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Note that the concept itself has been done before in RC helicopters. The only difference here is using a one-propeller drone.

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/25/building-and-flying-a-helico...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80oXSCcHTk

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Yep, he mentions the video you linked as well. (Mentioning because I watched the video you linked first.)
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Perhaps there are specific applications where the payload spinning could be an advantage, imaging/scanning perhaps (which in the video is going to be in the next iteration for the builder).
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