[Rhodes22-list] kitecam

[Bill Effros]

Who knew kitecams were so hot?

Stephen Colbert featured "Make: Magazine" tonight on his show, and the 
first thing the editor mentioned was how to make a kitecam.

Kitecam disaster movies also on the web.

Bill Effros

Peter Thorn wrote:
> Slim,
>
> Could the camera be attached to the string?  I've never seen one.  Do they
> look like lipstick tubes?
>
> PT
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Slim" <stevenalm at comcast.net>
> To: "Rhodes22-list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] kitecam
>
>
>   
>> Bill,
>>
>> I'm thinking a box kite would work well.  They're very stable and have
>>     
> lots
>   
>> of frame pieces to attach the camera.  Or......maybe the camera is on a
>> gimbal.  Hmmmmm...
>>
>> Slim
>>
>> On 3/6/07 3:17 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Slim,
>>>
>>> I've been flying stunt kites for 40 years.  You get to the point where
>>> there's not much left to do.  This is a new project, and the weight
>>> aloft should be interesting.  Also keeping it pointed in the right
>>> direction.  Interesting learning curve.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> Slim wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Thanks, Bill, this looks like something really fun to try.  What about
>>>> mounting the camera on a stunt kite?
>>>>
>>>> On 3/6/07 12:18 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> http://www.waterproofcases.net/410.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Slim wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> That is too cool!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/5/07 9:54 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Neat!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm going to do that!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've already got the kites on board--sailing kites from sailboats is
>>>>>>>               
> easy.
>   
>>>>>>> I've got some cameras.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All I need is time...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joseph Hadzima wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> elle
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since you are such a shutterbug, perhaps you'll pick up one
>>>>>>>> of these cameras for your first sail on your home waters!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGupz_9mGc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> happy sails :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hadz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and hull and
>>>>>>>>                 
> a
>   
>>>>>>>> deck
>>>>>>>> and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is... is
>>>>>>>>                 
> freedom."
>   
>>>>>>>> -- Captain Jack Sparrow
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