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 | "With some rig/camera combinations and with certain wind conditions any of these techniques could work. I might use any of them if I assembled the r..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "posted: https://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/07-08-2016/notes-on-assembling-an-aerobee-rig " | Read more » | over 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 » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@Ecta64 How do you feel about the Kite Anemometer section and lift calculations? I really think a lookup chart of "I have X grams of stuff I need..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "That's a good point, Chris, and I like that you start at the camera. Beyond framing kite photography, I think it's worth integrating several of th..." | Read more » | over 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 » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks Ecta64. It's also really easy and fun. A great way to get photos for aerial panoramas. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I might organize some of these topics a little differently. Here is an outline of the first few topics. Choosing a camera 1. Do you want excel..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Your suggestion is to continuously pan, and then increment the tilt? That is sensible. One reason why we were doing a separate pan and tilt mechan..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "A weakness of spring powered, egg timer powered, or rubber band powered KAP rigs is that they don't stop panning to take each photo. As long as the..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "You're welcome, glad to hear that! " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "thanks for letting me know about this, i'll have to add this to my repetoire " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here's Simon Harbord's video of his version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnMAbXOgCo " | Read more » | over 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 » | over 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 » | over 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 » | over 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 » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | " I kinda like the switch on the Riffle and now I know that it is something to pay more attention to. But I guess it adds much more complexity that ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Chris, This is such a beautiful project! The lapse rate calculation is so fun to see. Quick reactions: That power switch goof is annoying. I w..." | Read more » | over 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 » | over 8 years ago | |||
| ranon | "@cfastie What illustrations from this model could help you with your instructions? " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "is there any spin control, like wings? I'd expect it to rotate around the single attachement point. " | Read more » | over 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 » | almost 9 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 » | almost 9 years ago |