Milwaukee Harbor, Komatsu North America
My current kite aerial photography rigs and a flat winder of string, fits in a small shoulder bag and weighs a little over 2 pounds. My rig’s portability let...
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Kite photos from the Frank Mots International Kite Festival, Milwaukee
At the 2022 Frank Mots International Kite Festival in Milwaukee, We flew kites and kite banners, and also captured aerial photos (this post) and ground shots...
bigger kite banners
This tutorial details a fairly quick and inexpensive method for creating big banners to fly from a kite.
DJI Pocket 2 for Kite Aerial Photography
I’ve recently taken three flights using the DJI Pocket 2 with WiFi dongle for aerial photography, conducting two short flights on Airpup and another brief fl...
run of flat winders & illustrated instructions
I did a production run of 30 flat winders based on my design from last spring, and also illustrated some instructions.
Flying signs: kite banners
Over the past year I’ve been making kite banners for slogans.
Detroit Kite Festival aerial photos
While at the Detroit Kite Festival I captured some aerial photos with my Canon S100 running CHDK, installed with STICK. It flew on the always-reliable KAPte...
Cully Park Kite Party report back
On June 30th I held a workshop making Sled kites at the Grand Opening of Cully Park. We made close to 80 kites in 3.5 hours. The design is the Stormy Sled, n...
Cully Park Kite Party
Join a kitemaking and flying party at the Grand Opening of Cully Park in Portland, OR on June 30th, from noon-4pm.
∞ flat line winder for kite string ∞
This kite line winder is designed for a figure eight winding technique. Winding line in a figure eight ∞ folds the line so that there is no twist. Line can ...
rubber band and PET bottle camera rig
The PET bottle rig has two components– the modified bottle and a rubber band harness for the inside. Small construction details differ for phones, small cam...
flight report Aerobee Rig panoramas and pratfalls
Last week I got a chance to test out an old favorite of mine– flying off wind with asymmetrical tails, and added a recent acquisition– the KAPtery Aerobee Ri...
notes on assembling the Aerobie Rig
I purchased an Aerobee rig from the KAPtery because I’m real excited about the Jerk Pan mechanism. Our unpredictable late spring rains (its still spring in...
kite aerial photography for spectral mapping of intertidal landscapes
An article on two-camera NDVI in intertidal mapping from PLOS One, using kites, via the KAP forums.
getting a high altitude balloon back
What I want to do fly a high altitude balloon and get it back. This means tracking where it goes and calling home. I want to use GPS to track the flight, an...