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| patcoyle | " I was delighted with flight performance of this kit using the parafoil 5. I'll get updates from maiden flight posted soon. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "I have the parafoil 5, need to try this. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "oops: http://publiclab.org/notes/patcoyle/12-31-2012/delta-levitation-1200 " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Oh, yes I'm flying just around the corner from my house. I sometimes do that when I'm testing or don't want to drive, as in this note, which has a ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks all. I'm going to try a parafoil 5, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LZBEK4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00. ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Check out my recent note where I review several different kites as Mobius Lifters- http://publiclab.org/notes/ajawitz/06-07-2015/2015-kap-mapping-s..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "I have a soft kite, i had forgotten about it. it's mega primitive though. will try this out! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "+1 soft kite + camera! If we can find a stable tail/drogue situation, this'd be super, and easy to ship! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "sled kites have that characteristic skittish 'hunting' behavior. They stabilize well with a drogue on a long string that connects to a bridle on b..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks, good question Dan. The usual guidance from the KAP community is more distance from the kite to the rig on the line is better, like minimum ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "Do you think if you moved the weight further down the line from the kite it would be more stable? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| tgran | "I think the fact that you're working through GitHub and publishing your scripts and discussions is a big positive step. I'm also glad that David W..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Hi Tgran, I agree that we are probably reinventing the wheel. There seems to be a huge range of comfort with this type of simple electronics, So p..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| tgran | "Is there a chance to beta-test the SkyShield out with a custom rig? I'd be happy to do all the soldering if necessary. Or I'll patiently wait for..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's pretty gutsy flying right there in the hood. Very impressive. The default mode (Mode 0) has eight pan positions. The A495 needs more than t..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks Chris. I launched from street at corner up from my house. I walked back down to court across the street from my place, stayed in position fo..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Nice mosaics. Where are you flying from? The street? I don't see any park nearby. Which mode were you using? it looks like there might not be enou..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "YAY!!! I took your advice and added a 20 ft fuzzy tail and it worked like a charm! I still have to process all the photos before I can call the fl..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Oh, that's what's happening. I wondered how it worked at all in Chrome without Silverlight support. In all other browsers you see overlays of zooma..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Cool, the Photosynth viewer for Chrome is done in HTML5, natively - no plugin! Pretty neat. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| tgran | "Tangled lines can be frustrating. I think I'd recommend putting the two picavet attachments a bit further apart on the kite line (one arm span wor..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Awesome summary of the kites! I've had good luck with a french signal kite but only when it had a long (15' of string) drogue tail attached. it d..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Yikes. You never did like Picavets did you? I can see that the relationship is not moving in a positive direction. One of you two needs to start sh..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks Chris. Initially a Canon 495, so I'll try the slower modes. I got it going and your tip on the mode selection resolved that issue: inital ex..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago |