Skyhook — aerial cinematography unit, Cape Town
Your best shot.
A film-grade aerial unit in Cape Town. Custom cinelifters carrying RED and ARRI at 160 km/h, heavy-lift to 15.3 kg, LIDAR mapping and hero aircraft — flown by a licensed crew of fifteen.
What's in the case.
Twelve aircraft, built and maintained in-house. Every rig below is one we fly weekly, with the camera it actually carries.
SH-01Dual Op Cinelifter
Top mount · Ronin RS3 Pro
- Speed
- 110 km/h
- Payload
- 4.5 kg
- Flight
- 10 min
- Camera
- RED Komodo · Sony FX6
SH-02Dual Op Cinelifter
Bottom mount · MōVI Pro
- Speed
- 160 km/h
- Payload
- 6.8 kg
- Flight
- 8 min
- Camera
- RED V-Raptor · ARRI Alexa 35 · Alexa Mini
SH-03Siccario
High-speed heavy lifter
- Speed
- 160 km/h
- Payload
- 4.5 kg
- Flight
- 8 min
- Camera
- RED Komodo · Sony FX6
SH-04Thicc
Ducted · safe for close-ups with cast
- Speed
- 160 km/h
- Payload
- 6.8 kg
- Flight
- 8 min
- Camera
- RED Komodo · Pandora
SH-05Echoquad 5"
The all-rounder
- Speed
- 140 km/h
- Payload
- 0.2 kg
- Flight
- 6 min
- Camera
- GoPro 5.3K/60 · 4K/120
SH-06Ducted Echoquad
Tight spaces, close to cast
- Speed
- 80 km/h
- Payload
- 0.2 kg
- Flight
- 6 min
- Camera
- GoPro
SH-07Cinewhoop
Under 15 cm across
- Speed
- 25 km/h
- Payload
- 0.1 kg
- Flight
- 3 min
- Camera
- Naked GoPro
SH-08Inspire 3
8K full frame · RTK repeatable routes
- Speed
- 94 km/h
- Payload
- —
- Flight
- 28 min
- Camera
- 8K/75 · 4K/120 · DL lenses
SH-09Inspire 2
Dual-op workhorse, Super 35
- Speed
- 94 km/h
- Payload
- —
- Flight
- 20 min
- Camera
- 6K CinemaDNG · 4K/50
SH-10Mavic 3 Cine
5.1K ProRes 422 HQ
- Speed
- 76 km/h
- Payload
- —
- Flight
- 45 min
- Camera
- 4/3 CMOS · dual camera
SH-11Freefly Alta 8
Heavy lifter
- Speed
- 56 km/h
- Payload
- 9.1 kg
- Flight
- 10 min
- Camera
- MōVI Pro · Ronin 2
SH-12Freefly Alta X
Heavy lifter
- Speed
- 95 km/h
- Payload
- 15.3 kg
- Flight
- 10 min
- Camera
- MōVI Pro · Ronin 2 · lights
Also in the case
- Ronin 4D 8K
- 4-axis stabilised cinema camera, LiDAR autofocus, wireless video
- Freefly Ember
- High-speed: 5K at 600 fps, 4K at 800 fps
- Airborne lights
- 65 000 lumens, aimed and dimmed in flight
- MōVI Pro · Ronin 2
- Gimbals to 6.8 kg and 13.6 kg payload
- Teradek Bond
- Live stream from any drone, under 2 s latency
- Tracking e-bike
- Silent tracking, 10 kg camera package, 60 km/h
Hero aircraftPiper J-3 Cub, Antonov An-2, Yak-52, Cessna 180, Bushbaby, MX2, Sbach 342, RV-8 — with camera-ship formation flying, in partnership with TheAIR.Tech.
3D for VFXLIDAR with Horts plus photogrammetry: spatial data for sets, locations and previs, at any scale.
Airborne light65 000-lumen custom lights aimed and dimmed in flight from the Alta X. Night exteriors without a crane.
Who flies it, and what it has flown on.
Fifteen people, one licence, more than ten years in the air over Cape Town. The credits are the argument.
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FR 12Features & series
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- One Piece
- Monster Hunter
- Resident Evil
- The Last Days of American Crime
- Our Girl
- Eight
Commercials & brands
- Porsche
- BMW
- Genesis
- Nedbank
- Paco Rabanne
- Orange
- Sonata
- Southern Wind
- AfrikaBurn
- Absa
Crew · 15
Air Service Licence G1229D · ROC holder- Toni UnterbergerFounder · Drone pilot · B.Arch
- Megan De JagerPartner · Producer
- Matthew BrooksDrone pilot · BVLOS instructor
- Herman OosthuizenDrone pilot · Camera op · Photogrammetry
- Patricia BeckerProduction coordinator
- Ri-El De JagerDoP · Drone pilot
- Andrew MurrayDrone pilot · IT
- Nic van der WesthuizenDrone pilot · Camera op · Gimbal tech
- Jadon ChurchmanDrone pilot · Camera op
- Joel KempthorneDrone pilot · Editor
- James LoudonDrone pilot · Cinematographer
- Arnold MauritzUnderwater pilot · RPC & PPL
- Wesley GreenDrone pilot · Camera op
- Daniel WalshDoP · Gimbal op · Falcon arm
- PonyoClient happiness specialist
Pilots, DoPs, gimbal techs, a BVLOS instructor, an underwater pilot and a producer. Every flight is planned and permitted before the props spin.
When the case is free.
Summer belongs to the international productions. From May to August the calendar opens up — and the crew, the fleet and the light are all still here.
| Mo | Season | Typically flying |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | Peak | International features, commercials |
| Feb | Peak | Commercials, car work, sport |
| Mar | Peak | Late-season features, music video |
| Apr | Shoulder | Brand content, tourism |
| May | Open | LIDAR & mapping, interiors, studio |
| Jun | Open | Property fly-throughs, corporate |
| Jul | Open | Storm & ocean work, LIDAR |
| Aug | Open | Previs, mapping, training days |
| Sep | Shoulder | Spring launches, events |
| Oct | Peak | Feature prep, commercials |
| Nov | Peak | Commercials, series |
| Dec | Peak | Holiday campaigns |
Winter dispatch.
The same unit that shoots Porsche in January is available for your listing, your site scan or your brand film in June — with shorter lead times and the full crew on the day.
- Property & architecture
- Exterior orbits, interior fly-throughs with the Cinewhoop, dusk shots under airborne light. Delivered in days, weather permitting.
- LIDAR & photogrammetry
- Sets, sites and locations scanned for VFX, construction or insurance. Rain does not stop a scan of an interior.
- Brand & social content
- A day with the FPV kit and an Inspire 3 fills a quarter of posts. Cape Town winter light is the best of the year.
- Industrial inspection
- Roofs, towers, plant and coastline, with the crew that holds a BVLOS instructor rating.
Pack the brief.
Seven lines is all we need to quote. Send it by WhatsApp and it lands on a pilot's phone, or email it and we'll come back with a camera package and a number.