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| mathew | "Pat, I think the pointcloud will have to be closed into maniform mesh, and then possibly constructed into a solid. Here is a tutorial on using mes..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "we now ship the smallest aluminum mini-carabiners with our balloon kit. They work great. We can't sell them for less than $1, but a dozen cost $5. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Pat. Here is your Picavet cross starting to print: http://youtu.be/yqeL9IcK3Pg " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Hats off to Chris. The store is working. I've got the Redstone Rig and Picavet kit on order. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "cool. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Nice use of reused materials in the steering jig. I've done some limited off-wind flying with weighting the wing tips of my kites and attaching as..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I can't say much of that because I did the same thing. I wasted somewhere around six months trying to build a five foot square of one of these wing..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "oh, I REALLY should have started small here! The design is based on a Rogallo Parawing for NASA. Here is whole rabbit hole of designs: http://2e5..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "wow! I can only imagine the amount of difficulty you encountered working with such lightweight materials. I tried several times to do something out..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I kind of went crazy with the super light materials on that kite. My goal was to make a kite that would lift a camera just by walking it in zero w..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "that's part of the problem I had. Adjusting the kite was very difficult when using only tension lines combined with the wind resistance of the mate..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I made one of these with 28 attachment points. i have never gotten the bridle adjusted properly for flight, and it took waaaay to long to build, l..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I should add as an addendum here that as long as you have the keel reinforced you are able to still only use two lines in the proportion of the des..." | | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I love these. Especially the PE tubing bumpers. stroke of brilliance there, chris. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Very nice results. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Hi Nicholas, These rigs are not nearly as indestructible as a soda bottle rig. The leg brackets are vulnerable to cracking when the legs are stress..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| nicholas | "These look great and I look forward to giving them a go!!! Have you tested them at all yet? Im curious how durable are they compared to the soda ..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| John_Wells | "Hi Ned Thanks for the kind comments. It is good to see the work of PLOTS too ;o) One of my favourite projects is: http://tracesofthepastexhibition..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "NOOO!!! that is terrible! I always thought of those spars as over-built, and have flown in higher winds... Its telling that it happened right at ..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I think that's the Emma Kites stainless steel kite winder I have one. its cool, but is very finicky and easy to get the string wrapped around the b..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| nedhorning | "Hi John, It's great to see you posting on this forum. Your experience and enthusiasm are much appreciated. Thanks also for the treasure trove of r..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Pat this is cool. Obviously there are no overhead utility lines in your neighborhood. Hooray for suburban planning. " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks Chris. This is long but worth it. Lots of tips on kites, rigs and RC control and beautiful images. Also the importance of having an intentio..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago |