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| mathew | "Here's Simon Harbord's video of his version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnMAbXOgCo " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The original Rig design is by Simon Harbord, Simon_H on the KAP Forums http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discuss/index.php?p=/profile/7/Simon%20H T..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "Thanks Chris! I'll reverse that nylon insert nut. Yes it does! That's one of the great features in Fusion 360, there's a plug-in that actually let..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That looks really good. The components look just like the ones I use. I think the nut might be reversed. The nylon insert nut has the nylon part on..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "Hi Chris, Just made a couple changes to the Saturn V model and they should be all updated to Thingiverse. Are these the correct components and ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Ranon, This is really excellent stuff. That's a great idea to use exploded diagrams for assembly instructions. The Saturn V Rig has a few places ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "@cfastie What illustrations from this model could help you with your instructions? " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| shanlter | "狮子，你应该把你怎么改装那个线轴的过程也放上来：） " | Read more » | almost 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 » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| liz | "Lion, this is great process! Thank you for posting! I hope to see more aerial photos from you as you investigate landfills and factories. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, your lead image didn't seem to load, could you give it another try? Thank you for posting! " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I think there are a couple ways to read the straw-on-keel construction detail, I'm not sure either of us got it right the first time. i covered the..." | | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I did decide to retrofit the keel spars onto my horned Allison kite. I'm now curious to see what performance advantages it might have over one with..." | | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "That looks fantastic!!!!!! Awesome job! This design can get pretty up there in terms of flying angle. Due to some oversight I left out the keel spa..." | | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | " I made and flew a horned allison today! it has a good flying angle, 55+ degrees and very stable. While it hunts for the wind and responds to cha..." | | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "My experience has been quite good in gusty conditions so far. I added a design overview video where you can get a better look at the kite. It pulls..." | | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Excellent! I gotta try the scalloped one. Everywhere i fly here in portland is pretty gusty, and I have the same issue with tails getting stuck d..." | | about 8 years ago | |||
| Rural | "Magic Lantern seems to run on the EOS M and has an intervalometer. I can't recommend Magic Lantern enough. I've got an EOS 600D/T3i that I much pre..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I just printed a few camera trays without support and the beads did not droop enough to make a difference. The result is not always so good but I h..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| Rural | "Good points Chris. I'm always curious as to the factors in design decisions and know to dose any suggested "improvements" with humbleness. I hope t..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Oh, I like that idea of including some parts in the mapping kits so the user can get started attaching their camera. That could be a nice touch. I ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Good points. the main thrust of developing extreme low cost rigs is to be able to add them easily to the existing Balloon kit and kite kits, offeri..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks, Tony. I suspect there is going to be great variability in the rotation depending on wind, kite, camera mass, suspension (Picavet vs pendulu..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | " This is hacky as all getout, but the general idea of a rig for oblique panos from a kit box is one that @mathew mocked up recently, and this s..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago |