bigger kite banners
This tutorial details a fairly quick and inexpensive method for creating big banners to fly from a kite.
This tutorial details a fairly quick and inexpensive method for creating big banners to fly from a kite.
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...
I did a production run of 30 flat winders based on my design from last spring, and also illustrated some instructions.
Over the past year I’ve been making kite banners for slogans.
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...
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...
Join a kitemaking and flying party at the Grand Opening of Cully Park in Portland, OR on June 30th, from noon-4pm.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
An article on two-camera NDVI in intertidal mapping from PLOS One, using kites, via the KAP forums.
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...