To take aerial photos, you need to attach your camera to a balloon, kite, pole, or whatever! Try the "standard" rubber band rig, the venerable soda bottle rig, or the juice jug rig. (above image via @mathew in this post) Activities Not all #photo-rig designs have been adapted into activities, but here are number that have been started: [activities:photo-rig] Questions [questions:photo-rig] (above image via @mathew in this post)...
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| cfastie | "I like the bulge. It might be more forward than it has to be (it blocks screwdriver access to the front screws) and not out to the sides as much as..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "Hey Chris, I made changes to those areas you pointed out yesterday and have uploaded a new version. Is this the sort of bulge you were referrin..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Very nice. I printed the last one. You got the spacing so the nuts will fit exactly right. I think the indents for screw heads on the new model c..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "Ok I have updated the thingiverse post and I think I've addressed all of the points you brought up, unless I misunderstood them. The leg tubes ar..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That looks cool. I will start a print when the current Aerobee Rig camera tray print is done. It looks like the walls on the outside of the angled ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "I made a new model designed to address the layer separation issue. It is larger than the previous version, but I think the print time should actual..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "Glad to help! I have a design in mind for solving the support issue the way you're describing, I'll get back to you with that model as soon as I ge..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Nice model. Thanks for doing that. There is plenty of room for nuts now. I don't know how changing the angle will affect function. I would have to ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "@cfastie I modified the leg bracket in Fusion 360 and have posted it to thingiverse. I moved the leg brackets in more towards the center and angl..." | Read more » | almost 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 » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Here is a timely and apropos idea for drilling holes in the pendulum or Picavet shafts. Last week I shipped a Picavet Hardware Kit (everything but ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Agreed-- And some strength tests/inspection points. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Are you going to make me stand under a KAPtery rig with a Canon EOS M on it while you shake test it until it fails? Then you stand under a wooden d..." | Read more » | almost 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 » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I'll play around with those pins. The odd thing is that I have inserted hundreds of those pins in suspension shafts over the past three years, and ..." | Read more » | almost 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 » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Mathew, The holes in the aluminum frame for the leg brackets definitely needed modification. I make them bigger now and moved some of them ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "posted: https://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/07-08-2016/notes-on-assembling-an-aerobee-rig " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I'd love to see your assembly notes. I just updated the assembly guide and parts list (http://www.kaptery.com/guides/). I can easily incorporate yo..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I can't wait to get mine flying. I assembled it a few weeks ago and really love the design too. Chris, I have some notes on the assembly instruct..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Ecta64. It's also really easy and fun. A great way to get photos for aerial panoramas. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "You're welcome, glad to hear that! " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "thanks for letting me know about this, i'll have to add this to my repetoire " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here's Simon Harbord's video of his version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnMAbXOgCo " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago |