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A post shared by Nathan Garofalos (@nathangarofalos) The company rents and operates stabilised camera systems for TV shows, commercials and movies. But we’re not just talking about a DJI Ronin here. They use GSS C516 rigs.

Nathan and Chris tell Jalopnik they were inspired to build the Huracam setup after working on Deadliest Catch for Discovery Channel.

Chris was like, ‘We should put the gimbal on the Huracan.’ One thing led to another, we started talking with our friends to figure out how could this be done, how could it be done safely, and what could we do to make the world’s fastest camera car. – Nathan Garofalos A post shared by Nathan Garofalos (@nathangarofalos) Although the Huracam currently uses an 8K RED Helium camera, they say it’s capable of taking any camera and lens setup that the client requests. And they’re able to zoom in all the way to 6,000mm and “read a license plate from a mile away, fully stable”. They say that the hard part wasn’t keeping the camera stable, but keeping the car’s performance as it should be while keeping control.

A post shared by Nathan Garofalos (@nathangarofalos) The Lamborghini Huracan is a mid-engine vehicle. This means what would typically be under the hood (the engine) resides behind the driver & passenger seats, leaving the hood empty. This gives them the space to mount the camera securely at the front of the car.

A post shared by The Huracam (@thehuracam) According to the Lamborghini website, the Huracan Performante has an acceleration time of 0-100km/h (0-62mph) of a mere 2.9 seconds, and 0-200km/h (0-120mph) of 8.9 seconds, with a top speed of 325km/h (201mph). How well it performs with the extra weight of the gimbal and camera they haven’t said, but I’ll bet it beats that truck they used on Deadliest Catch. It’s the kind of vehicle rig that the rest of us can only dream about. There doesn’t appear to have been any footage released shot with it yet, but I’ll be looking forward to seeing that when it’s public.

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