Stabilized airborne drop delivery

An apparatus, comprising:

• an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:
• an orientation sensor;
• a flight controller configured to control a flight path and orientation of the UAV;
• a first winch mechanism secured to the UAV in a first orientation;
• a second winch mechanism secured to the UAV in a second orientation;
• and
• a platform tethered to a distal end of the first winch mechanism and the second winch mechanism, the platform including an attachment mechanism to releasably secure an item to the platform, wherein
• the first extendable tether flexes in a first direction and resists flexing in a second direction, the second extendable tether flexes in the second direction and resists flexing in the first direction, and the first direction is different than the second direction.

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• a first winch including a first extendable tether secured to an underside of the UAV in a first orientation;
• a second winch including a second extendable tether secured to the underside of the UAV in a second orientation;
• an attachment mechanism to releasably secure an item to the first extendable tether and the second extendable tether;
• an orientation sensor to provide orientation feedback signals representative of swinging or tilting in at least one of the first extendable tether, the second extendable tether, and the item;
• and
• a flight controller configured to control flight of the UAV based on the orientation feedback signals, wherein
• the first extendable tether flexes in a first direction and resists flexing in a second direction, the second extendable tether flexes in the second direction and resists flexing in the first direction, and the first direction is different than the second direction.