| Author | Comment | Last activity | Moderation | ||
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| mathew | "@Ag8n Yes, the Jalbert Kytoons! I covered them and a few other historical kite balloons here: https://www.headfullofair.com/post/what-is-a-kite-bal..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| mathew | "As a system, the balloon and kite parts are definitely lifting more than dragging-- Airpup climbs to higher angles as the wind goes from 3 to12mph ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I should clarify that air adds mass not weight-- but a massive balloon is sluggish. " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@cfastie Yes, Airpup's lift increases with the wind. I didn't measure the pull in 20mph winds, but I can say that it was at the limit of my ability..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Micmac's new site: http://micmac.ensg.eu/index.php/Accueil " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Real cool Chris! Glad to see these advancing. I love the new adjustable-mount position tray. " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "trashcan rig in action: https://publiclab.org/notes/micheletobias/6-19-2012/trash-can-rig-action " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "done! " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I often get tripped up on the firmware upload stage; https://publiclab.org/notes/abdul/06-22-2016/infragram-plant-cam#Installing+config+file The c..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Yes, thanks, Chris! I was focusing on finding the right image, not getting the right numbers in. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Chris's simplified answer is illustrated in our balloon mapping guide: Most camera lenses have a viewing area angle close to 90 degrees, but oft..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "omg you're kidding me that is so cheap this kite is so awesome " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@Ranon and I went out flying last night, and with the gusty conditions had trouble getting the panorama more than a few feet off the ground-- our 9..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Glenn Davison has answered many of these questions in the AKA guide to kite flying. I can't believe I'd never seen it before. A+ excellent: http:..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "wow. nice little jig! more jigs like that would be great. it is especially nice for helping communities do small runs themselves. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Agreed-- And some strength tests/inspection points. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "While you're worried about friction mounts, I'm worried about home-drilled holes in rods and the chance of putting cracks or stresses into the rod...." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The hitch pins really wouldn't go in until I opened them up. I first focused (as you have above) on opening up the hole and clearing the path. no ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@Ecta64 How do you feel about the Kite Anemometer section and lift calculations? I really think a lookup chart of "I have X grams of stuff I need..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "That's a good point, Chris, and I like that you start at the camera. Beyond framing kite photography, I think it's worth integrating several of th..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Your suggestion is to continuously pan, and then increment the tilt? That is sensible. One reason why we were doing a separate pan and tilt mechan..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "that is a very heavy tail. I got a similar recommendation of putting a 15' fuzzy tail on the levitation over at the KAP forums: http://arch.ced.be..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The wire might not be visible, but I had the wire through the PVC, and wrapped the line around that. It worked great. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "If anyone is interested in the great winders being used, Emma Kites sells chinese-style winders direct at very reasonable prices: http://www.emmaki..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago |