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| mathew | "oohh.. its cool to find out they calibrated it by dragging it behind a car (checked for speed with radar) in still wind. That's a repeatable proce..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Found some more .PDFs on the TALA system neal_kite.pdf kite_anemometer.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "WOW! I'm very happy to hear you bought the system. I'm extremely interested in TALA. The manual that came with it looked very detailed and I would ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I can't stop getting excited about this and doing bits of research on it. the Charles Woodhouse patent governs the Approach Fish device. this thi..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "really quick search for more on the TALA system found this US army evaluation of the Fish TALA: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a097082.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I just purchased that kite. unbeatable price on a functioning kite anemometer. maybe we can dissect it and replicate it. the system was patented..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "no, I've never made such a system. I'm intensely interested in trying it though. " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "The posts you did were fascinating. Have you ever made a complete TALA system? If so what kind of equipment does one need to procure/build? One of ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Yes! Really cool kite. Here is an earlier note on anemometers with a real nice thesis on the subject. http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/2-1-2013/..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'm going to lift some stupidly dangerous and heavy things this weekend on the beach for fun. flying two kites with a line between them was my orig..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| RoderickRead | "In one of the videos, you'll see me hoisting a heavy hammer weight in a child's school bag... Don't try this. It's daft. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Thanks Roderick, I appreciate seeing the schematic. Together with the video, this really illustrates the technique. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| tom | "Wow, nice wind meter you have! How is it performing? " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Chris, Hadn't noted link to "We got cows." When I did I was blown away;-> " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Chris, the app appears upside down on the phone. You turn the so the app screen appears upright which orients the microphone and speaker end into t..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "How does a 99 cent app know the wind speed? Do you have to point the camera at a flag? Dangle the phone on a string? Or does it listen until it hea..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago |