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The original Megamount
was conceived around 1992 at Shepperton Studios. In 1994 one Megamount
was sufficiently stabilised for use on Braveheart. Four of the
original Megamounts made it into the world, for use both on cranes,etc
and on helicopters.
At the end of 1995, the design of the Libra III began, with the
aim of encompassing both ideas of the Megamount and the Libra
II (which was a stabilised-only head) together into one piece
of equipment.
By mid/late 1996
the equipment was launched. In 1999 the Libra III was given the
SOC Technical achievement Award and in 2000, the Libra III won
the AMPTAS Techincal Oscar.
In 1999 the design of the Mega III began as it was felt that the
system had been ignored during the evolution of the Libra III.
So the Mega III design was started afresh with a clean sheet of
paper. The rest, as they say, is history. The Mega III is now
available in 5 continents.
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