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h_fenton
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|  New Message Posted!2010-11-28 19:10
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On 2010-11-26 17:52, davidmorgan wrote:
My newly built rig weighs 500g all in, I hope my kite can lift it.
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I suggest you fill up a plastic bottle with water to a similar weight of your rig, attach the bottle to the kite line and fly it. You can then see how well the kite lifts the weight, and how the weight present on the line affects the performance and flying characteristics of the kite.
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Martin_L
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|  New Message Posted!2010-11-26 21:07
Good luck David! May your cam have a good flight and take some interesting shots.
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On 2010-11-26 17:52, davidmorgan wrote:
My newly built rig weighs 500g all in, I hope my kite can lift it.
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-26 20:28
looking forwards to hearing about it, and seeing some results.
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-26 17:52
My newly built rig weighs 500g all in, I hope my kite can lift it.
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-05 12:17
good thought David. Thats a very good way of finding hamish's terriffic aerial pictures.
He gets about a bit, doesn't he !
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-05 09:43
I see that Hamish has included the text "Kite Aerial Photograph" with all his kite photos, so if you go to the Photo Gallery page and enter "kite" in the search box, you'll find all the Kite Aerial Photographs that we have here.
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-04 10:35
Thanks, Hamish. I've got some steel too, so maybe I'll use that.
And good one, Andy - nicely cross-referenced now.
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The height that you can legally fly the kite (60metres) is rather restrictive with getting decent views of cropmarks which can often be quite extensive. |
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Blimey, that's not very high. I didn't realise that when I bought a 500ft line!
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-04 10:17
(just for new joiners)
There's more on Kite photography here
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&pid=66440&orderby=dateD
and click on Hamish's name for some brilliant examples
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=h_fenton
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h_fenton
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-03 21:19
In rely to David Morgan,
for a picavet 150mm wide would be ideal, I'd suggest you don't go under 100mm and stay below 300mm.
I'm not sure what sort of brass you are using but watch out for signs of fatigue in the metal around the cross,
usually my like string is on a Halo winder and I just hold it between my legs while I attach the rig to the line.
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2010-11-03 11:14
OK, I've got a kite and a Canon PowerShot A590IS loaded with the CHDK intervalometer software (tested and working fine). All I need to do now is build a picavet and cradle - I've got some little Graupner model boat blocks and some brass (thought this metal would be nice because it'll make it look like a scientific instrument).
My question to Hamish Fenton is - how big a cross do you have for your picavet? I was originally planning 150mm but I think that might be too large. My intention is to have different cradles for different cameras (probably a small SD card camcorder as well one day).
Another question - do you fly it solo? If so, do you fix the line to a ground peg while attaching the picavet lines to the the kite line?
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