Final Flight
After getting the flowform kite to fly with the camera i was almost ready for my homemade kite to give it a try. Here's the link from the earlier kite making.
I did the last bit of finishing touches to the kite, mainly the bridle. Then i had to make a better, steadier, harness for the camera. The thing to use is called a picavet. It is a harness and bracket that ensures that the camera is always level, no matter what angle the string is at.
This time i was in the park down the street.
That's 15 mile road at the top.
Notice the sidewalk down there...
Well i guess the saying is "you can't make an omelet without cracking some eggs."
Just as i started pulling the kite in the string snapped and it fell to the only area of pavement, of course, the bike path. The problem was that the washers used had too sharp of edges and after 20 minutes the kite string snapped.
The kite floated away, even after an hour of looking for it i never saw it again. I'm pretty sure it landed in someones backyard on the other side of the woods.
Since the camera was totally broken i decided to just take it apart and see how it's made.
I plan on getting another used or new Canon camera and making another flow-form kite. It's a bummer, but i've needed a different camera for a while. That one had so many things wrong with it:
I did the last bit of finishing touches to the kite, mainly the bridle. Then i had to make a better, steadier, harness for the camera. The thing to use is called a picavet. It is a harness and bracket that ensures that the camera is always level, no matter what angle the string is at.
This was my first attempt. I used light aluminum box tubing and pvc tubes instead of pulleys. It was pretty light, but i didn't like it.
So next i made this out of a thick wire hanger. Simple and strong.
So next i made this out of a thick wire hanger. Simple and strong.
Someone online said that they attach it to the kite string using a simple metal o-ring. It loops over the line and seemed like a good idea. I didn't have an o-ring so i used copper washers.
I first tried the Rokkaku kite, but it was way too windy and it didn't fly at all. The kite kept zig-zagging back and forth. So i used the flow-form kite that flew before when the wind was really blowing hard.
Again it went right up with the camera. 
This time i was in the park down the street.
That's 15 mile road at the top.
Notice the sidewalk down there...
Well i guess the saying is "you can't make an omelet without cracking some eggs."
Just as i started pulling the kite in the string snapped and it fell to the only area of pavement, of course, the bike path. The problem was that the washers used had too sharp of edges and after 20 minutes the kite string snapped.
The kite floated away, even after an hour of looking for it i never saw it again. I'm pretty sure it landed in someones backyard on the other side of the woods.
Since the camera was totally broken i decided to just take it apart and see how it's made.
I plan on getting another used or new Canon camera and making another flow-form kite. It's a bummer, but i've needed a different camera for a while. That one had so many things wrong with it:
- broken battery door
- dirt inside lens
- missing lens cover
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