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Post by Gareth Williams on Mar 8, 2012 17:58:28 GMT
AutoKAP or r/c?
Keep it as light as you can. Don't over complicate things. Make sure it is well balanced when camera, batteries, servos, motors, etc. are mounted.
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Post by timtank on Mar 9, 2012 10:48:03 GMT
I'm currently favouring an autoKAP using clockwork motors to trip the shutter a set number of times and hopefully to rotate the camera so that we can build panorama shots. I have an older and lighter digital camera which is also relatively expendable if things go wrong. I may also build an 'ultralight' rig based on one of those mini-digital cameras for light wind use. We also have some GoPros Heroes within the team which may warrant further rigs.
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Post by timtank on Apr 4, 2012 12:40:00 GMT
I've just added an interactive map to my online flying site listing. You'll need Flash for this and I can't promise that I'll be able to update as often!
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Post by timtank on Jul 12, 2012 14:47:47 GMT
After some very intermittent uptime and quite a lot of downtime, 'The Tankerton Kiter' is now very much live again. My server has had a serious overhaul (now running a proper server OS) and my broadband connection should have been upgraded by now. The flying sites section now includes live weather links for all sites and I would be interested to hear if these are accurate for all users. The weather links currently load in a new tab or windows but I intend that they should eventually load in a pop-up. I'm keen to get some feedback before I go ahead with the extra coding.
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Post by rokbottom on Jul 12, 2012 19:19:49 GMT
Thats really great Tim, thanks for that.
Len.
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Post by rokbottom on Jul 23, 2012 16:18:48 GMT
Faversham Recreation Ground turned out to be bigger than I was lead to believe and it had Loos open, not sure if they are open on a Sunday through out the year though.
Len.
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Post by evets on Jul 23, 2012 16:39:46 GMT
Faversham Recreation Ground turned out to be bigger than I was lead to believe and it had Loos open, not sure if they are open on a Sunday through out the year though. Len. The Sports Development guy from Swale said that the loos are open daylight hours. The site hosts 3 football pitches & a Rugby pitch in the winter but during the summer it might be worth a shot.
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Post by malcolmf on Jul 24, 2012 8:50:26 GMT
Could we possibly find out from when and which month the recreation ground is used for football and rugby until when and which month
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Post by evets on Jul 25, 2012 16:21:44 GMT
Response from Graeme Tuff, Greenspaces Manager, Swale Borough Council "The goal post are usually off site by end of May and return by end of August."
Obviously gone are the days when the football season finished at Easter and didn't start again until The Cricket season ended at the start of October
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 11:59:08 GMT
I flew at Capstone this Sunday (10.45 - 1.15), not sure I can recommend it as a regular fly-in, 2 major drawbacks (forgetting for the moment the possible flying-height limit and walk from the Car-park) the first is that the toilets are closed and the second is the extraordinary amount of dogs and their untrained owners. Very few families were there they tend to park and stay at the lake end, its just appears to be a dog walking area and sadly some of them treated it as if it was solely their province. I had Great Danes trying to get at my Igel Ball, Alsatians walking all over my Red Baron (which had just looped into the ground) and in neither case did their owners bother to call them off, in the meantime a few others deliberately walked as close to the flying lines as they could not realising the danger caused by a gusting wind. To be fair most were respectful and kept a safe distance, but the (stupid) few made it a slightly uncomfortable morning but perhaps I am too sensitive to these things. Although the field was busy and never had less than half a dozen people going round it I only saw 2 "family groups" for the whole time I was there.
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Post by rokbottom on Nov 28, 2012 12:25:39 GMT
Kevin, That just about sums up Capstone. Len
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Post by Old bog on Nov 28, 2012 19:49:41 GMT
Thank you, very intresting.
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Post by timtank on Nov 29, 2012 10:27:42 GMT
Worth noting that Capstone is a regular haunt for the Scouts Power kite team and also other power kiters. We're planning to up there on Sunday 8th Dec (after 2 postponements!) by the way. Otherwise, I agree with the comments.
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Post by timtank on May 9, 2014 13:15:51 GMT
The new version of 'The Tankerton Kiter' ( www.thetankertonkiter.co.nr) is now up for testing on a temporary server (as mine is down due to building work). It's not at all complete as yet (no interactive map and some links not finished) and I've noted that several links in the flying site database are now dead (mostly down to KCC!). Any comments welcome, particularly for the 'mobile' version although this is more incomplete. If you could give details of what device (ie phone, iPad etc and iOS or Android) it would help (I've noticed a few issues with links on my iPhone 5s). Many thanks.
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Post by rokbottom on May 9, 2014 15:49:03 GMT
Nice Web site Tim, The Site in Hythe that we prefer is the one in South Road opposite the Swimming Pool, Two sets of Loos nearby. Hythe Green, The Car Park is now a Pay and Display!.
Len.
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