I don’t have to deal with that with my Sachtlers either but there are a lot of folks out there using Manfrotto “grease” heads that find the trick useful. It does help when sticktion is the issue. I have seen several people complain about lack of ramping on pans especially on the I1. I think this...
It doesn’t look like it is intended for flying the I1 at all. It looks rather like it is for use on the second controller for smoothing the beginning and ending of pans and tilts on the gimble. In essence it seems to be the same “rubber band trick” videographers have been using to get smooth...