The invention discloses a small photoelectric pod control device, a small photoelectric pod, an unmanned aerial vehicle and a small photoelectric pod control method for electric power patrol inspection. The small photoelectric pod control device comprises a pod controller and a pod control module, wherein the pod controller is used for detecting rocker positions of the pod, converting an analog quantity generated by changes of the rocker positions into a digital quantity, and generating a pod control instruction according to the digital quantity and transmitting the pod control instruction to the pod control module; and the pod control module controls the pod to execute corresponding actions according to the pod control instruction, reads attitude data of the pod fed back by an attitude sensor, corrects attitude of the pod timely, and realizes stability augmentation control over the pod. The small photoelectric pod control device for electric power patrol inspection disclosed by the invention is equipped with the attitude sensor, can sense attitude changes of the pod in real time, accelerates the speed of reading feedback data of the attitude sensor by the pod control module, corrects attitude of the pod timely, enhances the stability of the pod and improves the image acquisition quality.