The mini kite kit is an effort to curate a cheap, easy, and very portable kit for kite photography for under $50. It's similar to the [mini balloon kit](/wiki/mini-balloon-kit), but is based around a large “octopus” kite that’s a beautiful and stable flyer in medium winds, and packs down into a small nylon bag for easy travel. It won’t fly in as light wind conditions, or carry as much as larger kites might, but you can throw it in your backpack or in a tote, and honestly the octopus is just a lot of fun to fly. Just like the [Mini Balloon Kit](/wiki/mini-balloon-kit), this is a #prototyping-kit and you'll be collaboratively working on improving it with us at PublicLab.org: ### Materials We have a prototyping kit available here: https://store.publiclab.org/products/mini-kite-mapping-kit But to get the parts yourself: * 1 [~$11 squid kite](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014NMGEQO/) * 1000 feet of 50-pound kite string * carabiners, zip-ties, other clips and such to attach it all together * a camera that [weighs less than 60 grams](/q/14219) ### Lightweight We’ve [collected a list range of cameras](/q/14219) -- like the Mobius camera we already sell -- light enough to work with 2-3 of these. With a lighter option, that means you'll have a spare balloon. But there are remaining questions and refinements to make on this kit -- that’s why we’re calling it a Prototyping Kit -- and, just like the original Balloon Mapping Kit, we’re going to collaboratively work on these issues by sharing knowledge on the Public Lab website. ## Questions [questions:mini-kite-kit] **** ## Activities [activities:mini-kite-kit] ...
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soniakakkad122 | "Such a wonderful article this is. This article is significant and important for us. Much obliged to you for offering this sort of instructive artic..." | Read more » | over 3 years ago | |||
dusjagr | "We are getting amazingly good results using the miSphere 360 camera. due to the gyroscope and other sensor, post-processing using their standard so..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "It worked! :raised_hands: " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "My printer is out of toner :joy: I'll try later in the week! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "Here's the PDF in spanish I'm bookletizing it with this: CreateBooklet1.1.dmg Here's the 1-column version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "OMGGGGGGG this is so exciting. The second page I left in so people know even the paper version is open to change! What an amazing job! The credit..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
xose | "Ooook amigas here it is. Just the text. I've just wrote the texts on the images in a paper and tomorrow I'll upload the edited images on the same d..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Also linking back to the announcement that these are now available! https://store.publiclab.org/products/pocket-guide-to-grassroots-mapping 15545 " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
warren | "@xose -- it's actually Kite Month in the US -- http://nationalkitemonth.org -- so if you post your booklet (no rush, just excited!) we can do some ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
rd786 | "http://uspsholdmail.info/ http://april2018calendar.info/ " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
daisywatson | "Thanks Warren :) " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
warren | "There are some options here! #fisheye Hope that helps! " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
daisywatson | "I love GoPro, and I am following up to the question as I do want to know for some alternatives to it for aerial mapping. I have already been readin..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Whoops! Missed a couple blue links -- here it is outlines, with all text black: booklet-outlines-black-2.pdf " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Just noting that @csik has had trouble with some of these types of cameras recently: I chocked it up to not being familiar with the cameras but fo..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "This is going to press! Final paper choices: Interior: Rolland Hitech 140M / 70lb, letter size, True White, Smooth, 17.50M - 104 g/m2 Cover: Eleme..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Now with outlined text: booklet-outlines-black.pdf " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
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warren | "Looking good! The cutout front (which we may not go ahead with) doesn't line up exactly for me, but it's pretty close and we may be able to make it..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Here it is with the final page reordering: booklet-publiclab-1-pagenumbers-reordered.pdf And here, 4-up and ready for printing: booklet-publicl..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "Tweaking the scale a bit (i know that's unfortunate, but I'm having some clipping issues) so I bookletize the above at 65%, then double up spreads ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "OK, one more version with page numbers! booklet-publiclab-1-pagenumbers.pdf " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | " " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
warren | "OK, i set it up so you can print it 2-sided on letter paper, then cut the whole stack in half, place the top stack over the bottom stack, then fold..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |