding, steady movement. It is the drone behind one-take flythrough videos of houses, gyms, restaurants and factories, where the camera floats through a doorway, down a hallway and out over the street in a single continuous shot. The DJI Avata line follows the same idea in ready-to-fly form.
How it works in practice
Many cinewhoops carry a stripped "naked" GoPro or another light action camera, while others record on board through a digital video system. Pilots often shoot 4K in a 4:3 sensor mode for room to crop and stabilize later, and use an ND filter outdoors to keep shutter speed low enough for smooth motion.
Flight time is short, often only a few minutes per pack depending on weight and how hard you fly, so a property tour usually takes several attempts at the same route. Experienced pilots walk the path first, open every door, and decide where the drone climbs or slows. Then they fly the line again and again until one take is clean from start to finish.
What to watch out for
Ducted props are loud and the sound is a high-pitched buzz, so the onboard audio is almost always useless - plan on replacing it with music. The ducts also add weight and drag, which makes cinewhoops sluggish in wind and quick to drain batteries outdoors.
Indoors, prop wash bounces off walls and ceilings and can make the drone wobble in narrow corridors, which shows up as shaky footage. A chipped prop or loose duct adds vibration that appears as rolling shutter jello. Inspect props after every bump, and label failed takes clearly so you do not mistake one for the keeper. Flying close to people is a matter for local rules, so check them first.
How RawClip handles it
If you shot several passes of the same flythrough, upload them all in one order - stabilized beforehand, since RawClip does not stabilize. The AI removes duplicate and dull footage and failed stretches, then builds one highlight cut to the beat of the included music, which also takes care of the useless duct noise on the original audio.